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INTRODUCTION.
Wr/o eljaemia conjiflunt in lihris, quorum
emolumcnta nulla men, fufficeret tnarrure.
R. i>i£ BuRv, Hhilobiblion. cap. xv.
I.
HE abnegation practiced by true scholars in every
branch of knowledge is one of the most interest-
ing and striking features of the age in which we
live. With the recognition— daily more and more
absolute— of the inter-dependence of the sciences,
th.s abnegation has come to be the test of scholastic worth and
loyalty.
As Herbert Speiicer admirably expresses it, every single fact
of observation and discovery now has " to be digested by the
organ.sm of the sciences" ere it can be m.de available for the
development of the work to which its special discoverer or
observer may give the glory and strength of his life. And
hence we see, and see with a just pride in the intellectual eleva-
t.on ot our epoch, the scholars and students .f the world practice
H degree ot self-denial hitherto most -mcommon, revere a reli-
gion of scence which reaches us that we are all "members
one of another, and cause studies apparently the most dissimilar
•" then scope and objects to converge upon the genesis of a
general scence, not yet perfected, but wherein all scientific ele-
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Introduction.
merits may one day find their absolute connection, and assume
a true philosophical character. ^
In this praiseworthy communion, it becomes as practicable as
it is necessary at once to subdivide every field of inquiry, and to
unite and concentrate all separate efforts upon investigations of
a positive kind. Nor less by it is every teacher and student
strengthened to resist the fatal seductions of that inner voice which
is forever lifting itself rebelliously against the limits imposed
upon human knowledge by human nature, and forever prompting
hypotheses which really minister only to individual vanity and
weakness, while they delay the genuine advance of learning.
To accept and exercise this virtup of our age is, it must be
confessed, comparatively easy. For while every day opens new
horizons to our gaze, the very basis upon which we strive to
build our systems and erect our hypotheses is perpetually giving
way under that incessant accumulation of materials which re-
sults in every direction of inquiry from the increasingly active
consensus of all the sciences. Nevertheless, let all fit honor be
paid to those who practice this virtue, who control the constant
aspirations of the mind after the unknowable, who select for
themselves a sphere of modest labor, and who give to the ex-
haustive investigation of a single class or order of facts all their
talents, their time and their energy.
Not, indeed, that we fully share the dazzling hopes enter-
tained by so many earnest inquirers, especially in that vast field
of historical studies, one secondary section of which we have
made it our duty to till, with what results this volume must
attest. It seems to us, for instance, over-bold to assert that we
shall ever find in historical facts, when accumulated and ana-
lyzed, a new latent power adequate to bring forth a science
which shall unfold the universal force always present, active and
supreme, in the history of humanity, and shall exhibit, through the
medium of historical similitudes, a progressive march of mankind
toward a necessary end — no longer undefined and mysterious.
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But even if we are required to abandon the hope of so
surpassing a result of our patience and our perseverance, noble
prizes still remain to be won. A clearer understanding of the
secret workings of human nature, a juster and a wiser appre-
ciation of the disparity which exists between our mental powers
and the most imposing of the problems which mankind so pas-
sionately yearns to solve, may compel us to put aside, and for
years to come, all questions which concern primary and final
causes. But there will yet be left to us crucial problems worthy
of the loftiest intellect, lying incontestably within the grasp of
the human mind, fraught with great teachings, and fit to engage
in their solution the united efforts of all men truly devoted to
scientific studies.
Pascal says that' " non seulement chacun des hommes s'avance
de jour en jour dans les sciences, mais tous les hommes ensemble
y font un continuel progres, a mesure que I'univers vieillit."
This proposition implies a progress already achieved. Let the
historian, then, describe this curious and necessary evolution in
the history of man — not by hypothetical generalities, but by the
light of well-ascertained facts, and in the real order of succession.
The march of mankind, from Engis* to Athens, is surely exten-
sive enough to satisfy the most ambitious inquirer ! This prog-
ress seems to involve a development in accordance with ascer-
tainable laws. It is the province of the historian to set forth
the premises from which these laws can be deduced and demon-
strated. Such a development must have necessarily taken place
in forms varied and multifarious, running sometimes parallel,
though with unequal rapidity. The historian may show its
starting-points, land-marks and resting-places, its divergences
and its return to homogeneity ; he may assay for us the modicum
of truth which underlies our sternest beliefs, and rivet anew the
links of a chain disconnected by ignorance or superstition.
' Preface mr leTraitedu yide,\n Pcnseci, ^ Vide the late works ot' Huxley and
Fragments,Sic.,de Pascal, puhties par M.V. Lyell, and especially the lectures deliv-
Faugere; Paris, 1844, 8vo, Vol. i, p. 98. ered by VoG-»in 1862-4.
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iv Introduction.
If any important results have already been attained in studies
of this character, it is due to the subdivision of each and every
field of inquiry. But the work of analysis must be carried still
further. No subject should be deemed too insignificant to enlist
the entire attention of series and successions of students ; and
when, in consequence, and as the glorious reward of this con-
centration of labor, the subject so investigated again exhibits an
opening for a new division, this, in its turn, must be probed by
new men and with adequate means. It is thus that in the exact
and natural sciences such marvelous progress has been accom-
plished. History, we know, is not based upon the observation of
identical phenomena, and no one, therefore, as we have already
suggested, can hope to see this science keep pace with Chemistry,
Astronomy or Natural Philosophy ; but from a union of all the
pursuits which have the least bearing on man, his past and his
place in creation, we may possibly find that several of the ques-
tions which have so long exercised the ingenuity of the most acute
thinkers, will eventually admit of a solution. And when we con-
sider these sciences philosophically, we are surprised to find how
easily they may be connected with a view to the solution of such
questions. Geology and Palaeontology enable us to see man in
his first stage not only of physical but of intellectual develop-
ment j Archaeology brings to light his earliest efforts in art ;
Philology gives us the history of his origin and migrations ;
Literature reveals to us his dearest traditions, and the primitive
aspirations of his poetical genius. But each of these sciences is
in itself complex and extensive. Divide and subdivide them into
as many and as minute sections as the mind can conceive,
and every fragment will yet require the use of all the means
which we can apply to the survey and analysis they require.
From every such subdivision, indeed, arises a new necessity, de-
manding a still greater abnegation ; for the task, in proportion as
its field is enlarged, becomes ever more and more thankless.
This is eminently true in reference to the study of the mechan-
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ical means which the votaries of these sciences must possess ; to
the pursuits of those who devote themselves to devise and per-
fect instruments to alleviate the efForts of synthetic philosophers
and historians ; to the modest callings which aim at placing withm
the reach of others, whosoever they may be, appliances which
rarely fail to impart method, logic and precision. Bibliography
is concerned with one great class of these appliances, and we
may be pardoned, pen.aps, a ftw words in regard to the imme-
diate bearing of this science on the subject now before us.
II.
The assertion of Caspar Thurmann? : " Notitia librorum est
dimidium studiorum," has not been considered an exaggeration
of the claims of bibliography by historians who strive to elucidate
facts in lieu of ventilating theories and reinforcing opinions. All
that survives to us from the past of positive knowledge has been
preserved in books and manuscripts. Traditions, even among
semi-barbarous races, are no longer intrusted to the memory of
those who cherish the remembrance of their ancestors and of
their deeds : they find a lasting shrine in the printed word. And
when we consider that we have inherited at least forty centuries
of recorded facts, and that annals hitherto engraved on stone are
now transferred into books, which are thus carrying back the
accessible history of man to periods heretofore shrouded in dark-
ness and mystery, it will easily be admitted that he is no trust-
worthy historian who can seize, without a thrill of gratitude, the
hand which alone may lead him unerringly through so vas't an
accumulation of materials. The science of Bibliography limits
its claims to this right and duty.
' apud Abbe Rive, Prospectus (fun au- See also Cm-rnm n.o u
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Introduction.
A bibliography is not necessarily a list of books contained in a
certain library ; but even when limited by this modest definition,
it yet possesses a value which subsists, and is available, long after
the books described may have been scattered or destroyed. A
mere title frequently supplies the historian with the link which
alone can impart a logical connection to this work. This title
may lead him to study a book, which was perhaps unknown to
his predecessors in the same line of investigation, -'nd from this
stud; he may often acquire a knowledge of certain facts which
shall cause him to alter the entire plan of his work*. Viewed,
indeed, in its proper light, a well-constructed catalogue of books
is simply a luminous chronology of intellectual facts, and there
is no Bibliotheca Philosophlca which does not exhibit, in a more
or less striking degree, the history of the human mind. But it is
in the exact sciences that catalogues are fraught with their most
useful teachings. We see in them at a glance the attempts and
theories, often teeming with errors, which have paved the way
for the discovery of those great truths never to be wrung again
from our grasp. Do not the quaint titles affixed to the works
of Lulli, Paracelsus, Agricola, Bruno, or Cardan, give us an
insight into that curious process from which arose in due time
* We may here cite, as an instance in
point, the greatest historical composition of
modern times, Augustin Thierry's His-
toire dt la Conquite de PAngleterre par les
Norman,!;. Our readers doubtless recollect
that in thh immortal work the author de-
picts in vivid colors the history of the van-
quished, and finds in Thomas a Becket the
personification of the Anglo-Saxon race and
the champion of its rights against the Nor-
man dynasty. The ninth chapter is con-
sidered the keystone of the history, as it re-
lates exclusively to the memorable struggle
between Henry II and the Archbishop of
Canterbury, who, to his dying moments,
remains the champion of an oppressed
people. Thierry was preparing a new
edition of his work for the press, when
a catalogue of modern books, which had
escaped his notice, was handed him by a
friend. It contained the title of a work
which purported to give a faithful tran-
script of the Lambeth and Fitz-Stephen
manuscript. This single advertisement
was sufficient to destroy the entire frame-
work of Thierry's History : Thomas a
Becket, the bold protector of the Anglo-
Saxon race, was no longer himself an
Anglo-Saxon, but disappeared in Thomas
Bequet, a Norman by birth and parentage !
The discovery preyed upon the mind of
Augustin Thierry for years, but, prompted
by his love for truth, which was dearer to
him than all his theories, he intended to
remodel his History; unfortunately he died
without accomplishing his work.
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the only true science? We grant that the meaning suggested
by a mere name can only be appreciated by him who brings
to its observation a certain degree of Jcnowledge, which no
succinct catalogue of books can ever give ; but a title, if properly
set forth, will teach the reader at what time it was that a given
thought, now trite and unnoticed, first assumed a positive char-
acter. The title repeated at a later period shows a progress
accomplished ; a succession of editions marks its diffusion ; the
controversies which follow, its importance; and accordingly as
the work which it identifies disappears altogether from subse-
quent records, or maintains its place in then, the student may,
by comparison, ascertain to what extent its influence continues
still to be felt.
Information of this character may be derived from a mere
list; but when the works are classified in the order of subjects,
the divisions assume a philosophical bearing of great import.'
Our readers are aware that, independently of the immediate
utility which arises from a methodical arrangement, classifica-
tions pertain to metaphysics. Aristotle, Bacon, D'Alembert,
Daunou, Ampere, have made classification the object of their
highest efforts ; yet there is no bibliographer who is not required
to follow in their wake, and to impart to the frame-work of a bib-
liography the philosophical character which these great thinkers
failed to perfect. Aldus' Libri graci impress! may be considered
a mere printer's catalogue, intended solely to invite the public to
purchase his books ; yet, in the primitive classification it sets
forth, and which is composed of only five sections {Grammatica,
Poetica, Logica, Philosophia, Sacra Scriptura), we see an evidence'
of the necessity which forces itself upon every enlightened bib-
liographer to go beyond a mere enumeration or index. The
Pandectarum of Conrad Gesner, and the Tableaux of Christofle
de Savigny, which may have served as a model for Bacon's
divisions, show that Bibliography requires of its votaries some-
thmg more than perseverance and attention. Even when these
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are the only faculties which the bibliographer can bring to bear
upon the science, he is frequently interrogated to ascertain who
was the originator of an idea, the discoverer of a fact, or the
inventor of a system, either in History, Literature, Science or
Philosophy ; and this simply because his compilation gives an
exact date or describes a book with accuracy. How many
popular traditions have been shown to be erroneous by a single
reference to catalogues of this description' !
But whether we consider Bibliography as an indispensable
means to explore thr sources of literature and of the historical
sciences, or as the competent guide which leads conscientious
critics to the knowledge of the subjects they are called upon to
discuss, it is evident that its sphere of usefulness may be greatly
extended. There is no reason why the bibliographer should
limit his efforts to a faithful transcription of titles, coupled with
n.nute collations. He may, without trespassing upon the prov-
ince of Belles-Letties, give the history of the book, enumerate
its contents, ascertain its precise place in the chronology of
literature, state the references which mark its influence in the
preparation of other works, quote the opinions expressed by
competent critics, divulge its author or editor when published
anonymously, and, if it be devoid of imprint, discover the date
at which, and the place where, it was printed, and by what
printer. He must, furthermore, describe the typographical pecu-
liarities of the book, the changes they inaugurate, and their
bearing upon the history of the art of printing. Nor should he
neglect to group around each title the data which may enable
• ''Quand on saura que le Don Sluichotte
a eu cinq editions I'annee meme qui le vit
paraitre; que le poeme des Lusiades, quoi-
que ecrit en une langue d'un usage tres-
limite, a eu deux editions dans sa nou-
veaute, et une troisieme quelques annees
apres ; quand on aura remarque que la
presse anglaise a frequemment reproduit du
vivant de leur illustre auteur, I'Hamlet.
rOthello, le Romeo, et les autres chet's-
d'aruvres de I'Angleterrc, on n'accusera plus
les contemporains de Cervantes, de Ca-
moens et de Shakspeare, d'avoir meconnu
le merite de ces grands hommes, et Ton
reconnaitra que I'absence de lois veritable-
ment protectrices de la propriete litteraire
a ete, sinon la seule, du moins la principale
cause de la misere dans laquelle les deux
premiers ont vecu." — Brunet, Manuel,
Introduction, p. xix.
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critics to correct errors and to elucidate every point in contro-
versy. As the reader will perceive, these requirtTients seem to
imply that a perfect bibliographer should be so gi.'ted as to be
able to concentrate upon his investigations the multifarious
labors of a Mabillon, an Audiffredi, a Bayle and a Mylius.
Yet, It IS a question with us, whether bibliographers are entitled
to express any opinion of their own, or to decide a single ques-
tion beyond the matters connected with what we may call the
external characteristics of the book. They are only expected
to furnish critics with sources of information, and to trace to
the fountain-heads all current statements, whether true or erro-
neous, concerning the subjects of their study. The task of
extracting from the materials thus supplied the synthesis re-
quired, devolves exclusively upon the historian. Bibliography
thus understood, it will be seen, assumes an encyclopaedical
character, which we deem necessary to bring the science in
closer connection with historical studies.
We are aware that to limit the province of bibliographers
to labors so arid and uninviting, is to thrust out of the career
many inquisitive scholars who are willing to make strenuous
exertions for the benefit of collateral branches of knowledge,
but v.ho cannot easily bring themselves to abdicate their right
of ju.V::,g and deciding. Yet it should surely be considered a
meritorious occupation for bibliographers to bring into play the
analytical powers demanded by the sphere to which we would
confine them ; and whatever may be the privations involved,
we hold that no one should devote himself to Bibliography who
cannot regard that occupation as both adequate and honorable.
He only is " called and chosen" to such labors, indeed, who seeks
in books a solace and a refuge, and loves them chiefly for the
sake of the independence which they confer^
• " O libri soli liberies et liberi, qui titis vobis sedulo servientes I" Richard n-
omn, petent. tnbu.t.s, et omnes manumit- Bukv, Philobiblhn, cap ,.'
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The subdivision which we suggest, of the component parts of
every branch of science, may be said to have been carried into
effect in Bibliogriphy. The Bibl'wtheca Kibliographica of Dr.
Julius Petzh61d7 exhibits a numoer of bibliographical works for
almost every subject. It is not our province to cite or describe
such special repertories, but it behooves us to mention all the
bibliographies exclusively devoted to America which have come
to our notice.
Early in the seventeenth century, the vast coast-line which
hems the New World had already been surveyed. Shouten
doubling Cape Horn in 1616 had marked the extreme limit of
the southern hemisphere, while in the same year William Baffin
had sailed to the seventy-eighth degree of north latitude and dis-
covered the bay which now bears his name. Immense regions
in the interior of the continent still remained unknown, but the
colonies of different European nations were rapidly encroaching
on the wilderness, and already encircled the who)'- hemisphere
with a chain, to the completeness of which but a few links were
lacking. The continent was daily growing in importance to
the people of Christendom not only as an inexhaustible source
of revenue to different European Powers, but as a vast field for
immigration and for the development of commerce. True it is
that the names of Cibola, L'el Dorado, Quivora and Tiguex had
not entirely lost the magic influence, which, nearly a century
before, had led a Vasquez de Coronado, a Nuno de Guzman and
an Orsua to undertake fruitless expeditions, of which these bold
adventurers fell the first victims ; but such illusions pertain to
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human nature, and we see them exercise the same damaging
power over the mind of men at all tim« > and everywhere".
It would be rash to assert that the crafty statesmen who at
that time ruled Spain, France, England and Holland, shared the
delusions which prompted so many Europeans to cast their lot
in the New World. It was not the Fountain of Youth which
Philip of Spain and Elizabeth of England had in view when
they encouraged maritime expeditions to America, but a market
for their manufactures and seaports for their navies. We hear
of a Spanish fleet sailing in 1602 from Acapulco to California,
but although the production of gold in Peru and Mexico had
risen in the year 1600 from three to eleven million dollars per
annum, this precious metal was not even mentioned among the
objects of the expedition ; and Sebastian Vizcaino received no
other instructions than to find a safe harbor for the galleons on
their way homeward from the Philippine Islands'. The colonies
were gradually emerging from that state of absolute tutelage,
which checked all individual efforts, and, in imitation of the
military colonies established by the Romans in Bruttium and
Campania, seemed to have no other object than to exhaust the
resources of the country for the benefit not even of the con-
quering power, but of a few privileged adventurers. John III
of Portugal Jiad already broken ground for the division into
twelve captainships, which was destined to initiate the prosperity
of Brazil ; and James I of England had commissioned Governor
Yeardley to establish a provincial legislature in Virginia. Spain,
even, striving to keep a watchful eye over her distant posses-
' " M. de Humboldt ayant dans sa der-
niere edition [de VExamen Critique ?J
donne de nouveaux details sur ce fameux
Uc de Guatavitu ou s'accumplissaient Ics
actes de I'ancien Dorado, et ou Ton sup-
pose que de nombreux tresors sont enlouis,
une compagnie anglaise s'empara de cette
revelation historique et se constitua pour
I'exploitation du lac. Malheureuseinent
les resultats ne repondirent pas a I'attente
des speculateurs, et ils eurent I'etrange
pensee de traduire le nom de I'illustre voy-
ageur a la barre du Parlement." — Denis,
Le monde Enchanti ; Coimograpiie et Hit-
toire Naturelle fantaitiques du Moyen Age f
Paris, 1845, i8mo, p. 288, note.
' TuKquEMADA, Moiiarquia Indiana, lib.
V, cap. 45 and 55.
xii Introduction.
sions, had framed a judicious system of laws'°, which, had they
not been thwarted in the application by the rapacious and reck-
less adventurers whose nefarious influence was still felt two
centuries after the conquest, would have proved a blessing
instead of a bane and a curse to the vast regions over which
they were extended.
This constant interposition of the European governments,
and the growing prosperity of the American colonies, naturally
increased the interest which individuals took in the geography,
history and laws of America, either for the purpose of trade or
immigration, and created a corresponding demand for works
from which the required information might be obtained. We see,
therefore, sometimes under the direct influence of the govern-
ment, but generally at the cost of booksellers or of companies
interested in promoting immigration from certain localities, books,
pamphlets, broadsides and maps multiply at the beginning of the
seventeenth century with amazing rapidity. The great works
of Hakluyt, Herrcra, Linschotten and Wytfliet, with their nu-
merous translations, are of that period. The splendid publica-
tions of the Brothers De Bry and of Hulsius, parts of which
have been so frequently altered and reprinted that a perfect
collection is almost an impossibility, show that the demand for
works of this description had already reached certain spheres
where beauty in the execution was deemed paramount to truth
or reliability. The curious and extensive list of English pla-
quettes and pamphlets begins in 1602, with the Brereton and
Waymouth books, which were soon followed by a succession
of tracts relating to New England and Virginia, the number of
which is truly surprising". The Diary of W. Cornelitz Shouten
'° Cf. J. Gutierrez de Rubalcava, Espalloles con sus cotonias en las Indias Oc-
Tratado historico politico y legal del Comer- cidentales ; Madrid, 1 797, 4to, and Cam-
cio; Madrid, 1750, 4ti), R. Antunez y voMANes A/jeri,lice j la Edurcacion popular.
AcEvr.Do, Memorias Hisliricas soire la Le- " Cf. Bikliolheca Barlowiana,f. 16, sj.,
giilacion y Gobierno del Comercio de los and Part n of Bibliotheca Broivniana,
Introduction.
« • •
xni
opens, in 1617, the era of Dutch pamphlets", many of which
come to light daily, and increase beyond all expectation the list
of such works. — We have seen an entire shelf covered with the
dirt'erent editions and translations of the lirevissima relacion of
Las Casas, published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The Mexican and Peruvian presses begin at that time to furnish
their contingent of American books, while the works of Les-
carbot and Champlain pave the way for the Jesuits' Relations^
then comparatively numerous and now so rare.
A catalogue of all these publications was certainly needed ;
yet, the only special list of books relating to America which
seems to have been published from the time when the Roman
presses first published the Epistle of Columbus in 1493" '" ^^^
year 1625, is the meagre chapter dc Scriptorihus Rirum Amer'i-
canarum in the Bibliothcca C/assica of Draudius''*, that " Cata-
logue mal digere des foires de Francfort," as Baillet justly
calls'5 this miserable compilation. It was left to a native Ameri-
can, Pinelo, to frame the first and best Bihl'iotheca Americana.
Born in Peru and educated in Lima''', Antonio de Leon y
Pinelo commenced at a very early age to take a lively
interest in the geography, laws and history of this con-
PlNELO.
1629.
tinent. Having been bred to the bar, he concentrated
his efforts on a digest of the numerous ordinances which had
been enacted for the regulation of the Indies'?. But as such a
compilation required extensive researches into the archives of
Spain, he repaired to Seville, when, after having been appointed
a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colonies, he received the
important office of Chronicler of the Indies, which had already
" Cf, Tromel, BMhthique Amirkainc,
p. 29, jy.
" Nos. I, I, 3, 4.
" Francofurti ad Mofnum, 1622, 4to.
If our memory serves us right, the Sii-
liotheca Historica of" Balduanus, which
was published five years before, docs not
classify separately the works relating to
the New World.
" Jugemem des Savons, Vol. 11, p. 7.
'* Antonio, Bihliotheca Hispana Nova,
Vol.1, p. 139; Franckenau, Bibliothtca
Hispanica, p. 38. The reference in the
latter to J. Flores be Ocariz, Genealogias
del nuevo Reyno de Granada (Madrid,
1674, fol.), Vol. I, p. 295, leads only to
an insignificant marginal note.
" See infra, p. 39a, ly.
XIV
Introduction.
been filled with so much credit by Ovicdo, Hcrrcra and Davila
y Padilla. It was in the discharge of his duties that Leon
Pinelo prepared a history ot* the Council of the Indies'", to which
he intended to add, at the request of the Chief Justict of the
Council, an analysis or description of every work, whether
printed or in manuscript, relating to the Spanish possessions
beyond the seas"', liut instead of publishing this vast repertory,
which was actually composed^', and would have proved in-
valuable to subsequent bibliographers, he only printed in 1629
an abridgement or Epitome" " como primicia de mis [susj largos
estudios, i suma de mayor Bibliotcca, (|ue superior mandato
anticipo a la estampa"." This Epitome may be considered the
first Bibliotheca Americana.
The plan of the work is remarkable. The four main sections
are composed of a Bihlioteca Oriental., a Biblioteca Occidental., a
Bihlioteca Nautica, and a Biblioteca Geografica. The second of
these, which is the only one that interests us, is subdivided into
historians who wrote concerning the Indies in general, and those
who treat of particular countries, such as New Spain, Florida,
Peru, &c. Religions, Linguistics, Jurisprudence and Natural
History form separate chapters. Leon Pinelo intended to add two
sections, one giving the titles of works which referred inciden-
tally to America ; the other, which would have proved of great
interest, containing a description and extracts of the " Libros
'" Conic] : Rtat i Supremo de lot Ind'iai,
lu origen i juriidicion, i los Presidenlei,
Coiejeros, Finalei i Secretarial que desde i«
fundacion haiia oy ha tetiido f ms., Epitome,
page 119.
" Dedication to the Duke de Medina
de las Torres, on signature 3.
'" " la Biblioteca que mas ampliada,
tengo escrita," /oc. cit., p. 1 34.
" Epitome de la Bibliotheca Oriental i
Occidental, Nauiica i Geografica. Al Excet-
enlist. SeHor D. Ramiro NuKes Perez Felipe
de Guzman, SeHor de la Casa de Guzman,
Duque de Medina de las Torres, Marjues
de Torat i Monasterio, Cinde de Parma-
coello i yaldorce, Comendador de yaldepeflas.
Gran Canciller de las InJias, Tesorero Gen-
eral de la Corona de Aragon, i Consejo dt
Italia, Capitan de los cien Hijudalgo de la
guarda de la Real persona i Sumiller de
Corps. Por el Licenciado Antonio de Leon
Relator del Supremo i Real Consejo de las
Indias. Con Priuilegio. En Madrid, Por
luan Gonzalez. AHo de m.ocxxix.
^^'^ 4to; title I 1.4-43 unnumb. 11 +
183 numb. pp. 4-12 pp. tor appendix + i
I. lor colophon.
''■' Prologo, on sign. 4.
Introduction.
XV
\t
Rcalcs" in the offices of the secretaries of the Supreme Council
of the Indies — upwards of five hundred of which he had read.
The Epitome describes manuscripts as well as printed hooks, in the
alphabetical order, with valuable notes. Pinelo seems to have
made his descriptions from the works themselves, except in a few
instances where the titles are derived from the catalogues of
Balduanus^', Draudius'^, (iabriel de Sora", and from works in
the library of his predecessor, Thomas Tamayro. He likewise
extracted from Herva;^jus, Ranuisio and De Bry, the accounts
relating specially to the New World. Prefixed are several poems,
an introduction by Juan Rodriguez de Leon, who was Pinelo's
brother, and several indices carefully and skillfully drawn.
From the fact that Juan de Soloryano Pereira was appointed
in 1634 to continue the- Recopiliicion de Leyes^ commenced by
Rodrigo de Aguiar and Leon Pinelo, we infer that the latter
died probably in 1633.
Although several authors of note**^ may have intended to follow
the example of the Peruvian jurist, the earliest cata-
logue of books exclusively devoted to America which
we can find after the work of Leon Pinelo, is the
useful B'lbl'iotheccc Americana; Primordia of White Kennett, Dean
of Peterborough*', enlarged by the Rev. Thomas Watts***. The
Kennett
»7>3-
" Bibliothtca Classic.i, siue Cata/ogus
Officinalis, Francofurti ad M. 1625, 410.
'* Bibliolhica Hislorica, Lipsie, 1610,
4Cu.
" " Bibliothecie amplissima; dominus,
cujus mm exigui voluminis extat catalogus
typis cditus . . . . " Antonio, he. cit.,
Vol. I, p. 509.
■■" Alcedo mentions in the prologue of"
his manuscript bibliography, a Bihiioleca
Americana, composed by Juan Dikz de la
Calle ; a tew sheets only were printed
about tlie year 1646.
" Born at Dover, 1660. Entered of St.
Edmund H.1II, Oxford, 1678; Vicar of
Amersden, Oxfordshire, 1684; Rector of
Shottesbrook, Berkshire, 1 693; Minister of
St. Botolph, '\ldgate, London, 1699; Dean
of Peterborough, 1707 j Bishop of Peter-
borough, 1718 J died, l^^%. — Darling,
Cycloped. Bitliogr,, col. 1718.
'" Bibliolliecie Americana" Primordia.
An Attempt Towards laying the Foundation
of an American Library, In several Books,
Papers, and ff^rilings, Humbly given to the
Society for Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts, For the Perpetual Use and
Benejil of their Members, their Missionaries,
Friends, Correspondents, and others con-
cern'd in the Good Design of Planting and
promoting Christianity within Her Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations in the IVest-Indies.
By a Member of tie said Society. London,
Printed for J. Churchill, at the Black
Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1 71 3.
*** 4t") title one leaf4- 16 preliminary
pp. + 276 pp. + 112 unnumbered leaves
for table.
m
XVI
Introduction.
title explains the purpose of this excellent biLI'ography. The
accounts, which are chiefly extracted from the collections of
Hervagius, Ramusio, Eden, Hakluyt, and Purchas, are, together
with relations borrowed from the Epistles of Peter Martyr,
arranged in the order of dates. A certain number of valuable
works, especially of the seventeenth century, apparently taken
from the library which the learned Bishop donated in 17 13
to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, are described
with accuracy. As an index of subjects, the Bihliotheca Ameri-
cana: Prhnordia stands prominent among the works of the kind.
Lenglet Du Fresnoy inserted in his well-known Methode pour
etud'ter la Geographic ^'> a list of works relating to
Lenglet America. It numbers about sixty titles (exclusive
Du Fresnoy. ^ , rr.l.1■»r^r>\u••
.-,(. of the reprmt or Kothelm s De Bry)^ begmning
with Benzoni. We notice an Oviedo of 1730,
which is not to be found anywhere else. The catalogue of
American voyages'" is still more succinct. Both of these lists
bear a certain resemblance to Mencke's work'".
Andres Gonzales de Barcia Carballido y Zuniga'% while pre-
paring the edition of Herrera's Historia General^^,
which is so well known for its admirable index,
thought it advisable to enlarge the list of Los
Autores impresos^ y de mam., que ban escrito cosas particulares de
las Indias Occidentales., which precedes the original edition of
Herrera. To that effect he instituted diligent researches to dis-
cover the larger work of Leon Pinelo, but failing in this'*, he
Barcia.
i737-«-
" Paris, 1742 (third edit.), Vol. i, Part
II, p. 405, t'f. We have not been able to
procure the edition ot" 1768, which is the
most complete.
'" loc. cit.y p. 504, jy.
" Catalogue des frincipaux historiens,
avec des remar^ues critiques sur la bonii: de
leurs owvrages et sur le choix des meilleures
editions. Par J. B. Mf.ncke j Lipsic [s'V],
M ucc XIV, i2mo, p, 426, s^.
" •' Barcia was a man of literary dis-
tinction, much employed in the affairs of
state, and one of the founders of the Span-
ish Academy. He died in 1743." — -Tick-
NOK, Hist, of Spanish Literature, Vol. 11,
p. 29, note 13, on the authority of Baena,
Hijos de Madrid, Vol. i, p. 106.
" Madrid, 1726, — .
" " Esta Obra maior, que no falta quien
digu haverlu acabado (i en el continuo tra-
Introduction.
xvu
II
availed himself of his " noble collection of books and manu-
scripts relating to America"", of some stray notes (" Papelcs
Originales, i copias del autor") left by Pinclo, and of such
materials as he could find in the extensive compilations of
Rodriguez'^ Quetif and Echard'^, Labbe''*, Nicholas Antonio,
Du Halde, Trevoux, &c., and following the plan of the Epitome
of Leon Pinelo, compiled the extensive Bih/iothfCfj^'\ which, to
distinguish it from the latter, we call Pinelo-Barcia.
Barcia's work is an immense repertorium, containing abridged
titles, all translated into Spanish, and fraught with inaccuracies
of all kinds. The multiplicity of indices, and the different
paginations render this bulky compilation of little use, although
in the midst of a chaotic mass, painstaking bibliographers
may discover notices, especially in the mention of manuscript
sources, which could not be found in any other work. Many
of the errors which mar the utility of subsequent bibliographies
can be traced to Pinelo -Barcia.
If no bibliography of American books is to be found f ir a
number of years after Barcia's, there are several lists, prefi. ' to
histories, which, although relating exclusively to particular ac-
tions of countries, find their place in this con-
nection. The first is a description, with notes, of
fifty-five works, added by Charlevoix to his His-
Charlevoix
1744.
lujo del Autor, es verisimill no han potjido
descubrir bs mas eficaces diligencias." Pi-
nelo-Barcia, Proemio, third page.
" Rich, Bihliotheca Americana Nova,
Vol. I, p. 55. No. 7.
'* Bikliol/jecayakntina; VA\ench, 1702-
1703, t'olio.
" De Scriptorihus ordinis Pnedicator. ,•
Paris, 1719-21, fill.
'" Bibliothr-a Bihiiolhecarum ; Paris,
1664, 4to.
"' Epitome de la Bihiioteca Oriental, y
Occidental, Nautica, y Geograjica. De
Don Antonio de Leon Pinelo, del Consejo de
su Mag. en la Casa de la Contratacion de
Se-villa, y Corontsia Mai^r de las Indias,
a!iadido, y enmendado ntte'vamente, en ^iie se
contienen los escriiores de las Indias Orien-
tales, V Occidentales, y Reinos con-vecinos
China, Tartaria, jfapon, Persia. Armenia,
Etiopia, y otras partes. Al Rey niieslro
seiior. Por mano del Marjues de Torre-
Nueva, su Secrelario del Despacho Uni-
versal de Hacienda, Indias i Mexico. Con
Privilegio. En Madrid : En la oficina
de Francisco Mariinea Ahad, en la Calle
del Olivo Baxo, Aiio de m. d. cc. xxxvii.
'".^* Folio, 3 yols. (second and third
dated m. n. cc. xxxviii.), Bihiioteca Occi-
dental, cids. 516-912, in Vol. 11.
m
xvni
Introduction.
tory of New France+°. Laudonniere (1586) is the earliest
author mentioned ; but we find reliable accounts of Lescarbot,
Champlain, Sagard, and of the most important historians of
Canada. The notes are succinct, but trustworthy, and such as
would have added still greater value to the History of America
of Robertson, had that painstaking historian done more than
limit himself to a mere mention of titles. The
books described by Robertson'*' seem to have com-
1777. . •' .
posed a part ot the library which was procured for
him by Mr. Widdilovc, the chaplain of the English embassy at
Madrid, and of copies of such manuscripts as Lord Grantham
was permitted to consult. It must be said, however, that the
Spanish government exhibited then, as now, a great reluctance-*^
towards communicating, even to the English ambassador, cer-
tain documents, which it was left to Navarrete to publish for
the first time. Robertson's catalogue comprises nearly two
hundred and fifty works, all intrinsically valuable, but of no
great rarity. The leading historians are not in original editions,
but mere extracts from Ramusio's, De Bry's and Barcia's col-
lections or late reprints. We notice, however, the priticeps of
Las Casas, Castanheda, and the Vocahulario of Molina.
Clavigero enjoyed advantages which were denied his prede-
cessors. A member of the order of the Jesuits
at the time when the New World was ruled by
the clergy as a conquered province, he spent
thirty-six years in Mexico collecting documents for his intended
Clavigero
1780.
*" L'xstt et txamen des auteurs que j'ai
consulth pour composer cit ouvrage [yiz. i
Histoire et Description Gencrale de la Nou-
•velle France, avec !e journal histori(jue J'un
Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans ryJmi-
rique Septentrionale f Paris, m.dccxliv, 2
vols. 4to. In Vol I, pp. xlj-lxj].
■" ^ catalogue of Spanish hooks and man-
uscripts; in RoBEKTSON, History of the
Discovery and Settlement of America; Lon-
don, 1777, 2 vols. 4to, Vol. II, pp. 523-
535-
*' " Les journaux originaux de Colomb,
Ac Pinzon, d'Ojeda, d'Ovando, de Balboa,
de Ponce de Leon, d'Heinandez de Cor-
dime, de Cortez, jtCiSe trouvent tous dans
le c.ibinet de.s archives de la couronne. a
Simancas, a deux lieues de Valladolid.
Les chartes et les diplonies des artaires de
TAmerique qui, sur I'ordre de Philippe II,
y furent deposes, occupent la plus jjrande
chambre, et torment huit cens soixante-
treize gros paquets, que M. Robertson a
vainement cherche a consulter." De
1
wfimw^'^
Introduction.
XIX
history*', which he prefaced with two lists, one of European
and native authors, who wrote in the Mexican, Otomee, Maya
and other American languages ; the other, containing thirty-nine
valuable notices of writers on the ancient history of Mexico.
Clavigero mentions manuscript sources, such as Sahagun, since
printed, Motolinia, afterwards lost, and Chimalpain, which he
did not suspect to be only a translation of Gomara-**.
It is worthy of notice that nearly all the works relating to the
New World published in the seventeenth and eighteenth cen-
turies in the Spanish language, were written by priests, monks
or individuals who were connected in some manner with the
Church. The extensive number of publications of this character
induced Juan Jose de Eguiara y Eguren, a native
Mexican, who held the chair of Theology in the
Eguiara.
1755-
University of Mexico, to compose a dictionary,
historical and bibliographical, of all the authors born in New
Spain. He died, unfortunately, in 1763, without completing
his work. Although Eguiara carried his dictionary to the letter
J, only one volume was published'*'. This includes only the
first three letters of the alphabet. The rest of the manuscript
was preserved until within a few years in the library of the
Cathedral of Mexico-*'^. The prolixity of the dissertations, the
MuRR, Histoire diplomatique du CAevalier
Behaim; Strasb. an J Paris, 1802, 8vo, p.
63. This note of Dt- Murr seems to be
taken from Robertson's own preface, but
we have to discover the authority of the
Nuremberg critic for his assertion as re-
gards the journals of Pinzon, Ojeda,
Ovando, Sec.
*' Sloria nntica del Messico ; Cesena,
1780-1, 4 vols., 4to. In the absence of
the Italian original, we quote CuUen's
translation, London, 1780, 4to. Catalogue
of some [128] European and Creole au-
thors luho have written on the Dcrtrines of
Christianity and Morality, in the Languages
of New Spain; Vol. i, p. 412. sj. Au-
thors of Grammars and Dictionary, p. 414, sj.
— Account of the fVriters on the Ancient
History of Mexico, Vol. i.
** See infra, p. 204, note 8.
*' Bihliotheca Mexicana sive ervditorvm
historia ■virorvm, qui in America Boreal!
nati, -vel alibi geniii, in ipsam Domicilio out
Stuijs asciti, juavis lingua scripto alijuid
tradiderunt ; Eorum prasertim qui pro Fide
Catholica fef Pietale amplianda fo-vendaque,
'gregic factis (S quilmsvis Scriptis Jiouere
edilis aut ineditis. Tomus primus exhihens
litteras ABC Mexici : Ex nova
Typographic in JEdibus Authoris edition!
ejusdem Bihtijtheca destinatj. Anno Do-
mini MDCCLK
*^* Folio; title 1,+ 18 11. -f 59 -f- i, -(.
pp. 1-543; on two columns.
(Priv,itc Library, New York.)
*' Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de
Geografia y Estadistica, Vol. X, No. 2,
page 77.
XX
Introduction.
Maneiro.
1791.
lack of criticism, and the fact that every title is translated into
Latin, deter greatly from the merit of this work, which, how-
ever, has not been entirely superseded by the more extensive
Biblioteca of Beristain, as Eguiara gives his authorities, which
Beristain frequently neglects to do.
The work of Father Maneiro*^ is entitled to a place in this list
on account of the bibliographical details contained
in his thirty-four elaborate biographies of Mexican
authors. Maneiro belonged to the order of the Jes-
uits. He was born at Vera-Cruz in 1744, and died in the
city of Mexico in 1802. His biography of Clavigero is espe-
cially interesting.
But the repertory of Mexican works and authors which is
sought after by collectors (not so much on account
Beristain. .•.»•• •» u i ■•.. v \ • »u
„ , ot Its mtrinsic merit as because ot its rarity), is the
Biblioteca of Beristain*'*.
Jose Mariano Beristain Martin de Souza was born at Puebla
in 1756*''. He completed his education in Spain, and returned
in 1790 to Mexico. He was afterwards appointed to the offices
of Dean of the Cathedral of that city, and Rector of the College
of San Pedro ; and became the champion of Spanish absolutism
during the revolution of 18 10. Dr. Beristain never recovered
from an attack of apoplexy with which he was seized while
*' yoannh Aloysii Maneiri, ytracrucen-
sis, de yith atijuot Mtxicanorum, aliorum-
fue jui ti-ve yinure, live litteris Mexici in
primis Jioruerunt i Bononia, lyyi-z, 8vo,
Vol. 1, pp. 412; Vol. II, 412; Vol. Ill,
We rind in the Diccionario Univen, de
Hist, y Geogr. (Mexico), Vol. i, p. 562, a
notice of a \IS. Mexican bibliography, viz. :
Catalogo de hi escritores Angelo-Politanoi
[of Puebla], />or Diego Bermudez de Cas-
tro.
" Biblioteca Hiipano-Americana Septen-
trional: 0 Caliilcgo y Noticia de hi Litera-
tes jue 0 nacidcis 0 educados 0 jiorencientei en
la America Septentrional EspaHola, han dado
a luz algun escrito, 0 h han dexado prtpa-
rad'j para la Prema. La escribia El Doctor
De Joie Mariano Beriuain De So:iza, del
Clauitro de lai Universidadei de Falenciay
falladolid, Caballero de la Orden EspaHola
de Carloi HI, y Comendador de la Real
Americana de Label la Catolica, y Dean de
la Melropolitana de Mexico. En Mexico 1
Calle de Santo Domingo y esquina de Ta-
cuba Alio de 1816.
*** Large 4.10, Vol. i, 14 11. + 540 pp. ;
Vol. II (dated 1819), 2 11. + 525 pp. ; Vol.
Ill (dated 1821), 2 11. + 365 pp.
(Private Library, Washington.)
*• Biblioteca Hispano-Americana Sept.
Vol. I, art. Beristain.
.
"I •mmnfvw^^t'
Introduction. xxi
preaching in the Cathedral, and died in 1817'°. He was a literary
priest of varied attainments, who wrote poetry, and enjoyed
some reputation as a pulpit orator; but he is chiefly remembered
on account of his bibliographical work.
Beristain devoted twenty years to the preparation of his Bib-
lioteca, but he lived to publish only the first hundred and eighty-
s.x pages of the first volume; the rest of the work having been
edited by his nephew, Jose Rafael Enriquez Trespalacios Beris-
tain. When first published it could be procured for six dollars ;
now as much as ninety or a hundred dollars are asked in
Mexico for a complete set, and the work is rarely met with
The reason of its rarity is simply that the number of copies
printed was limited to the list of subscribers, as there was no
prospect of finding purchasers for a larger edition.
As to the merits of the work, they have been greatly exag-
gerated by the booksellers who happened to have a few copies
for sale. Its three thousand six hundred and eighty-seven notices
convey, ,t is true, a great deal of information, but of a kind
which IS not always to be trusted, while the titles are so muti-
lated as to be still a source of error and confusion^'. When it
was proposed, in 1863, that the Mexican Society of Geography
should repnnt the work, a member, of undoubted competency in
such matters, reported that to reprint Dr. Beristain's Bihlloteca
as It was, might not render any service to science, while to
correct It would be almost an impossibility ; and that if a bib-
liography of this character was absolutely needed, the Society
Zgethe" ' ^ """^^ ^^^"•'' ""'^"^''"^ ^° ^°-P°- ^ "- o-
"" Diccionarh Univ. de la Hist, y Gtogr
(Mexico), Vol. I, p. 560. -^ *
" "El defecto principal de la Biblioteca
de Beristain consiste en la lihertad que se
tomo el autor de alterar, compendiar y re-
construir los titulos de las obras que cita,
hasta haber que dado algunos inconocibles."
—Ohurvaaonet priuntadas a la Socicdad
Mtxuana de Geograjia y Estadiuica par ,1
^oao de numcro jut mscribc [Sr. d f Gar
CIA ICAZBALCF-TA], acera de la froyectada
re,mpreswn de la Biblioteca Hispano-jimer-
'cam Septentrional del Dr. Beriuain ^ in
5,j/«,«, Vol. X, No. 2, ,864
xxu
Introduction.
Whether we consider Meusel's'* work as an enlarged edition
of Struvius' B'thlioteca Historica^K or as the realiza-
1 EUSEL. ^j^^ ^^ ^^ jj^^ suggested by the compilations of
Balduanus, Zciller and Bartels, Mcusel's Historical
Library will always be considered a scholarly and reliable work
of the utmost importance to the student of histoiy. It was
intended to comprise Modern Italy, Germany, the Netherlands,
England and Northern Europe, increasing the work to forty
parts. These, however, were never published, but we are glad
to record the fact that the sections relating to the New World
were all inserted. They occupy half or" the second part and
half of the first part of Vol. iii, with additions in the Analecta.
Many of the original editions of the most important authors
seem to have escaped his notice. Thus, for the first collection,
he does not ascend to Fracanzio da Montalboddo''-*, but to
Ruchamer" ; and for the epistles of Columbus he refers to
Robertus Monachus'''; but be knows from the Cosmographiec
Introductio the accounts ascribed to Vespuccius, while several of
the Cortes Letters are described from Seville editions. The
secondary authors are mentioned with a fullness and accuracy
which betray the hand of a bibliographer who did not limit his
efforts to the mere transcription of titles and collations, but to a
perusal of the works themselves and appreciation of their merits.
John George Meusel was born near Bamberg in 1743. A
pupil of Heyne, he acquired, when only twenty-three years of
age, a certain reputation for his editions of Theocritus and
Lucan, and was considered in after life an historian of consider-
able merit. He died, in 1820, at Erlangen, where he held the
chair of History in the University.
" Bibliothtca Historica. Instructa a B. parts in eleven volumes, including anattcta
Bitrcardo Gitthtlf Struvio, aucta a B. and index.
Chrhli. Gott/iek Budero nunc -vero a loanne "' lena, 1740, 8vo.
Georgia Meuulio ita dignta, ampUficata et " No. 48.
emendata, ul fame no-vum opus •videri pos- "^ No. 57.
sit f Lipsia mdcclxxxii ; 8vo, twenty " No. 175.
L .
Introduction.
xxin
To supply data to an American gentleman who proposed to
write a history of America, one Mr. Reid>" compiled
^Q°* a chronological catalogue'^ of books, pamphlets and
state papers. The titles are extracted chiefly from
the lists then in the British Museum, Jefterson's Notes on
Firginiay The Monthly Revieiu, &c., and arranged in the order
of dates, but abridged and imperfectly transcribed. It is a worth-
less compilation, which we should not notice, were it not to be
found on the shelves of almost every American library.
Although the Foyages of De Bry were not sought after in the
last century with the eagerness which distinguishes the
collectors of our time, when Camus" read to his col-
leagues of the Institute of France the elaborate descrip-
tion which he had prepared of the tine copy in the National
Library he was immediately requested to add a part describing
the contents of the work. It is to this circumstance that we owe
an excellent analysis, not only of De Bry's, but of Thevenot's
collections, with incidental notes on those of Ilervagius, Ramu-
sio, Hakluyt and Hulsius. Camus' Al'emoire''^ may not contain as
minute bibliographical details as the well-known descriptions of
Cisternay Du Fay's''^' and of De Bure's''' copies, or collations as
Camus
1802.
" This work is sometimes ascribed to
Debrett or to one Rev. Mr. Homer.
Debrett was only the puhlhher, while Mr.
Homer happened simply to own a copy,
which contained the following note: "U.
for Reid, the an'jtiymous author of a hook
enlil/ed Dihliothtca yimericana, printed in
1789." See Rich, Bihiioth. Americana
Nova (Suppl.), p. 491, No. I.
"* Bihliotheca Americana ; or, a chrono-
los^ical catalogue of the moit curious and in-
teresting Books, Pamphlets, State Papers,
Sfc, upon the subject of North and South
America, from the earliest period to the
present, in print and manuscript j for ivhich
research has been made in the British Muse-
um, and the most celebrated public and pri-
vate libraries, reviews, catalogues, &c.,
with an introductory discourse on the present
state of Literature in those countries { Lon-
don, printed for J. Derrett. mdcclxxxix.
*,.♦ 4to; title i 1. + i l. + iyi pp.
" Armand Gaston Camus, born at Paris
in 1740, was a great jurist, who played an
important part in the French Revolution
0^1789. He died in 1804.
"" Mcmoires sur la collection des Grands
et Petits Voyages, et sur la collection des
voyages de Melchisedech Thevenot ; par A
G. C.^MUS, membre de I'lnstitut national,
Imprimi par I'ordre et auxfrais de I'lnstitut i
Paris, Frimaire An. xi. (1802). 410, 3 11.
-1^-401 pp. + I 1.
" No. 2825 of the catalogue of his
library, prepared by G. Martin.
" Bibliographic Instructive, Vol. i, pp.
67-187 (an interleaved copy of this part,
witli De Bure's own annotations).
"m
XXIV
Introduction.
full as the monographs published by De Rothelin'''', Brunei''*,
Quaritch''' and WeigeF', but it must always be considered a
most valuable contribution to Analytical Bibliography.
Antonio de Alcedo y Bcxarano, the author of the well-known
Geographical Dictionary, was born at Quito about
Q ' the year 1730. After finishing his education at Mad-
rid he entered the Spanish army, and, in 1767, while
yet holding a commission, studied Medicine at Montpellier. In
1807 he held the post of Governor of Corufia. His last work
was a bibl'toteca Americancf'T ^ which never was printed. This
bulky compilation seems to be based entirely upon Pinelo-Bar-
cia, with the addition of a i^^ biographical notes, which are of
interest only when referring to modern American authors. The
titles are given in alphabetical order, abridged, and selected
with very little discrimination'^'*.
Part V of the extensive bibliography of Voyages'^ by G. Bou-
cher de la Richarderie, is devoted exclusively to
^^ America. The number of volumes cited is con-
RlCHARDERIE. •, ,■ . ■ ■ i • u
iXnS siderable, but not worthy the high encomium
passed on this compilation by Peignot, who calls
See also, by the same bibliographer :
Description de Vexemptaire de la Collec-
tion des Grands et Pelits voyages de Theo-
dore de Bry appartenant a M. le Due de
Bedford, s. a. a. I. [Paris, iVIay. 1838],
tbl. 6 pp.
" Observations et Details sur la col-
lection des grands & des petits voyages ;
Paris, 1742, 4to, p. 44 (Abbe de Rothe-
lin's own copy with MS. notes). Reprinted
in Lenglit Du Fresnoy, Methode pour
etudier la Geogr., Vol. I, pp. 324-361.
'* Manuel, Vol. i, cols. I 310-1363.
" Collation of tie German De Bry, first
editions; s. a. a. I., 4 large tol. pages.
'" Bihliographische Mittheilungen iibcr
die deutschen Ausgaben von De Bry's Samm-
lungen der Rtisen nach dem abend- und mor-
genlandischen Indien. Aus dem " Sera-
peum" besonders abgedruckt ; Leipzig, T.
O. Weigel, 1845, 52 pp. We are glad to
state that the copy described in this care-
fully drawn memoir is now in a private
library of" this city.
" Biblioteca Americana, Catalogs de los
autores que han escrito de la America en
diferentes idiomas. Y noticia de su vida y
patria, aflos en que viuieron y obras que
escribieron. Compuesto por El Mariscal de
Campo D. Antonio de Alcedo, Gobernado de
la Plaza de la Corufia. Atlo de 1807.
Fol. VI +1018 11. MS.
(Private Library, Providence.)
"■ Witness the following (fol. 236) ;
" Crasoe, Rohinsor. Vida y maravil-
losos sucesos de Crasoe Robinsor, y entre
otros varios el de haber estado 28 afios en
una Isla desierta sobre la costa y boca del
rio Orinoco : en ingles . Londres, 17... 8°."
"" Bibliotheque Universelle des yoyages,
ou Notice complete et raisonnee de tous les
voyages anciens et modernes dans les differ-
w
Introduction.
XXV
It " un vrai monument de bibliographic speciale'°," we feel con-
strained to say that were it not for the extracts which it gives
from books published in the eighteenth century, the portion
of the Bibliothi'fjue universelle des Voyages relating to America
would be a very useless compilation. Unfortunately, the work
was frequently consulted, and to this untoward circumstance do
we ascribe many of the egregious mistakes which mar a number
of subsequent publications^'. Giles Boucher dc la Richarderie
was an eminent French jurist, whose erudition should have
enabled him to composea better work. He was born in 1733,
and died at Paris in 18 10.
Dr. David 13. Warden, an Irishman by birth, but who held
for forty years the post of U. S. Consul at Paris,
o ■ ■ where he died in 1845, had collected a library com-
posed of works relating to America, neither very
extensive 1101 containing books of extreme variety, but, for the
time, a useful and valuable collection. This he offered for sale
in 1820, and, for the use of purchasers, compiled a catalogue^*,
which evinces methodical habits, and a competent knowledge of
the subject. The collection was purchased by Mr. Samuel E.
Elliott, who donated it to Harvard College^' in 1823. The
earliest work on the list is the Novus Orbls of 1537. A few
years later, Dr. Warden having consented to furnish M. de
Courcelles (the editor of the continuation of the Art de Verifier
les Dates) ^ with chronological tables of American history 7^, com-
inth parlies du monde, publics rant en lan-
irue francaisc '{uen langues clran^ires, classes
par ordre de pays dans leur svrie ckronolo-
i^iyiie f az'ee des extraits plus ou moins
rapides des voyages les plus estimcs de chayue
pays, et les jugemenis, moti-vh sur les lela-
tions anciennes yui oni le plus de cilebriti.
Far G. Boucher de la Richarderie.
Paris, 1808, 8vo, Vols, v am) vi.
'" Repertoire de Bibliographies Spiciales,
"Farihault, among others, for in
st.ince, borrows many of liis Inacrurate
descriptions from La Ricliarderie.
" Bihliotheca Americo-Septentrhnalis :
being a choice collection of Books in varUus
languages, relating to the History, Climate,
Geography . . . of North America, from its
first disco-very to its present existing Govern-
ment. S. a. a. I. [Paris, 1820], 8vo, pp.
•47-
'" Jos. Qawct, History of Harvard Coll.,
p. 553. This college had already received
as a girt, in 1818, from Mr. Thorndike,
the valuable collection of Prof. Ebeling of
Hamburg, which contained a large number
of books on America; loc. cit., p. 413.
'* Paris, iSi6-y, 8vo, Vols, ix-xu.
1
i
xxvi Introduction.
mcnccd ;i new collection ot" books on America, which, when his
work hail been published, he also orfereil for sale. It was pur-
chased, for ^4,000, by the State of New York^' ; and it is the
catalogue of this second collection which is frec|ucntly (juotcd
as " Warden's Bibliothec(f'\" It numbers 1118 works, begin-
ning with the translation of Munster by Belleforest (ed. of 1570),
and, with the exception of some rare charts, does not contain
anything of special interest to bibliographers. The compiler
mentions as the rarest books in the collection, Heylin's Cosmog-
raphy, the Peter Martyr of i 533, a De lir\\ a Rainusio^ a Pur-
chase a Laet^ a Torqticmada and an Ogilhy.
The collected voyages of Levinus Hulse or Hulsius''^ may
be considered an imitation'" of that of De Bry,
A /V S H F R
^ ' although it is superior to this highly-prized collec-
tion in many respects, and, what is of greater im-
portance to collectors,' much more difficult to complete. It is
in the German language, and devoted chiefly to the voyages of
the Dutch. Camus"'' states, on the authority of Meusel% that
" Hulsius a employe pour cooperatcurs (lueUiues-uns de ceux
qui I'avaient ete par de Bry, entre autres Gothard Arthus."
Although mentioned as rare and valuable as far back as
Haller"', it was only in 1833 that a bibliographer attempted to
do for Hulsius what Camus had so successfully done for De
Bry. Mr. A. Asher, a Berlin bookseller, who had collected the
'" Setsion Laws of the Stale of New blicum ab, that 1602 cine Ruise nach
7\ri, for 1845, |>. 72. Documents of the Holl. und Engelland, liess bldi horiiach zu
^jje/nA/y, 1845, Doc. II. I'ranckturt am Mayn nicjer; unJ starb
" Bit/iotheca Americana, beinj^ a choice um 1606," (Jocher, 011 the authority of
ci/llection of Booh reJatin^ to North and Valek. Andreas).
Siuth America anJ the fyest InJies, inc/uJ- ""ad imitationem oferis hoJoeporici
:ng f^oyaget to the Southern Hemisphere, fratruni de Bry." Fbeytao, Analecta, p.
Maps, Engra-vings and Medals i Paris, J 8 3 1 , 47 3.
8vo, pp. 139. Reprinted, Paris, 1840, ^' Mcmoire sur De Bry, f. x^, note.
8vo. pp. 124. "" Bib/iolieca Historica, Vol. 11, Part I,
" "ein Geographus und Mathcmaticus p. 337.
von Gent, gieng um 1590 nath Niirn- "' "quotoms 26 prodiit, qu:i- rarissima
berg, gab daiclb-t einen Informator in der est edito." Bibliotheca Botanica. Tiguri,
(Vaiuzojischen Spraclie und Notarium pu- 1771-72, 410, Vol. i, p. 378.
Introduction.
XXVI 1
m
fine set, afterwards sold to Mr. Thomas Grcnvillc, first pub-
lished a brief memoir"', which, six years hiter, was ciihirgcd
and printed in 4to'''. Although full of interest, and a praise-
worthy crtbrt in the proper direction, this description is not as
reliable as hypercritical collectors would desire"^. It is therefore
necessary to add to Asher's Memoir the collations published by
Quaritch"', the London bookseller ; although these covers only
the first editions of Hulsiuses.
Of late the attention of c lectors of American books seems
to be concentrated on perfect sets of De Brys^
Hulsiuses and Jesuits' Relations. The latter are
certainly the most valuable, if not the most in-
viting to the eye, and deserve the solicitude of collectors, inas-
much as there is not a perfect set to be found anywhere. As
our readers arc doubtless aware, these Relations are the annual
reports sent by the Superiors in Canada to the Provincials at
Paris, from 1632 to 1672, and contain interesting accounts of
the progress of the Jesuit missionaries, among the Indians, as
well as trustworthy details concerning the geography of the
country, the different tribes, their customs, languages and tradi-
tions. Tiie only bibliographical account which we could find
of these Jesuit Relations, is a paper read by Dr. E. B. O'Calla-
O'Cai-lachan.
1847.
"" /4 ihort Bihliografhual Memoir of the
C'lUecli'jti of yo^ciges and TriiTils published
by Levinus Huliius, ai Nuremherg and
Francfort, from 151)8 to 1650. By A.
AsHER, J. /., lil33. Svu, pp. 16; L'xtracted
from No. 35 ot his Monthly Hit of Old
Books,
" Bibliographical essa\' on the Collection
of Voyages and Travels edited and pub-
lished by Levimts Hulsius and his successors,
at Nuremberg and Francfcrt, from anno
1598 to 1660. By A. AsHKR, Lmulon and
Berlin, liy), 4to, 3 II. + 118 pp
'* I'or instance, tlie 1st edit, ot" Part V
is not 1 60 1, but 1599; it is tlie second
which is dated 1 601, instead ot" 1603, The
1st edit, ot" Fart x is not 161 3, but 1608.
The id edit, ot" Part xm is 1617 (like the
1st, with variations only in the title and
prcl. 11.), instead of 1627. The earliest
issue of the 3d edit, of Part v is 1 603, in-
stead of 1611. Tliere is no dedication to
Andcr Schitfahrt's id voyage (Nuremb.,
i6oi); the text in Raleigh's Cu/af/a (Part
V, 1601) is in 18 pp. instead of 17, In
Part IV, 1599, there arn fifteen plates, in-
cluding Schmidel's portrait, instead of " six-
teen besides the portrait," &c., &c. We
are sorry to say that bibliographers are ex-
pected to take notice of such niinuriiej
nay. these often constitute the only stock
of knowledge of certain collectors, whose
lynx eyes are constantly in search of errors
or omissions of this character.
" Collation of Hulsius. First editions,
s. I. a. a., 4to, 8 11.
xxvtii
Introduction.
ghan before the N. Y. Historical Society, afterwards published
in pamphlet form"'', and translated into French"^. This was fol-
lowed by the publication of an aimotatcd list*^^", mentioning
where, in 1853, all the copies then known could be consulted"''.
Dr. O'Callaghan's brief disquisition is interesting, and as full as
the subject and the knowledge of the copies at the time could
permit. The discovery made since of five unknown editions'^,
" yetuil Relalioni of Discoveriei anJ
other Dccurrtncet in Ciinad<t and the North-
ern and IVeittrn Stalls of iht Union,
i6ji-if)72. Uy E. B. ()'CAi.r.A(iHAN,
M. L).; New Viirk, mdoccxlvii, 8vo, il
PP-
'' Rilaliom dei Jisuitfi lur let De-
c/wvertei it tti autrfs ivintmenlt arri-va en
Canada, el au Nord et a I'Ouesi dei F.iats-
Uni, (1611--1672). Par It Dr. K. B.
O'Callaohan. Traduii de rAnyJais [by
Father I'clix Martin] avec ijueliues [erro-
neous] nolei, corrections et additions ; Mont
HEAL, 1850, 8vi), 70 pp.
"" A few notes on the Jeiuit Relations,
Compiled for Private Circulation, hy E. B.
O'Callaohan, M. D. j 1850, one folio
leaf.
"' When we consider the extravagant
price now paid for Relations, it is interest-
inj! to learn that the twenty-ihree volumei
left by SouTHEY sold, at liii death, for less
than t'8 the entire lot; and that thirty
more were purchased at J^uebec in 1851,
for $100.
•" They consist of two reprints of the
time, with dilferent paginations, ic, but
no change in the text of the Relation of
1638; a translation into Latin of the Ra-
gucnau Relation of 1653, forming part of:
Progressus fdei Cathoiica in No'vo Orbe.
I. In Canada, sive Noua Frjncia, 2. In
Cochin China. 3. In Magna Chinensi Regno
Ve quo R. P. Nicolaus Trigautius. Soc.
yesu. lihris V, copiosi et accurate scripsit,
etc. Colonize Agrippinir. yoannim Kin-
chium, 1653, I2mu, 60 pp.
{Bil/liilhei,t Bmwiiiana, I'art ll.p. II), No. ;'''4.l
And the two following ;
copiE DE DEUX II LETTRES || envoie'es
UELA II novvelle FRANCE, II Au Here Pro-
cureur des Millions II de la compagnic de
Iesvs en ces contrees. II A Paris II chez Sc-
baftien Cramoisy, Imprimeur ordinaire du
Roy et Oauriel Cramoisy. riie S. lacquei
aiix Ci- II cognes. II M DC- . lvi . Auec pri-
uilege du Roy.
*^* l8mo, title I 1 -f pp. 3-18.
RELATION II D« ce q.ii felt palfellen
1» Nouvelle I'rancel'en I'annee 1634 II
Knuoyie au R. Pire Provincial de .. Com-
pagiiie de lefus en la || Prouince de France. ||
V.n !c I'ere le Ievne de la Compagnie,
Supericur de la li Kefidence de Kehec. II
EN AriGNON \\di: rimprimerie de
[ai^ues Bramkreav, |j Imprimeur de la
SainCktc, de la Ville, & 11 Vniucrlite. Auec
permijjion des Supirieurs ]| m . Dc . \\\\\ ,
%■"' 8vo, title I I. + 4 unnumb. 11. -f
pp 1-269; then pp. 291-336 for /?</<ir/o»
of Le Jeune of 1635; pp. 337-392, for
Relation de ce r/ui s'cs! passr aux Hurons en
I'annie 1635, by Brebeuk ; pp. 390-400,
for Relation by Perault (1634-5); pp.
401-416, for Divers Sentiments.
The rirst part corresponds with the Le
Jeune Relation of 1634 (Paris, 1635); the
second part is a reprint of the Relation of
1635 (Paris, 1636).
These tw( reprints and Relations are in
a Private Library of this city ; the Latin
Raguenau in a Private Library, Provi-
dence.
As to tlie Relation of 1658-9, vi'z. :
Lettrcs envoiies de la Nouvelle France au
R. P. Jacques Renault Provincial de la
Comp. de yesus en la Province de France.
Par le R. P. Hier. Lakmani, etc. ,• Paris,
Sebastien Cramoisy, 1660, iimo, pp. 49 +
a; although there is no original copy
known at present, there w,rs one, but it
was destioyed in the conHagrat' ,.1 of the
Parliamentary Library at CJuebec, in 1854.
Fortunately a collector of this city had se-
cured, a short time previous, a manuscript
copy, which he caused to be printed in fac-
simile, at Albany, in 1854, for private dis-
tribution.
■^
Introduction.
XXIX
lice au
Je la
France.
Paris,
49 +
copy
lut it
of the
1854.
ad se-
uscrlpt
n fac-
•ite dis-
*
and the scarcity of the pamphlet, render a reprint of this valua-
ble contribution to American bibliography necessary.
Hut it was n( until 182S that collectors, acting under the in-
fluence of Obadiah Rich, began to form libraries cxclu-
Rkh.
m
1832.
sively composed of American books. This bibliopole.
whose name is a household word with American col-
lectors, was a native of Boston, Mass. In early life he devoted
himself to botanical pursuits, but having been made a member
of the Mass. Hist. Society, hp directed his attention to the
study of bibliography, which "became his ruling passion through
life," In 18 1 5 he received the appointment of United States
Consul for Valencia, in Spain, from which he was afterwards
transferred to Madrid. It was duiing his residence in Andalusia
that he succeeded in forming a library, which Prescott, Irving
and Ticknor consulted at the time they visited Spain for the
purpose of writing the works which have rendered their names
celebrated. His means being limited, he visited London at in-
tervals for the purpose of disposing, by private sale or by auction,
of the rare works which he was continually collecting in Spain.
It is to this circumstance that we owe the formation of the four
greatest collections of books in America''', as well as the Amer-
" European students of American his-
tory frequently express the'.- surprise when
informed of tlie riclincss of certain libra-
ries in this country; but they forget that
the owners commenced c(]|iecting forty
years ago, at a time when collectors abroad
neglected American boo' ;, and were loth
to pay prices which were frequently much
below the bids sent from America, Our
collectors were in direct correspondence
with De Bure, Rich and Asher; when
traveling abroad they never neglected to
visit the public libraries, and notice the
editions which were wanting in their col-
lections; and went even so far as to print
catalogues of deiiderata, which circulated
freely among the European booksellers.
It is one of these which Brunet quotes oc-
casionally, under the title of Livrei Qtri-
rux * This contains minute descriptions
of parts of Thevenot, Hulsius, De Bry,
Relalhns, as well as Columbus and Cortes
Letters, It is worthy of notice that after
a circulation of ten years, and the knowl-
edge that the highest price in the market
would be paid, not twenty numbers were
* Livrcs Curicux. (.'.irrZ/ju/ H Clfnlirn, l.i-
kr.ilrii F.lranfrs ; New York, 1854, 8vo. pp. J7,
The rollowinf! passage, not in the pii.est French,
explains the object of this othrrwisc valuable cata-
logue : " Lfs editions spiciliecs ctanl Ics seules
dont on a hesoin, .'\ucune9 autrci ne pourraicnl
6lrc prises, I.es oifrcs ilevraicnt done corrcspomlre
ixactimint avec Ics cnllatidns donnees ci-itcssnus.
Lcs dirtercnces cnlre I'.j dirttrenle., editions clant
queUillclois tres-minimcs, les ilcscriplions onl Hi
preparies avec grand soin, de manicre que Ton
Iruuvcra ind'que pr<cis6incnt cc qui est desire, et
qiielqucfois mcme lea particularitcs dcs editions
tres-semblables malt fjuitii^ qu'on ncveut pas,"
^^^
'!%
XXX
Introduction.
' !
ican portion of the Bihliotheca Grenvilliana, which contains gems
not to be found in any other library. These four American
collections are located as follows : one in Providence, Rhode
Island, one in Washington city, and two in New York, the
Aspinwall collection having been removed hither from Boston
in i863'S
In 1828 Rich removed to London, where he opened a place
of business, which remained as such during the remainder of his
life, although in 1836 he accepted the consulate at the Balearic
Isles, and fixed his residence at Port Mahon, attracted thither
chiefly by the desire of examining at leisure one or two extensive
private libraries in that vicinity. The business meanwhile was
carried on under the superintendence of his son, Mr. George
obtained out of a list of two hundred and
sixteen mentioned in this curious catalogue,
which points out important dilierences
which had escaped the notice of previous
hibliograpliers. It must be said, however,
that the boolis aslced were among the
rarest known ; while several, t we feel cer-
tain, had not been seen in many years!
The number of rare and valuable works
which are scattered in several American
libraries is considerable, but we possess five
collections exclusively devoted to America,
which, as far as we have been able to as-
certain, surpass all libraries o( the kind in
Europe. Tliese are the ccd'.ections of
Messrs. J. Carter Brown, in Providence,
Samuel L, M. Bari.ow, in New York city,
Peter Force, in Washington, Henry C.
MuRi'HV. at Owl's Head, Long Island, and
James Lenox, in New York cit^. We
have eyamined all these, except Mr. Len-
ox's, wbii h we have never seen ; but if we
may judj,e from the sundry works vs'hich
the owner permitted us to consult, and
from conversation.il remarks, Mr. Lenox's
collection stands unrivaled.
It is very much to be regretted that
none of these great libraries are catalogued.
A largc-papei Ttrnaux, interleaved and
crammed with manuscript additions, seems
to atford the only clue to those bibliograph-
ical treasures ; so that if a confligration —
t See Nos. 106, IC9, 142, 145.
by no means a rare occurrence in this
country — should destroy these collections,
there would be no traces whatever left of
the losses thus sustained by the students of
American history. Let is state, hiwever,
that there is in course of publication, a
catalogue of Mr. J. Carter Brown's library.
We quote the parts already printed in our
work under the title of Bihlhihtca Broivn-
ianj, but the real title is as foUovvs :
Bihliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of
Books relating to North and South America
in the library of Jo'in Carter Brown, of
Providence, R. I., ivith Notes by John
Russell Bartlett; Providence, 1866,
8vo, First part (Fifteenth century), pp.
79, 302 numbers. Second part (up to
date), pp. I So, 940 to the year 1685.
The richness of this collection in Co-
lumbus, Vespuccius and Cortes epistles, in
Las Casases, De Brys, Hulsiuses, Jesuits Re-
lations and colonial pamphlets, will not
fail to excite the admiration of scholars,
and the envy of European collectors.
" One of the earliest collections of books
on America was formed by Col. Thomas
AsPiNwAi.L, for nearly thirty years U.
S. Consul at London. Extremely well
versed in the colonial history of his coun-
try, a bibliophile of great tact and activity,
Col. Aspinwall succeeded in collecting a
number of remarkably rare and valuable
works, which the richest libraries at home
and abroad scarcely surpassed. During one
'
Introduction.
XXXI
the
Rich, but after a few years he returned to London and resumed
the management of the store to the time of his death, which took
place in February, 1850. He was much regretted. A gentleman
by birth and education. Rich was a very different man from sev-
eral of those who now attempt to follow in his wake. Ent'^-ely
reliable, he scorned to resort to the dextrous artifices now so
much in vogue to enhance the price of a book ; and modest,
because he was really learned, he never thrust himself before the
public or worried reading communities with loud and egotistical
appeals, from which a true bibliophile would turn with disgust.
The bibliographies published by Rich are only lists, chiefly
composed of such works as he had for sale. *Xin of scarce
books are inserted at the end of each year, with a star, which is un-
derstood to mean that some of the works were not in Rich's pos-
session, but in that of Col. Aspinwall. The first of his catalogues'^'
of his visits to Paris, in 1833, Col. Aspin-
wall had printed a succinct catalogue* of
his library, which he withheld from circu-
lation. Attersvards the collection \v,\s in-
creased tl'i'eefuld, and another catalogue
made, but it remained in manuscript.
This line library was sent to Bobton, and,
in 1863, purchased by a gentleman of this
city. Unfortunately thirty-live hundred
out of nearly four thousand volumes were
destroyed in the contlagratioii which con-
sumed the establishment of Bangs Bro-
thers,f where the books had been tempo-
rarily stored after their arrival. Let us
hasten to say, however, that the gems of
the collection, which had been sent in ad-
vance and brought to the mansion of the
purchaser, were saved, and still grace the
shelves of tlie library of the friend to
whom we dedicate this work. These con-
sist in what we consider the first edition
of de Cosco's Latin version of Columbus'
Epistle to Raphael Sanchez ; Madrig-
nano's and Rucliamer's translations of Fra-
canzio da Montalboddo's Paesi nouamenie
retro-vatii Gruniger'seditionof Waltze-miil-
ler's Cosmo^raphia Intro Juclio ; an extreme-
ly full an 1 complete Latin De Bry ; the
unijues W,.vmouth and Bereton pamphlets;
the Earl of Warwick's large paper copy of
Smith's History of Virgima ^ an exten-
sive collection of colonial pamphlets relat-
ing to New England and Virginia, and a
number of such works, besides the well-
knowp folio volumes of original manu-
scripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. J
"' A Cdtalogue of B'joH^ relating princi-
pally to America, arranged under the yean
in which they nvere printed j London: 0.
Rich, II, Red Lion Square, 1831, 129 pp.
— B:,oki relating to America, 1493-1 700 ;
Supplement, 8vo, 8 pp.
— Books relating to America, 1493-1700,
16 pp.
— Bibliotheca Americana Nova f or, a
catalogue of books in 'various languages^ re-
lating to America, printed since the year
1700. Compiled principally from the works
themielves by 0 Rich, &c. ; London : 0.
Rich, 12, Red Lion Sjuare ; New York:
Harper and Brothers, S2 Clijf Street, 1S35.
•^ Catahgut of books rtljting to ytmirica in tht
colltction of CoU Wi/>ihijall, Consul of tht Unittd
States of yjmeriiit at London / 8vo, t. a, a. t.
[Paris, i8ji!, PP- '*> 77' numbers.
t Si-ptL-inbcr iSlh, 1864.
I A number of' these works arc Jescribed ill our
Bimhthfca BarUwiana j New York, MpccCLXtV.
bin. S»o, pp. )5. Only four copies printed.
^'
XXXll
Introduction.
t
II
contains four hundred and eighty-six books printed before 1700,
and beginning with a Leip«ic Vespuccius^ which is not mentioned
anywhere else. This was followed by two supplements, in which
we notice the Imago Mund'i of Alyaco, Lilius' Orhis compendia and
several works on Guaicum wood, none of which are entitled
to a place in an American library. Three years later, Rich
published the first volume of his Bibliotheca Americana Nova,
which was completed in 1846, The edition of this valuable
work was limited to two hundred and fifty copies. The books
are arranged in chronological order, with a new set of numerals
for each series, and he does not limit himself to works which
come to his personal notice, but borrows from Meusel, Warden,
Kennett, and even Reid's imperfect compilation, indicating how-
ever, the source.
The Bibliotheca of Rich naturally brings to mind the Biblio-
theque Americaine of Ternaux**. All we could learn
concerning Henri Ternaux, afterwards called Ter-
naux-Compans, is that he was once secretary of
legation'^', and that he died in December, 1864'^'. This pains-
taking compiler, collector and translator, is said to have been
the owner of the remarkable library which was sold at auction
Ternaux
1837-
In the copy before us there is a second
title, as follows :
— Bihiiotheca Americana Nova, A cata-
logue of hooks relating to America, in -various
languages, including -voyages to the Pacific
and Round the Worlds and Collections of
voyages and Travels Printed since the Year
1700. Compiled principally from the ivorks
themselves, by 0. Rich, &c.. Vol. i, lyoi-
1800; London: Rich and Sons, 12, Red
Lion Square, 1846. 8vo, 4 prel. 11.4-414
+ 93 pp. for Supplement, dated 1841 ; and
Index.
Vol. II (same title), 1801-1844, 412
pages.
"* Bibliothcjue Americaine ou Catalogue
des ouvrages relatifs a I'Amcrique qui ont
paru depuis sa dccouvcrie jus'ju'a fan 1700
par H. Ternaux; Paris, m.uccc.xxxvii.
8vo, viii+191 pp., 1 1 53 numbers
"' yuERARD, La France Littcraire, Vol.
IX, p. 374.
" Vavereau, Dictionnaire des Contem-
porains, jd edit. We have vainly searched
for biographic.il details concerning Ter-
naux in the Bulletins de la Sociitc de Geog-
raphic, and as late as the number for June,
1865 (which ii the latest we could find in
the city), there was no mention even of
his death. Surely this painstaking com-
piler, who translated and published that
long series of useful Vofages, Relations et
Mcmoires originaux pour servir a I'Histoire
de la Dicouverte de I'Amcrique, and the Ar-
chives des Voyages, deserved at least a pass-
ing notice We do not know what has
been done since in France in this respect,
but in America we can count on our lingers
those who know that Ternaux is no longer
in the land of the living!
.:A
.#
Introduction.
xxxni
under the name of Raetzel in November, 183697; and the fact
is that all the items bearing a date anterior to the year 1700 are
included in his well-known Bibliotheque. The latter is a bib-
liography, comprising a description of eleven hundred and fifty-
four works, arranged chronologically, and beginning with
Plannck's corrected edition of Columbus' Letter to Sanchezes,
The titles are abridged, and followed by a translation into
French of the truncated titles. Occasionally a note is added,
which is generally of little value. Many of the works men-
tioned had been in Ternaux's possession, but we are sorry to
say that we can cite several which never existed^, and these
(owing to the untoward circumstance that Ternaux's imaginary
description of them was copied by all subsequent bibliographers)
were the cause of a great deal of labor and time wasted on our
part. These defects render Ternaux's compilation much inferior
to Tromel's, which, for the period it covers, is one of the best
American bibliographies ever published.
Paul Tromel, who died lately, was, we are told, one of the
editors of the Serapeum. His Bibliotheque^^ gives a
description of books collected chiefly by Muller of
Amsterdam, and offered for sale by Brockaus of
Tromel.
1861.
s Contcm-
earched
Ter-
de Giog-
(o\ June,
find in
even ot"
g corn-
ed that
jiions ft
'Hisioire
the Ar-
ast a pass-
vvhat has
respect,
jur fingers
no longer
"' Catalogue des li-vres et manuscrits de la
hihliothetjue de feu M. KjtrtzzL ; Pari;
1836, 8vo, 249 pp. Part relating to
America from No. 908 to 2117.
•« Our No. 4.
"* Bihliolhijue Americaine, Nos. II, 44,
47, 47 bis. It seems that we are not the
only victims of this wild chase after imag-
inary editions. A supposed second volume
of Ramusio, dated 1564, which rests
solely on the authority of Ternaux [loc.
cit., p. 1 3 — repeated in the Manuel and
Triior), caused this interesting note ;
" Nous n'avons pu en decouvrir un seul
excmplaire a Paris, malgre des recherches
opiniatres dans les grandcs blbliotheques et
dans les plus riches collections d'amateurs ;
nous n'avons pas ete plus heureux dans le
depouillement des catalogues des blblio-
theques des principales villes de France;
et notre ami M. Thomas Wright n'a pas
eu plus de succes dans les investigations
qu'il a faites par lui-meme ou par ses amis
dans les bibliotheques les plus renommees
de Londres, de Cambridge et d'Oxford.
Nous n'osons guere esperer un meilleur
resultat des verifications que nous avons
demandces a Vienne et a Venise." D'Av-
EZAc, Introduct. to his valuable edition of
Du Flan de Carpin's Historia Mon^^a-
lorum, in Recueil de foyages el de Mim^ires
de la Soci'cti de GiografAie, Vol. iv, p. 435,
note I.
""' Bibliotheque Amiricaine, Catalogue
raisanne d'une Collection de livres precieux
iur VArK'erique paru: depuis sa d'ecowverte
[?] jusqua ran 1700, en vente che% F. A.
Brockhaus a Leipzig, Redigi par Paul
Tromel; Leipzig, 1861, 8vo, pp. xi -|-
«33-
E
<>■'■*''■'
^
XXXIV
Introduction.
Lenox.
1859.
Leipzig, and contains four hundred and thirty-five items, arranged
in chronological order, and enriched with notes, extracts and
minute collations, which betray the hand not only of an expert
bibliographer, but of a trustworthy scholar. The collection is
especially rich in books on New Netherland (New York) and
in Dutch works relating to Brazil. We notice among the
early rarities, the St. Diey September edition of Waltze-miiller's
Cosmographia; introduction, Ruchamer's translation of the Paesi^ and
a Basle 1532 Novus Orbis^ with the map.
Before mentioning the special bibliographies, it behooves us to
notice a sumptuously-printed and illustrated descrip-
tion of several of the earliest and rarest books relating
to America. This valuable contribution to American
bibliography forms an appendix to the New York reprint of
Scillacio's account of Columbus' second voyage'"', and describes
with extreme minuteness and accuracy our Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 36 and. 1 1 5.
We are inclined to believe that there are bibliographies of
local history for all sections of the American continent, as well
as of the adjacent islands ; but the only ones which have come
to our notice are, for Paraguay, the small pamphlet prepared
by Alexander Dalrymple ; for Canada, the Catalogue of Fari-
bault ; for Cuba, the dissertations of Bachiler; for New Nether-
land, the essays of G. M. Asher ; for Guyana,
the works of Victor de Nouvion'°* and of Du
Pare d'Avagour'°^ ; for Brazil, the important dic-
tionary of Da Silva'°'* ; for Nueva-Granada, the
Compendio of Joaquin Acosta'°' ; and for Pata-
de nouvion
d' Avagour
DA SiLVA.
ACOSTA.
d'Orbigny.
.« >
"" Nicolaui Syllaciui De Iniulis Meridiani
atque Indici Maris Nuptr In-ventis. With
a translation into English by the Rev, John
Mulligan, A. M.; New York, 1859, fol.
and 4to, loj-f-lxiii pp., Portrait -|-i8 fac-
similes. (Privately printed.)
"" Extrait des auteurs et voyageurs qui ont
icrit sur la Guyane, suivi du Catalogue bih-
tiographijue de la Guyane i Paris, l844,8vo.
'"' La France rendue florissante par la
Guyane ; Paris, 1852, 8vo. Liste de 320
auteurs, pp. 40-48.
'"* Diccion. bibliogr. portug. Estud. de In-
Noc. Franc, da Silva applicaveis a 0 Por-
tug. e BraiiLi Lisbva, iS 58-62, 7 vols., 8vo.
'°° Compendio del descubrimiento y colo-
nizacion de la Nueva-Granada en el siglo
decimo te>:to ; Paris, 1848, 8vo.
v^
1
*
i.
Introduction.
XXXV
5 the
iller's
/, and
Dalrymple.
1807.
gonia, the notices scattered over the great work of Alcide
D'Orbigny"*. The first four of these deserve an extended
notice.
The history of Paraguay, not only under the domination of
the Jesuits from 1556 to 1767, but from the
time when Spain ceded this rich country to Por-
tugal to the beginning of our century, when it
was again a Spanish possession, soon to become a republic,
presents features of uncommon interest. The thin pamphlet
prepared by Alexander Dalrymple, the well-known English geog-
rapher, found therefore a ready sale, and is not now easily
obtained. It is a small catalogue'% devoted exclusively to
works treating of Rio de la Plata and Paraguay, arranged in the
order of dates, from 1534 to 1806, with supplements, the last
of which was published only a few months before Dalrymple's
death. The list is only Pinelo-Barcia's, enlarged with few
additions, taken chiefly from Muratori's " Cristianisimo Felice,
and such books as the compiler could find in the British
Museum.
1< par la
de 320
. '': '"" V Homme Americain comidere sous les
rapports physioSogi/jues et moraux ; Paris,
1839, 8vo, 2 vols. + atlas.
Dr. Julius Petzholdt cites in his Bih-
liotheca Bihliographica,
On page 807 :
•-'j£ Centro-Amerika. Nach den gegeniviirti-
gen Zasliinden dts Landes und Voltes, in Be-
zie/iunir der beiden Octane undim Interesseder
deulschen Auswanderun^ brarbeitet von C.
F. Reichardt; Braunschiveig, 1851, 8vo.
Enthalt C 255-56: Die neuere Lileratur
iiber Centro-Amerika. Die neueren Schrif-
ten iiber die Btrbindung der beiden Oceane.
On page 808 :
fVanderungen durch die mittel-amerikan-
ischen Freistaaten Nicaragua, Honduras und
San Salvador. Mil HinblicK auf deutsche
Emigration unddeutschen Handel, -von Carl
Scherzer; Braunschiveig, 1857, 8vo. Ent-
halt C. 510-12: Bibliograpkisches Ver-
zcicAniss der neueren und neuesten Werke
und Abhandlungen iiber die fiinf Freistaa-
ten Central-AmerHas,
On page 810 :
Histoire physique^ iconomique et politique
du Paraguay et des ctablissements des jfe-
suites ; accompagn'ce d'une Bibliographie ;
par L. Alfred Demersay, Tom. i ; Paris,
1800, large 8vo.
On page 812 :
Haiti, ses progrcs, son avenir, avec
un precis historijue sur ses constitutions,
le texte de la constitution actuellement
en -vigueur et une bibliographie d" Haiti}
par Alexandre Bonneau ; Paris, 1862,
8vo.
On page 813 :
Catalogue d'un Choix de Li-vres relatifs
a rAmerique et particuliirement aux Anti-
quitcs et a P Histoire naturelle du Mexirue ;
Paris, 1857, 8vo.
" Einc Klciiic, abcr gut gewahltc und geord-
nctc Sammlung von 180 Nrr.
'"' Catalogue 0/ Authors who have writ-
ten on Rio de la Plata, Paraguay, and Chaco,
collectedby A. Dalrymple; London, 1807-
8, 4W> «7+3 + - PP-
3f
XXXVl
Introduction.
•!S
■I
\^-
Faribault.
1837-
George Barthelemy Faribault, an attorney at Quebec, pub-
lished in 1837, a catalogue in three parts'"^, giv-
ing, in alphabetical and chronological orders, a
list of works, clipped chiefly from booksellers'
catalogues, and enriched with notes borrowed from Pinkerton,
La Richarderie, and Michaud's Biographie Universelle. The first
two parts contain nine hundred and sixty-nine articles, the third
is devoted to maps and plans. Judging from the sign affixed to
the titles, and indicating that the works are, or were, in the
library to which Faribault had access, not one tenth of the
books described seem to have been examined by the author.
The list abounds in errors of all kinds'"^.
To New Yorkers, G. M. Asher's series of memoirs on
Dutch books relating to New-Netherlands"° is
G. M. ASHER. , , , ., . T» J
Q a very valuable compilation. It was under-
taken for Frederick Muller, the Amsterdam
bookseller, and compiled chiefly from works which he had for
sale at the time ; but, owing to a quarrel between the compiler
and his employer, the series never was completed. Although
the section relating to maps and charts bears on the cover the
'"' Catalogue d'ouvra^^ es sur I'histoire de
rAmerijue, el en partkulier sur celle du Ca-
nada, de la Louisiane, de I'Acadie, el autres
lieux, ci-defant connus sous le nom de Nou-
•vetle-France ; avec des notes bibliograph-
iques, critijues, et littcraires. En Trois Par-
ties. Redige par G. B. Faribault, Avo-
cat i Quebec, 1837, 8vo, 407 pp.
'"" As an instance:
" 18. Angiadelo (Jean Marie) Le
Nouveau-Monde, nouvellement decouvcrt
par Americ Vespuce : (en Italian.) 1519;
in-4. Sans lieu d'impression On a
public une traduction latine de cet ouvrage,
mais on n'a pu en decouvrir la date ni le
lieu d'impression ; en voici le titre :
1 9. — Mundus-Novus ; de natura, mori-
bus et ceteris istius generis gentiumque in
Novo-Mundo autore Americo
Vespucio, /n-i6.
15. Anghieha. De Rebus Oceanis et
Orbe Novo, Decades tres : Bale, 1 51 6,
1590; Paris, 1532, in-4. 1536, in-fol.
373. Las Casas. Bre-vissima relacion ;
Seville, 1532, in-4," '^c.. Sec.
These errors can be traced to Boucher
DE la Richarderie.
"" Prospectus of a Bihliographical and
Historical Essay on the Dutch hooks and
Pamphlets relating to New- Netherland, and
to the Dutch ffest-India Company, as also
on the Maps, Charts, &c. of New-Nether-
land. Compiled from the Dutch public and
private libraries, and chief y from the col-
lection of Mr. Frederick Muller in Amster-
dam. By G. M. AsHER j Amsterdam and
New York, 1854.
*** 4to, pp. 1 20-1-2 11. for additions -|-
a large map of the country -|- 1 1. for title
of A List of The Maps and Charts of New-
Neiherland + 20 pp. -(- 12 11. tor List of
Names.
m
*'#
jM
Introduction.
xxxvii
title of Parts IVth and Vth, Part IV is still in manuscript, in
the possession of M. Muller. As far as the compilation ex-
tends, it must be considered a bibliographical contribution of
great merit and usefulness. In consequence of the compiler's
extreme unpopularity, his publications are frequently assailed ;
but we have only to judge a work on its merits, and freely
confess that bibliophiles must go as far back as Camus to find
a bibliography which can favorably compare with M. G. M.
Asher's Essay.
As the compiler had access to the Dutch public and private
libraries, it is, however, surprising that he should have com-
menced the list with de Laet's Nieuwe Wereldt. There are
works relating to New-Netherland of an earlier date. As far as
we can ascertain, the first book of this character is the supple-
mentary volume of Emanuel Van Meteren's history of the
Netherlands'", which was published in 1611, and contains the
first account that appeared in print of Hudson's voyage for
the East-India Company. Mr. Asher also omits the Hudson
tract of 1612"* and its Latin editions"'. There are several
more omissions of the same character, which we leave to those
who devote themselves to the bibliography of this section of the
country to point out. The reader, however, is doubtless aware
"' Belgische ofte Nederlanlsche Oorlogen
ende Geschiedenintn beginnendf van I jaer
1595 tot 161 1, medi •vervatende enighe ge-
hueren handelinght, Bcschrcven door Eman-
uel Van iMeteren. Bij hemvoor dc Uite
reyse oversie •verbelert ende -vermeerdert na
die copie gedruckt op Schotlant huyten Dans-
ivyck by Hermes "van Lo-ven. Voor den
Autheur Anno 1611.
*4t* 4to, sine loco (Dordrecht'), 360
r\umb. 11. BLACK letter.
'" Beschrytiinghe van der Samoyeden
landt in Tartarien. Nieulijcki onder't ghebiedt
der Mosccviten gebracht. fVt de Russcbe
tale overgieset, Anno 1 609. Met een ver-
hael van de ofsoeckingh ende ontdeckinge van
de nieuwe deurgang ofte straet int Noord-
iveslen na de Rycken van China ende Cathay,
Ende een Memoriae/, gepresenteert aan den
Coningh van Spaengien, belanghende de ont-
deckinge ende gheleghenheyt van't Land ghe-
naemt Australia Incognita. 1' Amsterdam by
Hessel Gerriisss. Boeckvercooper, opt fya-
ter, inde Pascaert, Anno 161 2.
*** 4ti), 40. pp. + 3 maps.
'"Amsterdam, 1612; 4to, 46 pp. +3
maps; and same place, 1613, 4t<), 44 pp.
+ 4 maps, text entirely re-written.
We borrow these titles from the Hon.
Henry C. Murphy's extremely interesting
and valuable :
Henry Hudson in Holland. An injuiry
into the origin and objects of the voyage ivhich
ted to the discovery of the Hudson River.
IVith bibliographical notes. The Hague,
1859, 8vo, pp. 72. (Privately printed.)
XXXVIU
Introduction.
that to study the early history of New-Netherland, it is neces-
sary to go beyond the Dutch books, and commence even with
Lescarbot and the relation of Lord Delaware. The field is ex-
tensive, and let us hope that one of the three New York bibli-
ophiles who possess in their libraries all the works relating to the
subject, will till it to the satisfaction of scholars and historians.
The bibliography by Senor Bachiler y Morales"* is a kind of
appendix to a scries of contributions to the literary
Qr ' history of Cuba, describing a number of works pub-
lished in the island from the time of the introduction
of printing thither to the year 1840. The earliest work bears
the date of 1724"% but it seems that there is a Havana impres-
sion of 1720"*. As to the assertion of Ambrosio Valiente"^
that printing was first introduced in Santiago de Cuba as early
as 1698, we apprehend that no Cuban book of tiic seventeenth
century can be produced.
Dr. Hermann E. Ludewig, a Dresden jurist who emigrated
to America in 1844, where he resided until his death
in 1856, prepared soon after his arrival a bibliog-
raphy"^ of works relating to each State and Terri-
tory in the Union. The titles are arranged by states, counties
and towns, with references to historical collections, numbering
about fourteen hundred volumes, which belong chiefly to the
present century. It was this useful work which prompted the
publication by Norton of a series of local bibliographies, of which
LUDWIG.
1846.
"* Apuntes para la Historla de las Le-
tras, y de la Instruccion publica de la Isla
de Cuba. Por Antonio Bachiller y Mo-
rales; Habana, 1861, 8vo, Part iii, pp.
IZI-241.
"° Meritos yue ha jutlificaJo y probado
el Ldv. D. Antonio de sossa, Sec. ; Havana,
Imprenta de Carlos Habrc, 410.
"*"he adquirido casualmente un im-
preso que parece de 1720 ... es una carta
de esclavitud a la Virgen Santisima del Ro-
sario, sin nonnbre de impresion." Apuntei ;
p. 121, note.
"' " Introduccion de la imprenta, 1698.
— Introducese la imprenta en esta ciudad,
primera que se establece en la Isla." Tabla
Cronoligica de los sucesos occurridos en la ciu-
dad de Santiago de Cuba ; New York,
1853, iimu, p. 30.
"" The literature of American local His-
tory f a bibliographical essay, by Hermann
E. LuDEWin ; New York, mdcccxlvi, 8vo,
XX + 180 pp. First Supplement extracted
from The Literary fVortd, for Feb. 15th,
1848; 8vo, pp. 20. Relates exclusively
to New York.
I|
I
I
Introduction.
XXXIX
we have seen only the Bibliographies of New Hampshire"' and
Maine"°. Mr. J. R. Bartlett's elaborate Bibliography of Rhode
Island'" shows how wide a field local bibliography offers to
painstaking bibliographers. His catalogue, which gives a list of
the works relating to one of the smallest States in the Union,
and which was a wilderness a couple of centuries ago, fills not
less than two hundred and eighty-seven octavo pages. The de-
scriptions were all made from the original works, which are,
without any exception, in private libraries in Rhode Island.
The earliest book mentioned is Hakluyt, on account of Verra-
zano's description of Narragansett Bay.
As Dr. Ludwig justly remarked " Exotic languages are no
longer considered as mere matters of curiosity, but
are looked upon as interesting parts of the natural
history of man, and as such receive their share of
the brilliant light which modern critical studies have shed upon
the natural sciences in general." No other reason need be
adduced for including in our list his enlarged edition'" of that
LuDWIG.
1848.
"• By S. C. Eastman, in Norton' t Liter-
ary Letter f New Series, i860, No. i, pp.
8-10.
lao By William Willis, 1859, pp. 11-
3°- ....
Tiiere are otiier bibliograpliies of tiiis
character, but tliey seem to be scattered in
reviews or newspapers. We notice tiie fol-
lowing :
Biblio^rafa Californica ; or, Notes and
Materials to aid in forming a more perfect
Bibliography of those countries anciently
called " California" and lying ivilhin the
limits of the Gulf of Cortes to the Arctic
Seas and IVest of the Rocty Mountains to
the Pacific Ocean, by A. S. Taylor. {Sac-
ramento Daily Union, for June 25th, 1863.)
— Continuation (copyrighted), same
newspaper for March 13, 1866. The com-
piler states that he made use of two cata-
logues in the Sacramento Union of May,
1858, in the Herald of Jane, 1858, and
of a partial catalogue of works on the
Pacific Ocean, in the Polynesian news-
paper of July, 1844. The references in
Mr. Taylor's " Biiliografa" to works pub-
lished in the last fifty years, are useful ;
but as regards the sixteenth anJ seven-
teenth centuries, the compilation is of no
value whatever. It is evident that the
compiler has only an inadequate notion of
the works which he jumbles together.
Nothing worth preserving will ever be
accomplished in bibliography so long as a
pair of scissors is deemed the only requisite
to prepare what Mr. Taylor calls a " Bib-
liografa."
— Descriptive Catalogue of Historical
References to tie f alley of the Mississippi,
by J. M. Peck. (American Pioneer, Cin-
cinnati, Vol. 11), pp. 262-9, 3'4~3*3)-
Begins with De Soto in English translations.
'■•" Bibliography of Rhode Island. A
catalogue of Books and other Publications
relating to the State of Rhode Island, with
notes, historical, biographical and critical;
Providence, 1864, 8vo.
'" The Literature of American Aborig-
inal Languages. By Hermann £. Ludwig.
With additions and corrections by Professor
V 1'
Xl
Introduction.
t
r*
part of Vater's Linguarum totius orb'ts inrfex, which treats of
American languages. It is an extremely valuable compendium,
giving the titles of the grammars and lexicons devoted exclu-
sively to the aboriginal idioms, with copious references to the
works which treat of the subject incidentally. Not less than
nine hundred tribes arc represented in this curious collection,
with a corresponding number of bibliographical authorities ; yet,
if we may be permitted to judge from the annotated copy which
our friend Dr. Bcrendt is preparing for tl e press, Dr. Ludwig's
work does not cover the whole ground, nor is it free from
mistakes and important omissions. Withal, it must be consid-
ered a compilation of unusual interest.
The works of Messrs. E. G. Squieis and Schoolcraft belong
to this class of bibliographies. The first of these"'
%,. ' is a brief account of one hundred and ten authors
lOOI.
who wrote on the languages of Central America,
followed by a list of books and MSS. relating wholly or in part
to the history, aborigines and antiquities of Central America.
The biographical notices are extracted from the Bibiwteca of
Beristain, while many of the titles are derived not from an
examination of the works themselves, bur from the notices in
Ramesal, Vasquez, Cogolludo, Villagutierre, De Souza, and
similar sources.
As to Schoolcraft's"* list, it is limited to the works composed
and printed in the languages of the Indians,
which were preserved in the Department of the
Interior at Wafhington, and simply with the
Schoolcraft.
1849.
Wm. W. Turner. Edited by Nicolas
Trubnir. (Part i o( " TrUhner^ Bihlio-
iheca Gloltka") ; London, mdccclviii, 8vo,
pp. XXIV + 258.
"" Monograph of Authon who have •writ-
ten on the Languages of Central America,
and co'lected vocabularies or composed works
in thi native dialects of that country ; New
York, M.D.ccc.LXi, 4to, pp. xv + 53 + 16
for appendix and index.
"* A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books,
Translations of the Scriptures, and other pub-
lications in the Indian Tongues of the United
States i with brief critical notices. By H.
R. Schoolcraft; Washington, 1849, 8vo,
pp. i8 ; attLiwards reprinted with additions
in Historic, and Statist. Information respect-
ing the Hist. &c. of the Indian Tribes, &c. }
Philad., 1851, 4to, Vol. iv, p. 523, sj.
We must also call the attention of our
M
I
Introduction.
xli
view of obtaining information to render the inquiry more com-
plete.
We know of several other catalogues, some of which are
exclusively composed of American books, while a certain num-
ber, although covering the entire field of history and literature,
contain many valuable titles ; but they are chiefly lists prepared
by booksellers'", or catalogues of sale"", and to notice them
all would so enlarge the scope of our work as to remind the
reader of a certain verse of Juvenal'*^, which, we greatly appre-
hend, will be uttered at all events. Several extensive collections,
such as the Scriptores Ordinis Mitiorum of Wadding, the Scrip-
tores Ordhtis Pr el die at arum of Quctif and Echard, the curious
compilation of Stoecklein'**, the dictionaries of Philip Alegambe,
Nathaniel Southwell'% Foppens, Nicholas Antonio, Barbosa
readers to a small work in course of pub-
lication, which promises to be a valuable
addition to comparative Philology, viz. :
Apuntes pora un catatogo de escriiores tn
Ltnguai inaigenas de y^merica, por Joaquin
Garcia Icazbalceta ; Mexico, 1866,
l2mo ; and to
— Noiicia de las personal que hart escrito
n publicado algunas ohras sobre idiomas que
se hablan en la Repuhlica \^De Mexico'\, por
D». Jose Guadalupe Romero, in Bolelin
de la Sociedad Mex. de Geogr. Vol. viii,
1862, pp. 374-386.
Also to the following, although it re-
lates chieHy to the history or manners of
the Indians :
Catalogue of the Private Library of Sam-
uel G. Drake, of ffoston, cAirJly relating to
tie Antiquities, History and Biography of
America, and in an especial manner to the
Indians, collected and used by him in pre-
paring his IVorks upon the Aborigines of
America i Boston, 1845, 8vo.
■''" The following from a New England
bookseller settled in London, is printed
with remarkable accuracy: Historical Nug-
gets II Bibliotheca Americana or a descriptive
account of my collection of rare books relating
to America II Henry Stevens o m b f s a II
London, mdccclxii, lamo, xii + 805 pp.
in two vols; 2934 items, with prices.
Of Stevens's American Bibliographer,
Chiswirk, 1854, 8vo, only two numbers
were published. These cover 96 pages,
giving a number of titles in alphabetical
order, with minute collations, a map and
several illustrations.
"• The Bibliotheca Heberiana and the
Courtanvaujt (Paris, 1783), Hibbert, Mon-
didier (London, i85i),and Butsch (Augs-
burg, 1858) catalogues present features of
great interest in this respect. Vol. vii of
the Bibliotheca Thottiana contains several
titles of extremely rare works, among which
a Syllacio (p. 223).
'" "Scriptus et in tergo necdum finitus
Orestes." Satyr. I. 6.
"" Reisebeschreitungen von der Missio-
nariis der Gesellschaft Jesu ; Augsburg,
1726, fol.. Vols. I-XXXII.
"" Bibliotheca Scriptor. See. Jesv ;
Roma;, M.Dc.Lxxvi, fol., describes the works
of not less than 2237 authors. But all
these bibliographies of Jesuit writers have
been superseded by the following, which is
. aught with reliable notices, both bio-
graphical and bibliographical :
AuGUSTiN ET Alois de Backer j Bib-
liolhique des Ecrivains de la Compagnie de
yisus, ou Notices Bibliographiques de tout
les ouvrages publics par les membres, Sec,
Liege, 1853, large 8vo. We know of six
series, each one forming a complete collec-
tion arranged in alphabetical order.
xlii
Introduction.
K
Humboldt.
1836-9.
Machailo and Fabricius, as well as the Annates of Maittaire and
Panzer, describe a great many works relating to the New World,
but as they are not grouped in a separate division, we do not
include them in this list, although the reader will find in the
following pages frequent references to those valuable collections.
But there is a series of dissertations which all American bib-
liographers and historians should constantly keep
at their elbow. It is the Examen Critique'^" of Hum-
boldt. This nol ' work, which we consider the
greatest monument ever erected to the early history of this con-
tinent, is, despite a few immaterial errors''", a sure guide, which
has proved to us an inexhaustible source of valuable suggestions.
The bibliographical notes contained in the Examen arc not, we
confess, in keeping with the learned and profound dissertations
which we can never cease to admire, but there is scarcely a
page which does not throw a vivid light upon every question
connected with the geography, discovery and history of America.
We regret to say that the manuscript additions which were to
complete the work are, owing to the culpable remissness of
a certain American bookseller in London, probably lost. If so,
it is the greatest misfortune which could befall the student of
American History"''.
"° Examen Critique de VHiUoire de la
G'eographie du Nowveau Continent et des
Progr'ei de r Aitronomie Nautijue au Sluin-
aieme et Seiaieme Siiclei } Paris, 1836-39,
8vo, 5 vols., with sectiuns of the La Cusa
map. Dedicated to Araco.
The Histoire de la Geographic du Nou-
veau Continent, &c,, Paris, n. d. is only
composed of the unsold sheets of the
above, bound in two volumes, with a new
title-page, and an introduction of four
'pages, but without the sections of the La
Cosa chart, which in this new issue are
replaced by two well-executed maps of
this continent.
"' For instance, he falls into the error
of Capmnani, Salazar, Zach and others,
who give the title of Raymond LuUy's
lAhro Felix 6 maravillas del mundo, as El
Fenix de lai maravillat del mundo. See
D'AvEZAC, Bulletin de la Sociiti de Giogr.
for October, 1857.
'" Our readers are doubtless aware that
the most important cartographical monu-
ment concerning the New World is the
manuscript chart of Juan de la Cosa, an
extremely sitillful pilot, who accompanied
Columbus in his second voyage. This
map, which bears the inscription "Juan
de la Cosa la fixo en el puerto de Sta Maria
en alto de 1 500," was discovered in 1831, by
Humboldt, in the library of Walcicn«r,
and is now in the Royal Library of Mad-
rid, having been purchased by the Queen
of Spain for 4020 francs, or about the
tenth part of the sum which certain Amer-
Introduction.
xliii
IV.
The bibliographies which we have juft described contain a
mention, more or less succinct, of nearly all the works relating
to America, known at the present day ; and whatever may be
their incompleteness or imp-rfections, they must be considered
a source of indispensable references. But it is a question
whether, as a whole, these bibliographical repertories arc ade-
quate to the wants of the student of history. Could we boast
of exhaustive historical compositions, delineating in a critical
manner the annals of every section of this country, and pre-
paratory to a comprehensive history of the entire continent, the
necessity for a complete and trustworthy Bibllotheca Americana
would still be felt. But it must be confessed that wc possess
ican collector! have frequently offered for
a De Bry, which, as a work of reference,
is totally worthless. Ue la Cosa's chart
has been published several times, but never
described or annotated. Humboldt p'om-
ised to do so. " Je n'anticiperai pas,"
said he,* " sur Ics renscignements plus
amples que je dois donner sur la personne
de Juan de la Cosa, en decrivant, dans la
Iroiseme leclion de cet ouvrage, la mappe-
monde de ce cclebre navigateur." That
third section never was published j but
after Humboldt's death, his library (which
was composed of presentation copies of
modern works) was found to contain a set
of the five volumes of the first issue of
the Examen, which the compiler of the
catalogue-)- described as " having numerous
manuscript additions in the autograph of
tlie author, who evidently contemplated a
supplementary volume." This assertion is
confirmed by the following note in the
Cosmos ;J '' I here give the principal re-
* Examtn Critiqui, Vol. Ill, p. l8j.
t Tht Humhililt Uhrary ; London, l86}, 8vo,
11164 items. No, 4658,
X Bohn's edit.. Vol, II, p, 6]l.
suits which are contained in the sixth
(still unpublished) volume of my Examen
Criiifue." Steps were immediately taken
to purchase this valuable set, with the
view -.)f translating the work into English,
and of adding biographical and bibliograph-
ical annot-'tions, which are now embodied
in the p int Bihliotheca jimericana Vt-
lusiissima. The order came too late, as
the set had already been bought by a gen-
tleman of this city. Unfortunately, the
work was not delivered at the time of the
purchase. Three years have now elapsed,
and Humboldt's supplementary volume to
the Examen Criiijue is still missing. It is
not even known what has become of
those precious additions, which no work,
as yet written, could possibly replace, and
without which the early history of Amer-
ica can be only imperfectly studied and
analysed. We sometimes hear the name
of that bookseller praised ; but let the
reader imagine the bibliopoles employed
by Peiresc, for instance, guilty of such
gross negligence, what calamities would
the historian of Science and Literature
have to record !
!.e-
xliv
Introduction.
no compositions of this character. True it is that we find here,
in almost every household, works which purport to enlighten
us concerning the past of several American nations. Some of
these display great talents and still greater imagination ; others
exhibit style and research ; while one, which is perhaps the
most common of all, is only a fulsome panegyric, pandering to
the inordinate vanity of a certain political party once in the
ascendant, and bidding for the author's personal promotion to
lucrative office. Who can say that these works will maintain their
present place for any length of time ? History with us, then, still
presents an open field ; and althouj;h the republics and empires
now in existence on this continent do not offer a grateful theme
for historical compositions, as they have not yet passed through
all the phases which must ever constitute the elements of every
history, there are epochs already completed which await the
labors of historians. Ws allude, among other subjects, to a
history of the rise, decline and fall of the Spanish Empire in the
New World.
The first requisite in the preparation of works of this character
consists of a bibliography, which is to the historian what a chart
is to the mariner'". The question then naturally recurs. What
books should enter into this bibliography ? It would seem, at
the first glance, that the lists should be confined to works
relating exclusively to America, '^ut such a limitation would
compel us to thrust out of the repertory many works which
are of paramount importance to the American historian. For
instance, in the correspondence of Peter Martyr''"*, there are
eight hundred and sixteen letters, but we can find only thirty
which relate to the New World j the Polyglot Psalter of Gius-
tiniani''^ is a huge folio containing in all no more than four
"• " Post bibliothecarios scriptores veni- grinaturo. Morhoff, Polyhhtor, Lib. i,
unt catalogorum scriptores, quorum accu- cap. xvir, Vol. i, p. 196 of Fabricius' edit,
ratior notitia ita neccssaria est polyliistori, "* No. 160.
ut mapp;irum geographicarum cogiiitio pere- '" No. 88 hit.
M
0.
Introductio i.
xh
columns which historians of the New World need to con-
sult ; nearly one half of the celebrated collection of Fracanzio da
Montalboddo"''', with its numerous train of editions'" and trans-
lations''^ is devoted to Africa and Asia ; only one volume in
the Raccolta of Rnmusio refers exclusively to America. Yet
every one of these works (and there are many more of the same
kind) is indispensable to the student of American history. On
the other hand, to admit every book which contains a passage
or chapter concerning the subject before us, especially among
those published within the last three centuries, would compel
the bibliographer to insert the titles of more than fifty thousand
volumes. Yet, the wants and duties of the historian are such
that he cannot neglect to consult every source of information,
however apparently insignificant. The early history of any
country, the " origins," as French writers would say, generally
present but scanty materials, scattered in the works not only of
annalists and historians, but of orators, poets and commentators ;
and although the discovery of this continent is comparatively a
modern event, we often find in mere glosses and incidental
notices which are buried in bulky chronicles and miscellaneous
collections, valuable details which have been omitted in the
compositions of contemporaneous historians. But as there must
be a limit to detailed bibliographies, we are inclined to confine
such a particular list to the books published during the century
which followed the first voyage of Columbus — excluding all
" inferential" works.
We apply the term "inferential" to such volumes, for instance,
as are labeled "Alyaco." This name designates the treatise De
Imagine Mundi^ written in 1410 by Cardinal Pierre D'Ailly. It
is evident that a work which was printed in 1490'" cannot
contain anything relating directly to America ; and if such a
prominent place is given to the book, it is simply because
'" No. 48.
'" Nos. 55, 70, 90, 94, 109.
.""Nos. 57,58,83.84,86, III.
"• infra, p. 5, note 61.
xlvi
Introduction.
Christopher Columhus cites it frequently, and probably derived
from its numerous references to the old authors the notion of
the existence, not of this continent, for Columbus, like Ves-
puccius, died in the belief that he had only discovered the
Western coast of Japan'*', but of a direct passage to the West.
The treatises of D'Ailly, however, are not the only works which
he repeatedly consulted, cited and annotated. It is known,
at present, that the frequent references to Aristotle, Seneca,
Strabo, &c., with which the third letter of Columbus''*' is
studded, were communicated to the Admiral by Father Gor-
ricio'**; but we have published in another work'*', photographic
copies of annotations in the hand of Christopher Columbus,
written on the margin of the works of ^neus Sylvius'** and of
Marco Polo'*'. If we insert the Imago Mundi^ there is no
reason why we should omit // Milione. We know of an Amer-
ican library which, on the recommendation of Rich'*'^', secured
Zachary Lilio's Orbis brev'tarum^*'^ ^ simply because it " showed
'* ' De Launoi, Regii Navarrtt Gym-
nasii Parisiensis Historia ; Paris, 1677, 4(0,
Vol. II, p. 478.
'*' The epistle of Columbus describing
his third voyage* contains a passage cover-
ing nearly two pages, literally translated
from the Imago Mundi,^ itself, plagiarized
from the Opui Majus of Rogeb Bacon.
See Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. i,
p. 65, sq., and Hislorie del Fernando Co-
lombo f Venice, 1571, 8vo, cap. vii, viii,
IX, pp. •
i4« (I 5g conserva en la Biblioteca Colom-
bina un codice autografo de D. Cristobal
Colom ; contiene su correspondencia con el
Padre Gorricio, monge cartujo en cl mo-
nasterio de Sti Maria de las Cuevas de Se-
villa, una multidud de textos del antiguo
* Navarrcte. roZ/ajon, Vol. i. pp. 3/10-261.
t Cap. 8, tbl, I] in signat. b. The CtLmhina
copy of (he Imjgo Mundi contains, as Humboldt
justly supposed, the treatises by Gcrson, which arc
usually added to what we call, on the authority of
Maittaire (Wnnd/. Typcgr.^ Vol. iv, p. 81, No. 44,
and of Panzer {Annal. Tjifogr., Vol. ix, p. 146,
No. 109) the Louvain edition, which accounts for
Columbus* frequent references to the works of the
Chancellor of tne University of Paris.
y nuevo Testamento relativos al descubri-
miento del nuevo mundo y reconquista de
la Tierra Santa, ademas varias autoridades
de Santos Padres, seniencias de filoiofos iohre
el mismo munto y los celebres versos de la
tragedia Medea de Seneca lenient annis,
Scz." — Letter from Seflor Lemanrez, the
librarian of the Colombina, kindly com-
municated by the Uuke De Montpensier.
'" Notes on Columbus, New York, 1866,
folio, p. 215, sq.
'** Wsloria rerum ubique gestarum, cum
locorum deuriptione nonjinita. Asia minor
incipit i Venice, 1487, folio.
"' Judging from the Latin title in Seftor
Lemai.Jez' letter, the Marco Polo used by
Columbus was the edition supposed to have
been printed at Antwerp towards the year
1484, by Gerard de Leew, which is de-
scribed in the Libri Catalogue for 1859
(No. 1562) as follows: Marci Pauli de
•veneciis Liber de consueludinibus et condi-
cionibus orientalium regionum. Small 4to,
I. /. a. a.
'" Supplement, p. I, 2d item.
'*' Florence " Anno Salutis M.cccc-
Lxxxxiii. Nonis luniis,"
Introduction.
xlvii
'^%
'»
■%:
the condition of geographical knowledge immediately before
the first voyage of Columbus." But Columbus's original observa-
tion of the declination of the compass-4«, and his application of
this imoortant fact to find the longitude of the vessel'49, have
produced almost as great a change in the science of magnetics
and the art of navigation, as his discovery of the New World in
geography. Must we, therefore, add to our list the early works
quoted m the curious dissertation of Trombelli de Acus nautica
.nventore^sop n„ American collection is considered complete
unless It contains all the editions of Ulrich von Hutten's quaint
treat.se De guaiaci medkina et morbo galllco. Some collectors
place the book in their library because they are of opinion that
It contains proofs that the Morbus gallicus, so called, came ori-
ginally from America. We only find in that too highly prized
and priced volume that the author of the work, who was born in
I4«8, inherited the disease from his father'^'. Other biblio
philes purchase the volume for the reason that it describes for
the first time a medicament of American origin ; but this is
equally true of quinine, sarsaparilla, and a number of other
medicinal plants, which would entitle all the early dispensatories
from Le Myrouel des appothkaires pharmacopoles downward to a
prominent place in our bibliography. Several enthusiastic bib-
I'ophiles go even so far as to say that the works which contain
an early mention of any substance essentially American, such
for instance as cotton, cocoa, as well as guiacum wood-not to
Ta/ .r ^"f ".^°^" ^"'^ potatoes-should be represented in a
for King James Covnterblaste to Tobacco, and for the treatise in
which Leon Pmelo^giutesjor^^^ ,he momentous
'"On the 13th of September, 1402 "»' ,n.H A, n '■ '■
durmg h,s hrst transatlantic voyage c/ ,,i,u,., ''' J"""";"''' iainliarum In-
Columbus's log book, abridged by' £ ZT T' ^""'""''' "'"'»"«-''.• Bo-
p. 9, If. ' • > P- 33 3-
'" Humboldt, Ex^men Critiaue Vol hcl,hL''"w ^"f'"""' (^/"c-om, tha,
«',P-38- 7«" vol. '»'"/"</>*. Fr„.>s /.„,,„ London, ,,,6.
ibmo, pp. / ,d 6. '^ '
^p
xlviii
Introduction.
i
question whether Catholic priests can eat chocolate on a Friday,
and yet save their souls from perdition'^*.
As a compensation for excluding these works, we insert all
the editions of the Latin and Italian translations of Ptolemy's
Geography. A map is frequently of more importance to ascer-
tain the extent of a maritime voyage or discovery, than the most
perfect description ; and although we are convinced that all the
charts of the New World, from Ruysch's'" to Mattiolo's''-*, can
be traced to one or two prototypes only, they present so inter-
esting a survey of the progress of cartography and of geographical
knowledge during the first half of th? fifteenth century, that we
have taken pains to describe all the editions which contain such
maps and the chapter " Extra Ptokmeum^'' which, as the reader
is doubtless aware, became the nucleus around which were
gathered the results of all subsequent investigations of a geo-
graphical character'".
In arranging or classifying these works, the only object which
must be kept in view, is the convenience of the inquirer -, unfor-
tunately, we know of no classification or arrangement which is
entirely satisfactory. The alphabetical method brings in juxta-
position the most hetefogeneous works. The classification ac-
cording to subjects is more or less arbitrary, while it compels
the bibliographer to insert the same book in five or six difFefent
classes, as a great many of the early works relating to America
treat of a variety of subjects. The disposition according to the
order of time presents certain advantages, but it is also defective,
as a work written, for instance, in 1493, ''^^ ^^ Spanish letter of
Columbus (No. 7), must be placed under the year 1865, when
it was first published ; while if we only adopt the date of its
composition, bibliographically speaking, the arrangement is en-
tirely useless. On the other hand, each of these modes has its
"• Sfic^on moral si el chocolate que-
branla el ayuno ecleiiailico i Madrid, 1636,
4tu.
'" No. 56. (In the Ptolemy of 1508.)
'" No. 285.
l»6 -
See infra, p. 107, jy.
Introduction.
xlix
merits, and, nothwithstanding the perplexity which arises from a
multiplicity of indices, we think that these three systems might
be adapted to a comprehensive bibliography, in this wise : The
works arranged chronologically according to the order of their
publication ; then two separate indices, one of names exclusively ;
the other, a classified index, setting forth under special heads all
the subjects mentioned, for example, in the Epitome of Leon
Pinelo.
The works should be described with extreme minuteness and
accuracy. The title of a book frequently conveys the " pre-
liminary" information required ; but if the title is truncated in
the description or imperfectly abridged, it is apt to become a
vehicle of error. It is also necessary to give the colophon, as it
shows when the book was really published or completed, while,
at times, we can find in no other part of the volume what is
called the imprint'^.
There are many more details of a technical character with
which bibliographers are expected to be conversant ; and as these
apply to all bibliographies in general, we must refer the reader
to the works which treat specially of such matters'", and to the
catalogues which exhibit their application'*^ in a much higher
1508.)
■ 'J. ,'
'■,'i
■ '■*■■
'V When the curious plaquette Cofia
der Netvtn Zeytung ausi Pretillg Landt
(No. 99) was first made known, Hum-
boldt expressed the opinion'^ that it must
have been printed between 1525 and 1540.
M. de Varnhagen,f on the other hand,
was inclined to ascribe to the book a date
circa 1508. It was a matter of some con-
sequence to ascertain the exact time when
it had been published, as Humboldt thought
that it contained a description of a voyage
to the Straits of Magellan, undertaken by
Christopher de Haro. But we describe an-
other edition (No. 100), which, but for the
colophon, would appear in a catalogue simply
as a duplicate of the first. Now, this colo-
phon shows that the plaquette was printed
• Kxamin Critiqui^ Vol. Y, p. 149.
f Uiitoria dt Brascit, — .
at Augsburg by Erhard Oeglin, who ceased
to print after 1516; and, therefore, if
Humboldt's supposition is correct, Chris-
topher de Haro visited the Straits three
years at least before Magellan.
'" In Brunet, Manuel, Table mithod-
ijue, Nos. 31122-31365; and the most
valuable treatise of Constantin, Biblio-
thiconomie } Paris, 1841, iSmo.
'" Franck, Catalogus bibliotheca Buna-
vianai Lipsia, 1750-1756, 6 vols., 4to j
AuDirFREDi, Catalogui hiitorico-criticus ro-
manorum editionum sacuU Xf^i Roma,
'7^31 4'") Rei'ss, Repertorium commenta-
tionum a societatibus litterariis edilarum ;
Gottinga, 1801-1821, 16 vols., 4to ; and
for the fountain-head of the best modern
classifications, Garnier, Syslema biblio-
thectt collegii parisiensis Soc. Jeiu ; Paris,
1678, 4to.
1
Introduction.
degree than any example we could cite, or description which it is
in our power to give.
Whatever may be the natural impartiality of an author's mind,
his works must always bear the impress of the circumstances
which surround him, and of his times. Tt Is necessary, there-
fore, to study his personal history as well , that of his epoch,
and of the social center in which he lived, that we may form a
correct estimate of the credence to which he is entitled. In
fact, we know of no better means to ascertain to what extent
his views may have been modified by such external influences i
and no historian will fail to appreciate the facilities offered him
by the bibliographer who groups around each title references to
all the works in which information in regard to these illustrative
subjects may be found. How thankful have we not often felt for
the Scriptores vitarum eruditorum partlculares in the celebrated
Bunau catalogue ! Nor should the bibliographer limit this class
of researches to the life of the author of each work which
comes under his notice. He must also contribute towards elu-
cidating the history of the principal characters who figure in the
books, by adding such authorities as may have escaped the notice
of the writer himself, or as may have come to light subsequently
to the publication of his work.
The requisites which we have already mentioned are much
more onerous and difficult to fulfill than the majority of readers
are inclined to believe'" ; yet, they by no means constitute the
whole task which devolves upon the bibliographer. Every
special bibliography demands special requisites, which must be
adequate to its particular object. Our own province is only to
state those which pertain to a bibliography of works relating to
'" See in the Edinburgh Review for
October, 1850, a curious account of the
mishaps experienced during the discus-
lions, of tlie British Museum Commis-
sion, by a well-l<nown English scholar and
antiquary, who had attempted to show
how the Museum catalogue ihoutd be
made. When the twenty-five titles, illus-
trative of his bibliographical attainments,
were put into the hands of a competent
librarian for examination, it was discov-
ered that "they contained almost every
possible error which can be committed in
cataloguing books."
i
hM
m
Introduction.
li
the
illus-
nments,
ipetent
discov-
every
litted in
America. Now, a Bibliotheca Americana is essentially geograph-
ical and historical, and whoever would compose it must, there-
fore, assume to the full extent of its original compass the
obligations which pertain to the rudy of geography and history.
These consist in a critical survey of certain documents, and in
an effort to connect certain data in view of an ultimate conclu-
sion. The main difference between history and bibliography, in
this respect, is that the latter is limited to printed documents,
whilst the data it furnishes refer chiefly to their external charac-
teristics. But this does not imply that the labors of the bibliog-
rapher must be confined to a correct statement of the title and
size of a book, or to tables exhibiting the chronology of its
various editions and translations. We think that after these
requisites have been fulfilled, the bibliographer must show
wherein the texts of these editions present differences, and trace
to their original sources the changes introduced. Years some-
times elapse between successive editions of the same work.
Meanwhile, new documents are published, exhibiting a discovery
made or a progress accomplished. By the light of these new
developments, the author, in a later edition, modifies the opinions
or corrects the errors set forth at a time when he possessed no
better means to ascertain the truth of his statements. We hold
that it is the duty of bibliographers not only, as it were, to label
all such alterations, but to mark the sources from which the
motive which prompted the author in each instance was derived.
Withal, we must not be understood to advocate the insertion of
elaborate essays in connection with every book described or cited
in any bibliography whatsoever. This course would be tanta-
mount to blending Bibliography and Literary History together.
We only advocate the addition of succinct indications of a most
trustworthy and suggestive character, paving the way for ulterior
researches, which the bibliographer may be supposed to have
instituted himself, but of which he only gives what is called in
common parlance "the chapter and verse." In fine, the bibliog-
1»»
It
Introduction.
rapher's whole duty will be done, as we conceive it, only when
he has presented the synthetic historian with the means of con-
trolling, comparing and weighing the authorities which he needs
to consult, as well as with the fullest possible list of those
authorities. Within certain limits, it will be seen, therefore,
that we assign to bibliographers a relation to the historian not
unlike that which exists at the British bar between the attorney
who prepares the brief and the barrister who pleads the case.
Each has a most serious and important task to perform ; nor
will the honest historian hesitate to admit that if the results of his
own labor are necessarily more splendid than the modest efforts
of the student who precedes him and prepares his way, the duties
of the bibliographer may probably enlist scientific faculties of a
high order, and strenuous exertions which, although left often
unrewarded, are deserving of praise and recompense.
We are well aware that the present work by no means
presents a perfect illustration of the bibliographical principles
which we have endeavored to set forth. But we cannot honestly
take upon ourselves the whole responsibility of this untoward fact.
In the preparation of such an elaborate bibliography, the great con-
dition precedent is a free, untrammeled, and repeated access to
the books which the bibliographer intends to describe. He should
be at liberty to examine them, not one by one, but all together,
frequently, and with a large collection of works of reference
at his elbow. These facilities it has been denied to us to com-
mand. We have, indeed, enjoyed the freedom of one admirable
library, but this did not contain all the books needed to establish
necessary comparisons. Other collections, in which these sup-
plementary books could be found, were located, some of them in
distant cities, whilst others, existing within a stone's throw of
our study, belonged to bibliophiles who hesitated to extend to us
the facilities required by the nature of our task, although they
''1
Introduction.
liii
^i
often enabled us to examine a numbe/of valuable books, which
had been actually removed from the shelves for our special
inspection. But whilst this was a great advantage, meriting
acknowledgment, every reader at all familiar with bibliograph-
ical researches knows full well that unless the inquirer is gifted
with the erudition of a Mabillon and the memory of a Mezzo-
fanti, it is impossible for him to commence his investigations
with a competent knowledge of all the works which are to come
within the range of his researches. " Book openeth book,"
says Dibdin; and this wise saying is still more true of biblio-
graphical and historical inquiries than of any other class of
investigations, as an indefinite number of useful suggestions is
the first result of untrammeled access to the alcoves of every
opulent library. Nor is this all. However careful in his collations
a conscientious bibliographer may be ; however numerous and
detailed may be the memoranda which he never fails to make,
he is nevertheless sure to be beset with excruciating doubts
when he sits down to achieve his task at a distance from the
books which he is to describe with no other help than his
notes and memory. These notes are taken too often in a hasty
manner, for fear of exhausting the patience of the unconfiding
proprietor, who frequently considers and treats the student as a
purloiner in disguise, an intruder or a parasite. Hurrying back
to his solitary cell, the painstaking bibliographer peruses the notes
so onerously obtained. As he dwells upon his memoranda at leis-
ure, innumerable new ideas and suggestions arise out of them ;
but tltese new ideaa and suggestions remain sterile because they
need to be controlled and fructified by fresh references to works
examined for a different purpose, and long before the germination
of these tardy but welcome notions. So far as we, ourselves,
are concerned, we feel constrained to state that could we have
spent no mo.e than four days in the undisturbed examination of
certain libraries, even with our hands manacled, it would have
saved us fully six months of most arduous researches.
liv
Introduction.
As to the works of reference which we had to consult, we
found them scattered all over the country, not a few, for exam-
ple, being discovered by us in the dusty garret of a dilapidated
church, where we were so unfortunate as to pore over them when
the thermometer stood below zero. Others, less accessible still,
we heard of as lying snugly coffined in comfortable bookcases,
never to be disturbed by mortal eye. A go'odly number were
picked up and purchased at book-stalls, while many more could
be consulted only at the price of journeys to Boston or Cam-
bridge, where librarians dispense to students a hospitality which
New York has yet to emulate. We enter into these details,
not for the purpose of working -oon the sympathies of the
reader, but simply to explain the shortcomings which he will
not fail to note in this, our first and last attempt in American
Bibliography,
H. H,
New York University Builpinhs,
May 15/A, 1866.
^
38tl)Uott)fta amrritana mnuatiasmn.
*
:
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m
c 'Z:^A SS Si^' Sc^ .^M iS:'!^ ?^^ >>^'^A JWa ^.^^W)
Btbliotljtca amctif ana He tustifisima,
FIFTF.KNTH CF.NTURY.
I. coAf/T//u/.s (c///f/.s'7Y)/w;/?)-([ iSpiftoIa <ffl)nftofori 1493.
iiTolom: rui ftafs noftra multfl tirljrt: UrllSnfulijs
Jlutiic fupra (!^a»srm nuprv inurntisJ. lati qunss
prrqui- 1| rcntiasj ortauo antra mrufr aufpiriis r rve
iuuirtiffimi,iFfrnan-||tii ll>ifpaniavum Urgisi miffust
furrat: ati irBagnifirHm tinm l%a||p1)aclrm Saius
Ifi: riuHicm frrrniffimi Ucgis ffcfaurariu miffa:||
quam nobiUsi ar Uttrratus biv ^IHantict He ^JTofro
at) 1li)if))ano || itiromatr in latinum rouurrtit : trrtio
ftal'g fftaii. iiil.rrcc..rnii.|| ^IJontififatug aUxantid
S»cxti anno ^^rimo.ll"
*^ '■ Sin. 410, ((>/(■ iifiH'j (lilt loco, tour leaves, thirty-tour lines in a
tull page. No water-mark.
(Hiivatc l.lbr. Nuw York. The mil) nther C(i|ii(s kn.iwn
art' in tilt UritUli Museum ami Munich Roy.il Library.)
* An^Utf t Letter frop' <'hr'istci(ilicr
Coliim •• Id wliimi iiur ,igr iiwctli n.'ii li ;
cuncerninj! ttie Islands ot' In.lia hcyipi. '
tlir Ganges recently ilisciiveieil. In the
search of which he was sent eight
months ago umler the auspices and at
the expense of the most invincible King
oftheSpains, Ffrilinami : addressed tu the
nolile lord RiJ/i/iiif/ .S'wnrf'i .• Trr.isurer of
the same most serene King; whicl) the
«'//'/(• and learned man yilianJtr ilc Cos-
i- translated from the Spanish idiom
into Latin : the third ilay of the ca-
lends of May [April 25th-) 1491. The
Year One of the I'untificute of Alexan-
der VI.
m-^'-
2 Bibliotheca Americana.
14.03. Christopher or Pedro [Luc. Marineo') Colon [Fer-
nan(io Columbus'', official documents'), or Colonus \Pet.
Martyr*, Geraldini'^), or Colom {()vicdo'\ de Cozco', Stam-
ler^), or Colomo \Libros de Cuentos\ Mediri:i Celi'). or
Colombo (Trivi^iano'', Gryn<rus'\ Coppo da Isola'\ Zorzi'^,
Dati'^jy or Colyns [Sharon 'Turner'*), or Dawher [Ru-
chamer"'), or Cohimhus (Giusliniani"', Sy//acio'', Bembo'*) ;
born at Genoa {Giustiniani, Peter Martyr, lierna/dez"',
GaUo''", Senarega", Herrera^^, Munoz'-\ Spotorno'*), or at
Cucarro [Donesmundi'^\ Napione"', Cancellieri'-\ Conti'^^), or
at Fradello [Campi"^), or at Savonna {Sa/itterio^\ Chiabre-
rrt", Belloro^''), or atCugureo [Eden], or Nervi (Oviedo), or
L
' De las tiSiii mcm'nahle! de Kif>iiiiii ;
Alcil.i, l.il , 1530, 1533, 1531;.
■' IJi.l'.iie tie/ Xif^nir I), t'ern.injo C-
I'.mho ; Venice, 1211111, 1571, 1614, l(>72,
i(i;() (I'l.iiiik's C1t.1l. I, 167.S, i6*i5.
' J/lUil NAV.AKKKrt, Co/eiiioll tk I'S
I'iiij^es y ilei.u/irimientcisf M.ulriil, 8v(i,
iS25-3'7, Vol. II.
' O/iiis Efisrolanim f Alc.il.i, t'ol., 1530,
nri.j Aln^IeIll., 1 670 1 best edit. ) ; DfijJes,
SeviU.i, Ui\., i;il, Alc.il.i, t'ol., I 516, and
I 530; li.isle, 1533, I'.iiis, Sk>, 15S7 (H.ik-
luyt's, best edition).
•"^ iti'ie> lit turn tiii rei^ionei sn/i e^uin^er.;
Ropic, iimo, 1631.
" Histcria Geneial de las I'idias f Se-
lill.i, tol., 155^, S.iljiii.inca, I ^47, ValU-
dolid, I 557; Madrid, 4 voU., t'ol., 1S51-55,
complete edit.
' Latin translat. ot Columbus' leitcr, see
in/, a, Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
" Ufa/ogus; Augsburg, t'ol., I 50S; Ven-
ice, J. a.
" Letter, afad MoutLi.i, I.eiieia ra'is-
sima { Batsano, 8vo, 1810, and Ofeietfe,
Venice, 3 vols., 8vo, 1820.
'" Noviis Orhisf Basle, t'ol., I 532, I'.iri:;,
153Z, Basle, 1537, and 1555 (l>est), Rot-
1(1 dam, 8\o, 1 61 6.
" foriolano ; Venice, sm. 4to, 1528.
'■' Paesi nuuameiue rerro:iarif Vii en/.a,
4t(>, 1507, Milan, 1508, 1 51 2, Ijiy.
Venice, 1 517, I 521.
" La leiier.i delle hole f Florence, 41 1,
1493, two editions.
'* History of Enj^/jiid in the Middle
/l^esi Lond., 4to, 1814-13.
'' Ncwe unhekiinihe litndie ; Nuremberg,
t'ol., 1508.
'" Vs,iireri:im; Genoa, t'.Ji., I 516
" Ve insulis meridiani at /ue indici mati
nupei inventis ; I'avia, 4to, s. a.
'■ Historic l'enet,r ; Venice and Paris,
fol., 1551.
'" Historia de los Reyes Cith. I). Fei
nandn y l)a. Isabel ; Granada, 1 vols., 4to,
1856.
'■"' apudMvuAToK}, Rerun Italic. Hiti/it.;
Vol. xxiii.
■■" Idem, Vol. XXIV.
'" Historia (leneral de los llechos de Ins
Castellands i Madrid, t'ol., 1601-15, ■•"''
1728-30; Antwerp, 1728 ( b'd edition).
" Historia del Niiei'o Xltindo ,• Madrid,
4to, 1798 (MS. ot"2d Vol. in Private Libr.,
New York).
'•" Delia ^ri-^. e patria di C. Colomho ;
Genoa, 8vii, l8ly, and O'diee diplomaliic
C'd' nJio-yiKeriiano ; Genoa, 4to, 1823.
'^ Historia Ecclesiaslica di Mantotta ;
Mant iva, 4t.), 161 3-16.
'■'" Delia /.atria di C. Colombo f Florence,
8vo, 1808, and Del Prim'. Scopritore ; Flo-
renie, 8vo, 1801;.
'■" Disserrazioni episti/lari hihlio^rafiche
supra C Colomho i Rome, 8vo, i8oy.
"" Ntii. storicbe della littd di C. di
M'^nferrato ; Casali, 8vo, 1838-41.
''■' Hiii-.ria E<ilesi.ut. di Piarenzaf I'ia-
cen/.i, t'cd., 1651-72.
'"' Mnn ilalioncs lulij Salinerij Sauonensis
ad Cornelium Taeitum ; (ienoa, 410, I 601.
" Cam'jn-liniilif Venice,8vo, 1730-31.
''' iipud C'lrrei/'tmlanie ylslrnn. Giogr,,
1
Fliircncc,
ijre \ Klo-
,.-dj Pi.i-
ifiuonfniis
11, lf)02.
Giogr.,
Bibliotheca Americana. 3
at Cogoletto {Gambara'\ Isnardi'*), Oneglia, Chiavara, I493.
Finale, Bugiasco, Cossena, ^uinto, Albisola, or in =-=—=9,
England (Mol/oy*^), or simply in some unknown village
near Genoa {Las Casas^'', Barros"), in 1435-6 {BernaldeZy
Napione, Navarrete, Humboldt^*, Luigi Colombo^''), or in
1 44 1 {Char lev oix*°), or in 1445 {C/adera*', Bossi*'-), or in
14.^6 {Mufjoz), or in 1447 {Robertson*\ Spoiorno) of hum-
ble parentage, to say the least : " vilibus orbus parenti-
bus" {Giusliniani), "da ignobili Parenti" {Salinerio^°).
Died at Valladolid, May 20th, 15c 6, notwithstanding
Grynaeus' Novits Orbis, which, as late as 1532, mentions
him as still living.
After a very short time spent at the University of
Pavia {Ferd. Co/umbus, Bossi), Christopher Columbus, like
his father and brothers {Gal/o, Senarega, Casoni**, Sati-
nerio^°, J//egretli'-°), followed the occupation of wool-
carder; and afterwards {Las Casas, Bernaldez)^ when still
in Genoa, became a bookseller. The time when he first
went to sea is not known. Repaired to Lisbon, after
a shipwreck' ( ? ), in 1470, and joined his brother Bar-
tholomew, who made his living in that city by drawing
and selling maps or nautical pictures {Ga//o, Giusliniani).
Was again in Italy, March 20th, 1472 {Bianc/ii*''), and,
probably in 1473, '" ^^*^ employ of King Rene of Pro-
vence. Married in Lisbon {Barros), or perhaps at Calvi,
in Corsica^'', Felippa Muniz Perestrello, the daughter
Jtc, i/u Biir'tii Je Z.!i/i; Genoa, Hvo, i8i6,
Viil. XIV ; .iti I ^1/ prndice, Giiiia, Svu,
1831;; iquiitus I'uLi.EKii, F.f'iclit'ifma ; Turin,
41(1, if)y6.
'" De Naiif^iii. C CJum''i; Ruiiu-, Svo,
i5S5i 4t.., 16X3.
"• i)h>eria;-ioi:,- i Piiu-ml.', Xvn, 1S3S.
^'^ l)e 'Jure Miniiiini,; L.m.lun, Hvn ;
Iriim 1676 to lyd'j, nine cliii.iM^.
'■* ".le .ilgun !iii;.ii- ilc l.i Priviniia dc
Cicn >va," — Uislmid (!,'ne',i/ ,/,• /us In, lias,
Ch.ipt. II ; MS., Private Library, N. Y.
" DfiiiMii Jj Alia; LiblxpM, 3 vols., tol.,
IS51 53 63; 162S, an i 177S SX, 14 vols.,
Xvo (best).
'" Examen Ciiti/uci I'aris, 3 vols.,Xvii,
1S36-9, (Tile edit, ot' that most cxtel-
leiit W'lik, 3 vols., n. d , is only this,
w t'l 'Ut the si'itions i.f'La Cosa'i map.)
''' I'tioia t lii,'r, ,lci Cr.inde Ammira^'-
lii.; 11 me, Sv.', 1853.
*" Hiitoirf ,/i- 1 Isie K>f>j.;iio/fi I'.iri,-, 41.1,
1730; I2mi>, .Am terd., 1733.
^' /nrfsl:,^,iii'ji:!i iiiii6iii,isf M.ili I I, 410,
" I'lia Ji CJ-inioi Milan, 8v.., 181X.
" U:slory ■/ /imcrim ; London, 410,
I7SS
" yl:nali J: O'eiiofii, Ml iemio sedi-
ifiini',; (ieniia, tol., 1708.
*" OssrrTj-.ii.ni m! dim.!, At., delhi l.i-
yu'ia {.If. 1 1 Coditt).
*' D'tumentj in the Revue de Pii'h,
Aujj., 1841, vol. XXXII.
mm^ " T-i
T
4 Bibliotheca Americana.
1493. of the discoverer {Ferd. Columbus), or Governoi* {Ca da
— SS--9— Mosto^'') of the island of Porto-Santo, and sister to the
wife of Pedro Correa, an expert navigator, before 1474,
the year in which his first son, Diego, was born. This
Diego is the boy who is made to play such a lamentable
part in the scene at the La Rabida convent, in 1484
or i486. Made a voyage to England, Iceland, and
"Thule," February, 1477 {^^^^^^ apud Ferd. Columbus),
where he may have obtained the confirmation of the
data furnished him by Toscanelli, June 25th, 1474,
concerning the existence of Western lands. Was on
board the piratical fleet which, in 1485, attacked the
Venetian galleys off Cape St. Vincent {Rawdon Hrown^^).
Made his home at Porto-Santo (a small island near the
coast of Africa), on an estate belonging to his wife, and
where he compared notes with Correa, and matured his
plans.
First proposals to Genoa [P. Martyr, Benzoni*'*, Her-
rera, Ramusio''°), or to Portugal {Majfei'^', GuIvuho'^-)^ then
to Venice (Bossi, Navarrcte), or to France {Gcraldirii,
Monlest/uieu''^), to Genoa again (Mutloz), to Kngland (6V-
raldini), through his brother Bartholomew, who seems to
have remained seven years at the court of Heiu-y VII,
for whom he made a chart, February, 14S8 {//akluyt'''*),
but where the project was laughed to scorn {Henzoni), or
delayed only by accident [Bacon''''), or accepted, but too
late {Pure has''''), then to Portugal {Vascuncellos''''), from
which country he repaired to Spain, 1484 {Spotorno),
" tif'uJ tl'inrraiium Vnriu'allnium f Mi- <]ui lui (>ni|'i>!..iil lis Iiiilcs." I.iv. xxi,
l.in, hil., 150X. ih.ip. XXII. Tlic.i' ugrcts c.irin.ii lu'
*" CilenJai »/ Suite I'ti/ ri , ,iii,l MSS. in tfrmcl timely, foi not uily l"i.iniis 1 illil
tir j^riliives of I'eni.ef l,cin>lciii, Svi', |S()4. nut .isicml tin- thnnu- ut Kr.Mui- until the
** Hist'iia Jtl MonJ'i Nuctij ; Vinici', Wi slirn Wiirl.l li.hl bun ri'ilisicvcrfil ncji-
8vi), 1^65, I S71- ly twiiity-twiiyr.li;-, Imt lie w.is imt boiii
*" Delh Niirii^.ir. rt l'i,!-yi f Viniic, until St-plcniliiT, I4y4. (Srr Hksaui.t. I
fol., 1603, (ir 1613 till- the 51I ml. "* T/ie I'l ir:i i/n/ /Vai'ifioli'.ns ; Lnncl.,
*' Hislr,i i.iiuin iihtii.iium- VUirtni:i-,M\o, M., I sl^y, l^')^ 1600,410, l8uy la.
|i;SS, Venice, 41.., 1 ^Sy, .Vi . " llisl.ric <f ll:f R.iignr of K. Ilniiy
'•' Tr,ii,i,lui I.isl.iin, 1^63. r//; l.un.lnn, til , 1611.
*' Ksf<iii ilfs Lis, "J'.ii oiM plu.ieur'^ ''" l'i/i;iiKfsi l,onA.,f«\., ifiii;, I'.iit 111
t'oi.i deplorer I'.iveiigleiiieiu ilu timsiil ile " fiiL del Rey 'Juan II; M.iilrid, 411),
Fr.in^'ois I qui rebut.i Christuplic Coliiml), 1 639.
Bibtiolhecu Americana. $
and made proposals to Ferdinand and Isabella, 1485
{Bossi), or i486 {Oviedo). Met at Cordova Beatrix
knriquez, to whom he was marrieil (I/ernra, Tirai/osc/ii^^,
Bossi, Roselly de Lor^ues">), or with whom he never lived
in lawful wedlock {Napione, Spotorno, Navarrele, Hum-
boldt), before August 29th, 1487 {Ortiz de Zuriii^a'"),
or August 15th, 1488 {Navarrete), the year in which his
youngest son and future historian was born. Distin-
guished himself in the campaign against the Moors,
1489 [Ort. de Zuniga). The commission sitting at Sala-
manca rejected his proposals, 1491. The project was
finally accepted by Spain, April 17th, 1492. Set sail
from l*alos with three caravels, viz.: the "Santa-Maria"
or " Gallega" {Oviedo), Hag-ship, the " I'inta," \\\u\ the
" Nina," with a crew of ninety men {herd. Columbus) or
one hundred and twenty {Martyr, Giustiuiani), Friday,
August jd, 1492, a half an hour before ilaylight.
Discovered, Friday, October 12th, 1492, at 2 A.
M., what he always believetl, and compelled his crew,
under penalty'" of having their tongues cut oft", to
assert to be the western coast of China, but which was
only Grand Furk, one of the lurks islands {Navur-
rctc, Gibbs'-, Major"), or Watling Island {MuT/oz,
Bec/ier''*), or San Salvador Grande { Ferrer''' ), or Cat
Island (Catesbv'^', Humboldt). Discovereii (he Island
of Cuba, October 28th, anti Hayti, December 5th,
1492. Sent an b'.mbassy to the "Gran Can," Novem-
ber 2d. Lost his flag-ship by shipwreck, December
24th. Set sail on his way back to Spain, Wednesday,
493'
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1X22 26. 1846.
•'"' C/iiisl'I'Ae Cdhinfi; 1 2m.>, I'.nis, I 851;; '■' Helctl !..ili>S'4 C'lluwh,, ; l.iiiid., Xko,
.mil /,.; Cnixiluns la />(A- b.v/;./.-., I'.iii:, 1X4-'; jiintnl fi>r llic ll.ikluM Sillily
Su), 1S43 (.1 very str.ingu |>frtorm- "' Ti,- L.inJjul/o/(:(,luu!/us ; L iiii\.,X\ii,
.MKf). 1856.
"" .'itinalfi iclnitiiiii.il,- &filla;M.xJit\i, "' CiUti esf'tiiu ( iX.j2 I, .j/«./ ii.itc;. lu
(ol., 1677- rii-mli iMiiAUtiun iif' Navakkkti.; I'aiis,
"' Itif'rmjiion, ii/iuil fiwAHKiti Viil. Sm>, 1S2X.
II, Ni). i.xxvi, |i.igf 145. "' Saiurjl '.liiiorf ofCaiolinai Loiidini,
•' Proceedings oC the Niw York His- toliu, 1731.
6 Bibliotheca Americana.
1493. January i6tli, 149J. Owing to severe storms, he an-
chored off St. Mary's, one of the Azores, Fef)ruary i8th,
and afterwards at Rastello, in the Tagus, near Lisbon,
where he landed March 4th, and from which he sent to
Castile a messenger bearing the news and letters ad-
dressed to Sanchez and Santangel. After an eventful
time at the court of John II, of Portugal, where the
courtiers proposed openly to murder him [Garcia de Re-
iende'\ Barros, f^asconcei/os), Columbus departed, Wed-
nesday, March 13th, landing finally at Palos, Friday,
March 15th, 1493, at noon.
When still on board his caravel, February 15th, off the
island of St. Mary, Columbus wrote two official ac-
counts of his voyage, one of which was addressed to
Raphael or Gabriel Sanchez or Sanxis, the Crown Trea-
surer. No copy, either in print or in manuscript, of
the Spanish original has yet been found, but the dis-
covery made a few years ago, in the Ambrosian library,
of a printed copy of the letter addressed to Luiz de
Santangel (No. 7), warrants the belief that not only
it may have been printed, but that it is not irretrievably
lost. As to the original itself, notwithstanding the
diligent searches instituted by Mufioz in Simancas, and
Navarrete in the Lonja at Seville, where, after the estab-
lishment of the General Archives of the Indies, in
1792, all documents relating to the Western World had
been transferred, no traces of it have ever been dis-
covered. Munoz supposes that it has been inserted in
Chapt. cxviii of Bernaldez' Historiade los Reyes Catolicos.
We are of opinion that the latter work contains only
^ a close paraphrase of the letter addressed to Santangel,
as the reader can ascertain by comparing the Ambrosian
text with the original of Bernaldez, both of which are
inserted, together with a translation into English, in our
Notes ou Columbus, pages 89—115.
The substance of that valuable document, however,
*' Ljvro Jas obrai { Evora, f'ol., 1554} as CAroniia, Lisb., I'ol., ISy6, 1607, 1611, 175*.
fiibliotheca Americana. 7
has been transmitted to us through a translation made 1493'
in very poor Latin — " semi-barbaro" {Muh(jz) — by one -.^m
Leander or Aliander dc Cosco, on or about April
25th, 149J. Of that translation we describe, de visu, six
editions, all apparently published within the year 1493.
Only one of those six editions contains the name of
the printer, his place of residence, and the year when it
was printed. It is our No. 3. Another has the printer's
name and residence, but no date (No. 6); whilst a third
(No. 5) gives only the place. The other three (Nos.
I, 2, and 3) are all sine anno aut loco.
The text, with the exception of variations in the use
of contracted letters {viz. : (p, (j), ^\, U, t, 9, (J5, fl, ^, f, f,
l> 0, jJ, (|, f> U, p, Q), is the same for all. The titles differ.
In Nos. I, 2, 5, and 6, the name of King Ferdinand only
is given ; in Nos. 3 and 4, that of ^ueen Isabella is
added. In Nos. i, 2, 5, and 6, the recipient of the
letter is called Raphael ; in Nos. 3 and 4, he is named
Gabriel. His family name is spelled in Nos. 1,2, 5,
and 6, Sanxis ; in No. 3, Sane his ; in No. 4, Ranches.
The translator is mentioned as Aliander in Nos. i, 2,
5, and 6; in Nos. 3 and 4, as Leander ; whilst No. 3
adds the complimentary adjective of generosus where all
the others have nobilis. No. 2 is the only one which
lacks the words Indie supra Gangem in the title''".
Nos. 5 and 6 were certainly printed at Paris, and No.
[ill, 175*-
"" Gr:u'sse st.ites that " Dans I'ex dc
I'cil. liu Euch. Sillier, cniistivi- a la liilil.
Amhriis. Ae Milan, man<|ut:iit lc& deux
mots supra (ian^tm au titre." We are u{
imiircssion that in this instance Nu. i is
in'ended. The Amhtosian is nut kn<iwn
to possess a cupy of the Silber (our No.
']), whilst the Brera his, or had, a rine,
though incotnpUte speiinien ot No. i,
which has lately lieen stolen. When
Morelli, (lianoiini and Uo»^i have occasion
to nientii n a four leaves unillu.~trated edi-
tion, the) .ilways reter to one in the Ma^-
li.ihechi (No. 3). Had the diligent llossi,
who made his transcript of No. 1 tioni the
Bii'ta copy, linown if the exi'ti'nc' of .;
Silber in the Anibrosian. he would have
mentioned it instead of referring to an un-
illustrated copy in Florence. It must be
said, however, that by a clause in the v;\\\
of Cardinal Kred. Borromeo, the flunder
of the Anibrosian, it is prohibited to make
a catalogue of that great library ; the bonks
have not even their titles inscribed on the
hack, which may account for a plaqueite
of that ilescription escaping the lynx-
eyes of a Bossi or a Morelli. Still, the
omission of those two words throws a
dubious lii;lil upon Graesse's assertion.
We have examined four copies of the Sil-
ber, and heard of two more, none of which
1 niit the passage /w./rr iupra (i.irtgfm.
8 Bibliotheca /Americana.
I4Q7. 3 at Rome, which is said by Morelli, Gianorini, Bossi
_______ and others, to be also the case with Nos. i, 2, and 4.
There are no positive proofs that the hitter are Roman
impressions, but the probability is that they were at
least published in Italy. The kind of type used is a
good test for those who possess the means of compar-
ing; but in the absence of a large collection of dated /«-
cunahulte we propose an hypothesis. Of the translator,
de Cosco, we know absolutely nothing; but there is no
lack of precise details concerning the author of the epi-
gram which is at the end of Nos. i, 2, 3, and 4 (in Nos. 5
and 6 it is on the verso of the first leaf). Although called
in that versified eulogium R. L. de Corbaria, his name
should be Berardus or Leonard de Carninis'"^, whilst he
was, from 1491 to 1498, Bishop of Monte-l*eloso,
situated in the kingtlom of Naples, but a direct depen-
dency of Rome. Now, when we take into consideration
the short time which elapsed between the return of Co
lumbus and the publication of his letter, one of which
(No. J, which also contains the epigram) bears the un-
mistakable date of 1493 in the colophon ; the distance
between Spain and Italy; the difficulty of semiing books
or letters to and fro, in those days, and the fact that
the epigrammatist resided in Italy, it is certainly per-
mitted to infer that the plaquette before us is the work
of an Italian printer.
The types used in Nos. i, 2, and 3 differ from each
other in size, form, and in the employment of contrac-
tions. We suppose, therefore, that they were printed
by three different printers. Franck Silber, usually called
fclucharius Argenteus or Argyrios, is certainly the printer
of No. 3, Guyot Marchant or Mercator that of Nos.
5 and 6. Nos. i and 4 have the same type, and are,
therefore, the work of one printer, who is supposed,
from the great similarity found to exist between the lat-
ter and the books printed in 1493 by Stephanus IMannck,
"■ UoHtLi.i, Italia Harra (cd. ot' Kumv, Jul., 1644 61); Vul. 1, (>agc 1072.
.,-}1
Bibliotheca Jnuricana. 9
to he the work of that excellent typographer. Jo- 1493'
hanties Besicken may have printed No. 2. Hail we
access to some of the early puhlications of IMannck and
Besicken, so artistically descrihed hy the great Audif-
freili, we might hope, perhaps, to establish the chrono-
logy of those plaquetles. But in the absence of any
typographical criterion to ascertain which of our six edi-
tions is entitled to the much-coveteil place of editio
princeps, we beg leave to resort to another hypothesis,
which the reailer may take for what it is worth.
Kerilinand and Isabella reigned conjointly to the year
1504. We have already stated that in the titles of four
of the editions the name of Isabella is omitted, as if
Fenlinand was, when the plaquettes were printed, sole
King of Spain. This would be a presumption that
they date from after 1 504, as Ferdinand reigned until
1516; but we know of no book printed by Plannck
after 1498, and of Besicken, whether in partnership with
Mayr or with Martinus of Amsterdam, after 1501.
Besides, Nos. 5 and 6, which also omit the name of
Isabella, bear the imprint of Guyot Marchant, who cer-
tainly ceased to print before 1501; the Basle edition of
the yerardus, which gives, in a kind of appendix, the
Columbus letter, evidently taken from No. 2, is plainly
dated on the verso of the twenty-ninth leaf: 1494. We
must, therefore, consider the absence of the Queen's name
each '" Nos. i, 2, 5 and 6, involving, as it does, a grammati-
ntrac- cal change which runs through the entire sentence, as a
rinted premeditated omission, which was afterwards repaired in
called Nos. j and 4.
rititer '^^^ claims of 5 and 6 we set aside, for it is not likely
Nos. ^'^^^ ^^^^ letter was sent to Paris before it reached Rome,
are, Bossi justly remarks that the Spanish sovereigns would
osed, ^^^^ "" '^■'"*^ "^ dispatching an official account to the
_ ijit- Holy-See, in order to obtain from the Pope the inves-
ipnck titure of the newly discovereil lands. On the other
hand, it is well known that after Charles VIII had re-
stored Roussillon and Cerdagne to Ferdinand by the
a
n
lO Bibliotheca Americana.
149^. Treaty of Barcelona, January lyth, 149;?, the Spanish
' Monarch, anxious as he was to find a pretense to disreganl
his own engagements relating to the Kingtloni of Naples,
took no extraordinary pains to make himself agreeable
to Charles VIII.
We believe that an official account was sent from
the Court of Spain to Rome, previous even to the
secoml I'.mbassy of Obedience intrusted to Carvajal; the
Bull of Concession of May jd'", and the Bull of De-
marcation of May 4th, 1493'', are conclusive on that
point; but we are not prepared to say that the said ac-
count was the Letter of Columbus. The latter was
originally written in Spanish, and although the reigning
Pope, Alexander Borgia, was a Spaniard by birth, the
dispatch sent by Isabella, being an official document, it
must have been in Latin. The letter, however, may
have been added to the package ; but if it was not sent
in the original Spanish, some obscure clerk in the
Foreign Office is entitled to the merit or demerit of the
version ; nor do we believe that his name would have
l)een inserted in the title. The fact that the communi-
cations were much more frequent and facile between
Italy and Spain than between Spain and France, is a
sufficient reason to consider the Paris editions of the
De Insulis as mere reprints.
Nos. 3 and 4, being set aside because they contain the
name of the (^ueen, and Nos. 5 and 6 simply on ac-
count of their origin, Nos. i and 2 only remain. But
which of these two is the editio primeps ?
No. I is a plain plaquette, without even an orna-
mented or red-printed initial, so common in those days,
whilst No. 1 contains no less than seven (the eighth
r| being only a repetition) elaborate woodcuts, five of
, which cover each an entire page. Now, when we recol-
lect the importance of the news which the Letter was
)
f!
'" Navaruei E, Ci^leciion lie /tt, viugfi ; " V.utn, Oeiiiites ij' lie Newe Wor/./i-j
Vol. II, pages 11-35. Lond., 4tc), 1555, pages 167-171.
fl
Ribliotheca Americana.
1 1
intended to convey, and the time rtquircd to prepare 149^^.
the woodcuts, it is fair to assume that the unillustrated ---1— au.
eiiition, which, all things considered, was only what we
would now call an " extra," was published first. We
therefore suppose that No. 1 is the cditio princeps'\
On the verso of the tenth leaf of No. 2 there is a
woodcut, comprising the word " Granata," and the arms
of that city, which might lead, perhaps, to the heliet that
No. 1 was printed in Granada, and therefore before any
of the other editions, but for the following objections:
In the first place, if we can understand how a stranger
five hundred leagues away shoidd not know that both
Ferdinand and Isabella were on the throne, it is difficult
to believe that the same ignorance could prevail at
Granada, especially in the year following its conquest by
the two sovereigns. In the second place, armorial
bearings cannot be considered a test, as they are not
unfrequently found on books known to have been
printed in cities or countries which do not claim as
their own the inserted escutcheon.^' For instance, the
Mundus Novus, which was printed for Wm. Vorster-
tyoriif.
" The fulluwing title, which we burrow
from the Livrei Curieux (No. lo6), if"
correctly (.'iven, ami an It.ili.in eilitiun,
wouM prove a formiilable rival for the po-
sition of filiiiii prhitpi — not because it
bears the date of 1491, but for the reason
that it Is unillu^trateil, and omits the name
of Isabella. !n fact, there is no argument
alleged in favor of No. I which could not
apply to the following : " Epistola Cliris-
tofori Colom, cui etas nostra multum de-
bet; de Insulis Indiie supra Gangem nuper
Inventis. Ad ijuas perq.-rendas octavo an-
tea mense ausspiciis et ere invitliisimi Fer-
minM Hisfiiinijrum Rtj^ii missus fuerat
(au lieu de Fernnnji el Ueliijbet Rfgum
missus fuerat) Ad magnificum duum
(lahrielem Sanchis — missa : tjuam nobilis
ac litteratus vir l.eanjer de Cosco ab His-
pano idiomate in latinum convertit tertiu
kal's Mail m.cccc.xcii. [j'V], Hontili-
catus Alexandri Sexti Annu primu. (4
feuillets, dune leg pages enticrcs portent 3]
lignco.)" Evidently a cios» between No.
I and No. 3 — if not a myth altogether.
The title to the text published by Mr.
Major also dilfers from any. It seems to
follow No. 4, but whilst tlie lattei calls
the Treasurer (l,ihriel Sunt/ia, in the Sflfii
/,fr/crj lie ii named Raphatl Sanxii. Must
we view this dirtcrenie as a correcti<m in-
troduced by the le.irned editor, ur as indi-
cating another edition .'
As 10 the allusion in iMnelo-Barcia (cul.
564), made on the .luthority of Uraudius,
and repeated by Navarrete, which might
convey the impression that a separate edi-
tion of the Letter had been given by one
Kiiri(|ue I'edro, of Basle, we scarcely need
say that the Hihli(,thetd Clauica of Drau-
dius (page 7iS, eilit. of I fill) refers only
to the collection published by the monk
Robert, under the title of Hdliim Ckiit-
liarorum, and printed .it Uasle in 1533.
" Cnrvil.i.ir.K, Oriffine Jr Plmfrinifrit f
I'arii), 4tu, 1 61/4.
IS
liibliothcca /Imcricana.
.in \. mann, of Antwerp (sec infra), contains on the last leaf
«'^'- cioulilc'-hcailci.i eagle coat-of-arnis, and the escut-
cheon of the latter city, yet it is generally believed
that the pla(|iiette was printetl somewhere on the
Lower-Khine, where neither Charles V nor IMiilip II
ever reigned. In the third place, we have shown that
the epigram, which is in No. 2 as well as in No. 1,
was the proiluction of an Italian Bishop, who then
lived near Rome. iMnally, not only Maittaire"*, La
Caille^', Cahrera'', Mende// , Oriandi''*, and the leading
historians of the Typographical Art assert that printing
was not introduced into Granada until 149^), hut, to
quote La Serna Santander, the highest authority on
such matters : " Primer voluwen ile vita Christi, ue
Kray I'ranc. Ximene/, in fol., 1496, est la seuie impres-
sion connue faite a Grenade tians le XV' siccle; ce qui
n'a rien d'extraonlinaire quand on saitque cette ville su-
perhe ne fut concpiise sur les Mauresqu'en I'aii 1492.""'
Were we called upon to advance a supposition as to
what Knglish philosophers would now term x\\*i genesis of
those editions, we .should say, that on the receipt of the
great news in Spain the Letter of Columbus was made
public, and printed in the original Spanish, probably at
Barcelona, by I'osa, Michael, or Barro, or at Seville, by
Ungut and Polonus, in a kind of semi-gothic character,
resembling, we imagine, the Santangel Letter (No. 7),
That when Francesco Marchesi and Giovanni Antonio
Grimaldi, the Genoese Kmbassadors, returned to Italy
a short time after the arrival of the transatlantic expedi-
tion [St'nare^a")y they procured some of those pla-
quettes, one of which may yet come to light in some
private or public library of Genoa, Rome, Naples, or
Florence, just as a copy of the Santangel was discovered
" Annatti l'}/>''gr. { Vol. i, I'.irt l, I'lgi ' Tyfioj^iapln,! Esf>tiil,Lii M.ulriil, 4I11,
76 (.-.lit. ■■» I 7 3 }). I 7yfi, '|ugu 145.
"■ linn.iii- ,lf /' Im/'imfi ii- ; l^^ri.^, 4I11, '" (higine ,ifii'f Si,imf'ii ; IJ.iliign.i, 4tii,
16X9, fSfc 49. 1711, [lyc 214
" Mfn.oi'uilf (1. 10, .;/•«./ the tullnw- '' On ri nnjirr Hih/i .f^ijfiJii'^uf f Suppl.,
in^ ! BiiKclIvs, Xvo, iSo^, Vol. in, |<at;i' 516
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Bibliotheca Americana.
M
4>".
.1, 4tn,
a short time since among the books bequeathed by Cus-
todi to the Ambrosian library. The results of Colum-i
bus' voyage were so flattering to his countrymen that
the Spanish accounts must have circulateil freely, and
easily found their way into the large cities of Italy. A
copy having been secured either by Cosco or the Bishojs
of Monte- l*eloso, the former undertook to translate it
into Latin, and add a title, while the latter inserted the
following epigram :
ClSpigramma. U. it. He Corbarla ISpi liilont(f=
palufij. atj Jn-llbirtiffimum Urgrm |l)ifpaniarHm : .
.^am nulla 1ll)ifpaiii» tcllufs aHDrntia triiimp1)t^.
2lt(j; parum tantis biriftufii ortis rrat.
Ilunc longr roisi trgio lirprrnfa fub tontilfis.
^urtura rft titulo^s Urtirr magnr tuo»
ffilnlir rrprrtori iucvito rcfrrcntia iiTolumijo
(!5ratia: frti fummo rft maior babrntia irro.
<Dui binrcntia parat noua rrgna tibiti; fibicj;
CTcflp fimul fortcm prcftat ct cffc pium.'^
The manuscript was then intrusted to Stephanus
Flannck, who immediately printed No. i ; the success
of which, as they had no copyright in those days, in-
duced Johannes Besicken, who had lately come or sim-
ply returned from Basle (where, in imitation of the
Nuremberg printers, it was a common rhing to insert
a number of woodcuts), to prepare an illustrated edi-
tion, which is our No. 2. I'he grave omission in the
•"EPIGRAM,
BY >, L. KI CORUARIA, BISHOI- or MUNTr -I'tlLllMl,
To the Invincihlt King uflht Stains: And the mid-oct'jn summons to tliy sway'
Less wiile the wiirlJ than thr renown of Give thanks to him — but loftier homage
Spain, pay
To swell her triumphs MP new lanils remain ! To Goil Supreme, who gives its realms to
Rejoice, llieria' see thy tame inireaseil ! thee!
Another woilj Cohimlius from the East Greatest of monarchs, first of" servants he'
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Hiifliotheca /fmericana.
4.01. title of the name of (juccn Isabella, combined with
■MMMH the dcinaiui fur the news which, as we know, was una-
bated, prompted Franck Silber to publish a corrected
edition, which is our No, 3; on seciim which, IMannck
also maile a new edition, but with the improved title
taken from Silber, and which is our No. 4. It is pro-
bable that copies of the earliest editions were the first
sent abroail, and that Nos. 5 and 6 were copied in Paris
from No. I, while theeilitmn inscrtetl in the AV,Trfrr/«.f of
Basle, 1494"', was copieil from No. 2.
We have never seen, amony the early historians, a
direct reference to any of the fifteenth century eilitions
of the l)t' Insults, although we fancy that traces can be
found in the works of Sabellico, Maffei of Volterra, and
Hergomas. After 151 1 it becomes obvious that all
the references to Columbus and his voyages are inspired
by the Raccoltu of Vicen/a, its various translations, and
the Decades of I'eter Martyr. Towanls the end of the
sixteenth century, authors, including even Conraii Ges-
ner, begin to quote the Letter itself, but in almost all
instances it is with the addition of an honest afud^
referring directly to the monk Robert's Helium Chr'ts-
t'lanorum Principum.
I)e Cosco's Latin translation was repul)lished in an
appendix to Charles Verardo's drama on the conquest
of Granada"', and afterwards inserted in Robert's collec-
tion'*'. In 1602 Andrew Schott'*' again published the
l)e Insults in his rare llispania illustrata^\ It is also in
Amati's Storko-Critico-Scientificliey copied from No. 4***.
"' In liiuJem Hoer.iiiimi Fcrilin.nuli, ict. ;
I4<;4, lint li,.n (ltjslc,liy ilc (Jlpc), Kvn, List
seven li'jvcs; which c<litii>ii i>t ■4<y4 we hu-
lii'vf to be the only om- of the original /'(■-
iiit,l:ise$ contjining the l)i- hiiulit The
Kii-silt'l (jtjlogue (No. 1 1 17) mentions j
Konie tvlition uith tiie Ue Initilii, 14<;4,
which we think erroneous, as the Kome
editions ol the i'naiilui >lo not lontain
the Letter. Mr, M.ijor, in his valuable
Stteci Leiltri, page VI, also ({uotes "another
cditiun ut' the letter running u seijuel tu
I'ei.iritus, (olio, printed In lli>le, ISIli"
whiih we think to be only the follow-
ing :
"' Utilum Clirislianorum primipumi Itasle,
fol., 1533, pat'e 116, iq.
"' The nivateiious and inlroutia/'/e " Es-
coto" ot Muiloz .\\u{ Navarrete. "h'rank-
tort, 5 vols, t'ol., ifioj -X, art. xxii. Vol ii,
page iz8l, jy.
■' Milan, Svo, iSiS-jO; Vol. iv, pageb
J14 iH, trom a copy in the Trivulgio
libr., Milan.
Htblioihicu /ttnarican
•5
Wf rtful the text with a French version in C, M. 149^.
Unino's translation of Hossi^', in the Paris edition of vLt. ... g
Navarrete"', anil in M. ile Kosny's hite piihlication'^
With an Italian version, the text, taken from No. 2,
has heen inserteil in the original work of Hossi^'. Navar-
rctc' gives it from No. j, with a Spanish translation, arul
Mr. Major with a correct I'.nglish version ami valuahle
introiinction in \\\s Select Letters''^ It is likewise in »)ur
Notes on Columbus^ copied line for line, with the origitial
abbreviations, from No. 1.
In Italian alone, it is inserted in a pompous octavo,
lately published''.
A Cierman translation was printed as early as 1497
(see/«/rrf), whilst, according to Tross'*'', one Charles Fon-
taine deilicateil to " M. d'lvor. Secretaire ilu Roy,"
a French version, which was published at Lyons by
kigauil, in 1559, i^)mo, under the title of " /.« De-
scription des terres trouuees de nostre temps."
The first version in Fnglish — and a very poor one it
is — we find in x\\<l Edinburgh Review'^ ; the last was given
in the New York Historical Magazine''.
in
Dinut ref'eremti : t MtusEi., Itihlhithtui Hiitiriciif Vol. x, I'.itl it, y.x^v l\^
j Aspiriw.ill Cat.Uii(;uf, No. I.
I TlKNAUX, Hil>lkthi jue ylmirintine, No. 1.
Sykes' Cituloguc, Part ill, No. 134.
Bil>li;ihfi,i (!>envilli,inii, |>.igc l^X.
Serjpcim, 1X4^, V<il. VI, (1.1 ;c 350.
Appi'iiili* til N. V. rc|iriiit iif Syllcniij, (laye «liii; loltiT I)
Ukunm, Mu'^ufl, Vol. II, tol. 163.
GKAissr, Triiiii, Vol II, (i.iKf iiX.
Nults on Columhui, tol., 1S6?, p.iges 1 17-124) Icttrr A
ill.
low-
tasli',
K9-
uik-
.1 11,
uigio
"• I'arls, Svo, 1814, iiiil 1S25-S.
"" I'.iris, Svo, 1S2S
'' l.flire Je C/iiisi f'/ii Cf m/i; I'aris,
Hvo, 1S65, 44 |i|).
"" K.iiiiJi,! , om/i/ciii i I. I. (l.yoiiO, Hvo,
1X64, witli a stati'ly porlijii ut' tiji- liaiis-
l.itoi, wlikli,iii a .'/m/'/i-/!' i.iili'itioii, might
liavi' iiiin rrplaci'd with a>lvantagc by .1
trantcript of the Libro ,.'<• I'mfhiii, anii of
tin- notfs in the hanil ot' ('olumlnis, whiih
till tliL margin of' thi cnpy ot' O'Ailly'n
lmji;r, munJi, in the C'liluiiihian library it
Seville.
■" C'atiloguc, I'lfi5, No. ijfifi
'" Kor Di-icmli., 1S16, |>agi-8 505 11
Ri'l'iiMisheil ill the .■Jna/fiiii M<if,iiine,
Vol. IX, pages 516- i 22.
"' For April, l.S6s, pages 1 14 -118
1 6 Bibliotheca Americana.
I 49 '^« 2. COI.UMiniS {CHUiarorHEKi—Rea'i of ih,- nconil leaf:
Pit Jtt|tUt0 tnucnttf
iBpiftola ifTriftofrvi vf olom (rui rtas noftvall mul=
tu lrr1)rt: tir JnfuU^ii in mavi Jntiiro nupHiniiftis.
^ti quasi prv(iuirrnliarj fitauo antra || mrnfr: auf=
piriiFi rt rrr Jnuirtiffimi ,jfrvnantii|l1ll)ifpauiaruiu
Urflis miffus fucrat) atj jiflag || niftrum tjftm i\a=
pl)arln iraiuis: riuHic frir-Hniffimi iirgifii ff^1)r=
fauvariu miffa. t|uam nol)i||lifj ar Uttrrat? iiir <aii=
antirr li uTofro: al) ?t)if H^jano ijtiromatr in latiufl
roHUcvtit: trrrio iU'sHjrBaii. itt.rrrr..vriii. |)onti=
firatu» airxantiriil S'Cxti Hnno |)rimo.||'''
I
'^^* Sill. 8vij, sine /'no nut anno; ten leaves, twcnty-scvcn lines in a
lull paj^e; eiyht wooJcuts, r/z. ; single escutcheon ot'Casiile
anil L,eon on recto of the rirst leaf ; and on the verso a vessel,
with the W(jri.is : Oicankii i/iissis ,• on verso of the second leaf',
men landing, and Imula hi^piinii ; on verso of the third lear, u
kind of map, with the words: Frrn'u/ii, I'siiht/l.i, hsspanii,
siiludt'jric, I'lnctptoris, ridrie, and a 'aravel ; on the recto of
the fifth leaf, the woodcut of the vers(j of the second leaf is
repeated; on the verso of the sixth leaf, a town or fort in
process of construction, and the words insii/ii Hipiina ; on
recto of the tenth leaf, full-length portrait of Ferdinand, hoM-
ing the escutcheon ot" Castile and Leon in his right hand,
auil that of Ciranaila in his left, and tlie words: FtiniuP rex
h'ispdniii ; on the verso, solitary coat-of-arnis of Granada, and
the won! Ciriimitii, No water-mark.
(1'riv.ite Library, New York.)
* /Jn^/i,r ; CDniiTiiiiii; isljmis discov- .nldrr6st;>i ti> ttic noMu linl Kufijei Saii\-
trcil. Letter tVuin Cllri^t■l|lllt•r Cxlom ;i : '^rl•.l^ult■r nt' the ».inic- most butftiu
(tu wlioni ipiir .n;c <.wctli muih : iiincfrn-
iilg the iiiUriils in the lihli.iri leu rttfiit-
ly Jisioveruil. In siMrth ut' wliiili lie
wjs sent eiglit nionllis ajju : under the
juijiiies .m>l .It the expeiue nt the in-
vincible King ul the S|Min» l''nJin,ii:,l),
Kinj!, which the noble aiul le.irMe) m.in
Aiiiin,te> Je Coho ; tr.in>l.ili .1 fu.ni the
Sp.ini&h iiliuni into I. 'tin : the thir.l
day iif the laU-nl:, ,i|' M^y, I4<;}. The
\ei\ One ul' the I'lint'tieate ut' Ale»an-
.lei VI.
Ribliotheca Americana.
»7
</■■
1 muU
: auf=
ianim
w i\a=
it ^li=
latinu
lines in ii
[){ Casiile
a vessel,
i-()iul leat,
irii leat, a
, hyp,in<i,
: recto ot
ml leaf is
ur tort in
tiiinii ; on
anil, lioKl-
^lu hand,
,r/i,'iJ' iix
naila, and
^1 /ijei Sanx-
luiist biiciu-
llf.iriu'l man
tlKlll till'
tlif iliii'l
nt Alcxaii-
m
The present is the only perfect copy known, and for- 1493'
merly belonged to M. Libri. There is another copy ^
in the British Museum. There was one also in the
Brcra librar. at Milan, which served for Bossi's' and
the Edinburgh Review'- versions, but it has lately been
stolen'. The latter, as well as the Grenville copy, lacks
the tenth leaf, and therefore the last two woodcuts.
Brunet*, in answer to the supposition that the present
mi.,»it have been printed at Granada, because it bears
the arms of that city, says : " Cette conjecture serait
fort ha/ardee, car les memss amies se trouvent dans
['edition imprimee a Bale en 1494." What we find in
the Basle edition (see in/rtt) and in the present, in the
form of an escutcheon, is the coat-ofarms which Fer-
dinand holils in his left hand; but the solitary shield,
which is so conspicuous on the verso of the last leaf
of this No. 2, is not to be found in the f^erardus,
nor in any other book mentioned by bibliographers.
Direct reftrtmci : I BihliuihtiU Gitn-villiwia, page I ;8, where the date of " 1494 ur
1495" is jsitibcd to the above, ".la it contains the same wood-
I tuts as those used in the t'uurth edition ot' Bernardinus de Olpc,"
which is totally inadmissible, as the latter lacks three woodcuts,
to say the least.
Hain, Repriiorium, No. 54yi.
N. V. .Syl/,icii, page sliii; letter .\.
GKAtssr., Vol. II, page 218.
Niilfi 'jtt C'ltumhui, pages I 18 I to; lettei B.
' A'/Vd ,/( Critiofitri Colombo ,• Milan,
8vo, 1818, pages 167 174, md French
translation, Paris, 8vo, 1824, paries 103
141.
* Kor December, 1816, p.iges 505 11.
' The tolliiwing description, copied troiii
a manuscript annotation in the Brera li-
brary, and which betrays the hand ot an
adept, probably that ot /.ucaria, tulK iden-
tities the copy :
■'Constat toliolis noveiii in 8'' vel 4"
parvo. Fol. prime) recto habeiitur insignia
Regis Hisniniif. cum Inscriptione Keg.
Hispaniv i cod, verso tabula enhibens
Oitanitiim Jaiirm, Fol. 1'' rect<i Kpistohe
initiuin cum titulu supra tel.ito cui pra--
mittuntur hxc verba char. nuj. Ut In-
iulii Inventii. Eodem ful. 1. verio tabu-
la exhibent Insulani Hyspanam. Fid. 3.
recto ..equitur Epistola, eodem verso tabula
eihibens InsuUs Feriundam, Isabellam,
tCK, Fol. 4. scijuitur textus. Fol. 5. recto
Aeratur tabula exhibens (keaniium c/jsiem.
e-.)d. .ersi., uti A t'.il. 6°. sei|uitur textus.
Fol. 7° verso tabula exhibens Insulam
Hyspanam. IJeinde sequitur textus usque
ad t)"' t'ol. rectum quo F;pistola absolvitor
absque ulla nota typograph. char. est. Go-
thicus nilidus. Linea in qualibet pag. 17.
Desunt custode.i d numcri paginar. K'nI.
I"». 1'". 3". ic 4'", priT se (erunt signa-
turat i, ij, iij. Tabula: ligno exculpta-, sed
satis elegantes. In-'iales liter* pictar."
* Mar.ufi, Vol. , ,\. |6j.
i8
Hihliotheca Americana.
493-
3. cohVMKvs icnRisTopnF.R)-(L ISpiftoIa <!ff)r(ftofor(
'ifToIom : ruf rtais noftra multum tirtrt; TiclL^nfuUis
Jntiir Uipxa (f^angpm ntiper inuftifit. ^D (luais prr=
(Hilren||Ua» ortauo antra mcnfr aufpirii« r rre (n=
ulrtfffimorum jf rrnantii || ar H^rlifabrt H^ifpanlaiji
iUgfi m(ffu» furrat : ati Ittaanifirii tiflm||a^at)rlr=
(rm :Sanrl)rfit : roruntem frrrniffimorum liUgum JTe^
fau-llradu miffa: iH^m %t\\txoS\m at littrratus bir
ILranDrr trr (Tofro af)||ll)ifpano itiiomatr in latinii
roumit: trrtio Ivalrft /Mali. |«.rrrr.||.rri(i. |Jon=
tifiratufit aicranliri Scvti anno )i)rimo.||
Colophon :
(T Jmprcffit Komc i£uri)ariu» argcntrufii ans
no Tiftl. lifl.rrrr.Kiii.ll'^
*^* Sni. 410, three immimlitTcd prinicil leaves uiul one lilaiik, forty
lines in a full page.
(Private Lilir.iiv, New Vurk .iii<l I'r.iviilrin f.)
rifir
; ( HAfN, Rfperl'jiiiim, Vol. 1, I'. in 11, \iif.r I75.
■ MiiRi>«, Uiitoria Jfl Nuffu MunJii, |i,i(;i: 7.
I NAVAHnrrr, C'i/r:Jo>:, Vul 1, p.ij;r 176.
Hihlidthttii (!rfnti//iarni, pajji' I ^X.
TruNAUX, Hihlihih. .•{miritaiiir, Ni>, ^.
A|i|ii-n.|ix til N. V. Sy/l,i,io, (UKf xlv ; Iftli-i I).
My^rj en Ciilumhui, y\fif 111; letter C
Bhunki, V'iI. II, <i>l. 164.
(iKArisr, Vol. II, |>.i(!i- T^, >t.ite-, tint the i ii|>v ii' the AmtiriKi.in
llhrjrv laikn, in the title, the Wl>rll^ i«/>i(j danjrem. We h.ive
ex.iniineil fiuir mpies cpiiraell, Jinl reail the ilesi ri|itiiili ni tive iiioie,
hut without <hiiiivrilii)|; sui li .111 oniissioii. 'I'lie only hu|<|>o<.eil
v,iii.ition is ill :
nooiic's Lonil. C.it.il , Nu. 17S, wh<rie iheie \\ .1 nieiitinn iit .1 topy
allege.l to li.ive the .l.iti' |itinle.| " 14VI," .ind whiih we ihitiU to
he onlv the .ihove with the l.iM li^uie ell.i. e.l or hliirred, wliiih is
not a very uiininmion ileviie on the pirt ot lert.iin liooknejler!.
to find a re.nlv iiiiikel tor their ware
* ^itg/i(e ! Letter t'roin Christopher
C^olom : to whom our .i^e tiwetfi iiiiuh :
loncernin)! the M.imls ot liiijia heyoii.t
the Ganges retently iliseovereil. In ihe
tcartii of whicli he wan sent right
months ago under the auipiies and at
the eiprnsr of the most inviiuilile So\ ■
eieijjni. (if tht Spaint, AVri/oii/x,/ and lia
hfllii : addiessed 10 the iiolile lord (lilliiirl
•Siiiiiifi, Treasurer of the nxist >ercne
Soverei|;Ms : uhiih the liheral .xni learned
man l,ejn,lfr ,{e Cum, traiivjated from the
S{ inikli iliom into Latin, the thiid day of
the I aleiiiis ot Ma\, I4<y5; ihe Vear One ot
the I'ontihiate of Aleiaiidei VI. Printed
at Konie by Euchnrius Silbei, A \i. 149].
an:
Hihliothecii .Inii-rifanci. 1 9
4. coi.vMBVs (cnRisroi-HORirs) (T I£pift0la ithtiUO- 1493*
fori iTolom : nil rta» noftra multtt Urbrt: Urll S«== ' " "
fuUs Jiiliir fupra <?^angrm nuprr inufti». HH qua»
prnirrn ||tia« ortauo antra mrnfr aufpiriijj r crrin=
uirtiffrmov ,if rvnani r II IkHlifabrt |k)ifpaniav Wrgtt
miffuB furrat : ati magnifirum Uftm || OlSabrirlrm
5<anrl)i» rovuuDf frrcniffimov Urgum ilTrfauranfill
miffa : quil nobilift ar littrratu« bir ILranHer Ur
(Tofro at) ?l>ifpa II no ibionuitr in latinum rdurttit
tmio Ual's Ittaii. Hil.rrrr.jriii II ^Jontifiratu« airts
anUri i^rvti anno primo.ir
*^* Sm. 4to, siitf iinno ,tut loo, fuiir leaves, thirty lines in a lull
page. No watcr-ntark.
|'ii\.iti' Library, New York .mil I'rovidemr. 'I'lii' mil)
ollici Kifiio kiiiiwn 4rr in tlir British Musruiii, tlir
Mtinuli K'lv.il l.ilir.iry, .iikI in tin- inllriiiuri nt j Kri-nih
jm^trut.)
Uittit rtffrmtn: | Fos»i, Bihiicih. Mjfliuhfiki, Vni. i, icil. 561.
I'an/>ii, ^intiiilti I'yf't'K't V"'- "1 I'-'l!"' 544i JJ'f't'i"'' i' '"
I I'Liiiiuk.
I'AM'ti I irni, DiittriaiKjnif fif,%- 117; nn iKe jullniiil) ii> the
t.iiiiHii^ Djiii li |>h)>iiiji>, I*. (>. Hrn>lur.
Hain, Rrfrin.riiim, Vul. 1, I'.nt it, No. (.^tif [ lu pi u ^4X91.
ttihlribtia llrhni.iiia, I'jit \\, No. H^7, *' liouriit with ihii Mr bcvrrjl
(..jtiii (lr.ition<, jirintrit .it Konir jl thr vnA ol ihi- hltrrnth irn-
tmy. Kioni C'jr'lin.il Kc-ih's hbrjry."
Ui/illclitij llirniilliiina, fi^v I 5II.
'I'liiNAux, llil'Jii.ik. ,imiii,jinf. No 1
BiiuNri, Vol. II, lol. 1(14.
(iHAiair, Vol. 11, |U(.'r 23.H.
'^ro^!> I'.itjiogiir, iXfi^, No. 4. NiilMitlr)t.in>liii|j thr higli prite,
llii' i.imlo^iir u.i^ st.itirl) out iliii ihrri' Mere •,ryrn J|>|>li> Jtioiis
lor tlir |iUt{urrtr.
.^|>penili< to N. V. Xy/laii'f, |Mgr ilv ; Irlirr C, .mil in
Nilfi OH Co/umtiui, p4|;r laij Irttn t)
' jlnftliii : 1,1'ttci troMi ('hii^lo|>hri ('<>
Itini : to whom out .if,f owrth niiiih ;
lomrrnini; thr hbmla ot Inilij licyoii'l
thi' (i.in);f> ictriitly disiovrrnl. In llir
>rjr> h ut whiili he wjs trnt, uildrr thr
.ius|'ii.i'» jnd Jl the r<|<rnkr ol ihr nioit
inviniililr .Soviiiij!iii oi ilir Si'iiiii, AV'
i/in.in,/ jn<l I'.ihrlia : .i>lilir>-i'il to ihi-
noble lont ISiihntI Saiikii, Treaiurer
I the a.iine most ^erelU' Monjiihs :
which the noble .mil Ir.iinnl nun l.t-
•injfr .|e t'o-i o (ijii^litej Ironi the S|un
iih iilioiii into I.Jlin, the third djy ol
(he ulrndi ol Mjv, I493. The Ye.ii
one ol ihr l'ontih>.ate ol Aleundcr
VI
t0
20 Hibliotheca .Imericnnd.
I493< 5. COLUMBUS (CHRISTOPHER)— Recto of the frsl leaf :
\
)iartflu0 in ciipo oatUarM >
Rd'to of the secotiil leaf:
Cviflold Cbriflofurt Coi
lorn : rut rtas nfa multfl trrbrt : tir Jnfulis intiir
fupra <Bangrm||nuprv inuciitis;. Hti quas prtquirf?
Tja» ortauo antra mrnfr ait || fpiriis r rrr intiirtif::
fimi ,if rrnanUi l^ifpaniantm i{rai» iniffitsHfitrrat :
ati magnifiru liiu i^ap1)ar(rtn !i«an.risi: rittfUf frte^
mfftllmt Urgi» ^rfanraritl in if fa : ()Ui1 notiUst ar
Ifatus bir xllultirrlllir ifTofro a1) ll^if^ano iDromatr
in latina ronurrtit : trrrio ^V% \\ jillaii. jiil.rrrr.Kiti.
liatifiratuis Hlrxtititi. bi. Hnno prtino.H
In fine :
€i)riftoforus (Toloin i!!>rranr rlaffis ^Srrfrrtuis.
*^^'- Sm. 410, line tirino, bui printed, like the following, bv Guyot
Marchant, as it bears the imprint ot' the Champ-iiaillard.
Four leaves, including the title ; thirty-nine lines in a full
page. The woodcut representing Guyot Marchant's mark,
which we reproduce in N(j. 6, is not in this. On the verso
of the tirst leaf, a woodcut representing the angel appearing to
the shepherds.
(Private Lilirary, F'roviJsnce.)
' .V».».'>.r; Lrttcr roncerning the l>l.inHs tlir most invinciblr King <it' Sp.iin, Ftr-
nev.U .tiscovrrcd. Printed Jt P.iri^ ii' ihr Jin.inil : .idilressed tii tlie ni)ble lord Ra-
Chinip-GjilUrd. fi/iae/ \w.\ii ; Treasurer ot the sJtne moit
Letter fnim Chriitophrr Colotn ; Icp serene Kiiig : which the noble jnd learned
V. horn iiur jge oweth much: concerniin! mm Mliu>:.lfr de Co>co translated f'ron)
ihr Ii|jnd> tif India beyond the Ganges the Spanish idiom into Latin : the third
leccntl) dixovered. In the search ot' day ot the c.ilerid -ot' Mav, 1493. Of the
which he wa» lent eight months ago I'ontilicair ot Alexander VI, the Vear one.
under the aiupices and at the eipense ot' ' Hkin^i, Vol. 11, col. 164.
!!^
Bibliotheca Americana.
21
; intiic
ucrat :
t fcrcs
lilis ac
rom&te
rr.xriii.
bv CJuyot
-CttiilltirJ.
in a full
t's mark,
the verso
bearing to
Sp.iin, fVr-
[>!>' lord /la-
ic same mint
and learned
livl.itcJ from
\\ : the third
Lj. Ol the
Ihe Year one.
This copy, which originally belonged to Ternaux'
(although it is mentioned neither in the Raesdel Cata- .
logue nor in the Bibliotheque //mericaine), is supposed to
be the only one known; but a pamphlet' which we have
just received from I'aris leads us to the belief that the
Imperial library in that city likewise contains this No. 5.
The said pamphlet professes to give the text "d'apres
la rarissime version latine conservee a la Bibliotheque
Imperiale;" and we see from the transcript that the first
line in the title reads : " Epistola de Insults tie Nouo re-
pertis" and that it also contains the subscription at the
end. The reader will notice that the first line in No. 6
reads " Kpistola de insulis nouiter repertis," while it omits
altogether the closing subscription : Christoforus Colom
Oceane clnssis Prefectus.
H93«
Uirea re/fifrnf)
I St»v».N8, /fmeriitiN Bihlioj^raphti, |U(!c 67.
I Hhloihul N.r^feii, Nd. filS.
I Khkht, Vol. I, |).n;e ^^i, tor this or the following, a< they are the
onl\ ■inis which have the word riptriii initead of' in-vtnlii in
rhc tiist tith-.
Appendix to N. V. Syllacn, pagei xlvi-xlviij letter E.
A'.rci '(n Co/umhiis, page 123 ; letter K.
* Llttrf df Chritloplie Culomh. Traduiie
fill- Lutien lit WojKv ; I'.iri>, X\n, iSfii;
44 pp. It is to hi' ri-greltr,! that llu- "Co
mite d'.^rchcoliniie Anuritairif de l-'rante"
— wh.itcver that ij, and imdn who.-c auspi-
n's that reprint lias lieen puMished — >himlil
not hivi- endeavored to explore the Bibli-
otlit'i|ut'> Inipi'ii.ile and M.i/aiint', ^^hich
certainly contain raiilirs nlaliii): to Anicri-
can bil>li(igraph\, an.l the drsiription of'
which would have given -onir value to iheii
'• appendice hihliographii|iic." I'lic tian-
lator of" the Columbus letter in ihe Kdinh.
Rtfiew tor December, 1S16, 't.ites (page
?lo), after describing tin- Brer.i : " We
have seen ihret other copif.s in the Krencli
King's library at I'aris." M. de Ro.'.ny's
pamphlet I although very impert'eit M a
bibliographical cuntribulion, as it does not
even give the number ot pages, and nrglect-
to mention the woodcut) enable, u-. to ai -
count tor one; but what m- the other
two ' We also beg leave to c[>rrect
some .Uight mistakes. The Oilex •/if/i-
maliiui (('. e. Odiit Oip/omjti,!, Cnlombo-
Amniiitno) was not publiihed at " GtHtve,"
but at Cienoa ; nor does it contain the
Journal of Columbus, to which M. de
Rosny imagines the great navigator alludea
when he writes ; " /lor it unhmujuxfui
ifi in hfji tibstro itinett ^fitit iri'venta'auf
ailmoneitni." 'I'he only traces of that valu-
able journal, unfortunately abridged by Las
Ca^as, uhich we could tind outside of' Na-
vairete { Colfit irjii. Vol. I, pagei I-I75,
and in the Fr. tr.insl., Vol. 11, pages 1
3381, is in a volume, II. iw very scarce, and
which deserves the honor of a reimpreiiion :
/Y I'eii'.nal Nii-raiive 1/ lie l^o\;igti 0/
C'lumhui 10 /Jmtriiit^ tram ,1 .Manuuript
I e, fully dhco-vneii in Spain. TranilaltJ
/lom llif apaniih | by the late Samuel
Kettell, at the suggestion ol the learned
hirtorian of Spani.'^h Literature).
Boston, Xvo, l8i-, pp. 303.
As to Hernaldei' Hiitoria Jl lot Reyti
Ciloliioi, it has been printed. We have a
copy before us, which beats the imprint of
"Oraiiada, Inipiinia \ libreria de U. Joie
Maria ?.amora, iXs^i" * V"'*- 4'" (edited
t(
!
21 Bibliotheca /fmericana.
14.93* ^* COI.VMBUS {CHRISTOPHER)— Redo of the first leaf:
jSp^loIdt)einriil^0noiii
Reito of the leeond If, it':
(fEptfloln Cl)rt|1tofort Con
lorn: riti rtais. n!a multu Drbrt: lir :iinfuii» intiir
fupra <SVangrm || uuprr inurntig. an quas {jctquitc-
by Miguel L^rurnlt' \ Alcintarjii hut it Anf^liit: Epitllr iDiuciiiing tlic itUnda
doei nut "cuntervc en pjttir," or at 4II, newly ditinvrrrd. i'rintrd 4t Parit in ihc
the Juurnal. Chini|i-UiilUrd.
[':
Bibliotheca Americana. I3
lia« oftauo antra mcnfe au||fplrfi« r cte intt(rt(f«mi
.jFrruanUi l^ifpaniarum Urgld miffua II furtat : aH
magjiifiru Trft» Uapt)arlrm Santb : eiufoc fcrrnlfs
fill mi Urgt» ^rfaurariu miffa : qua nobilis ar
liatu» bit aiiaHrrllUc *fofro at) ?l!ifpano itiromate
in latinil ronurrtit : tmio kl's II fBaij. itt.rccr.icUj.
i3dtl(icatu» HlcxaHri. bi. anno primo : ||
"493-
(juarto, <inf ti/iHo, thirty-nine lines in a full page. On the
vcrsi) (tt'ihc title, vvoculiiit representing the angel appearing ti>
the shephcril>. 'I'hc sulisirip'i(jii at the enJ of No. 5, viz.:
(Tliriftoforus tTolom a!>rranr rlaffja ^Drrfrrtus,
is oinittctl in this. In other respects it is precisclr like
No.
I Privitc Librjr>', Pr<ividrni.c. Tlie mlicr two copies known
are in the BoJIeijn' jnd Untllngi-n I'nivenily librarirt'.)
" Guvot-Marchant qui demeurait au Chanip-Gaillard, grand hotel
dc Navarre, avait choisi pour marcjuc les deux notes (s/, /ii, au has de
desi)UL'lles etaitfnt les initiales G. M. ; puis la foi representee par
deux mains j(jintes, pour tairc allusion a ces paroles: So//) fida luffi-
(it, tirecs de I'liymne Piinj>t Lingua."
jTaillandiii*. I
Dirfd rf/'ntHiti ; | SitVKNt, Amn'ua» Bihllcgrj/i^tr, (Mge 66, tor .1 well-executed fac-
I simile ol' ilie wiKxicut on thr reverie ut'the title, which ii alio
I given in Ap|>»n<lii to N. Y. Syl/acio, with J lieicription, pa|c«
«lvii «lviii ; letter F, ind
Nilfi OK Columhui, p.ige ii-j, >lto under the letter F.
Hislcriial Nug/^eii, No. 617.
Bkunkt, Vol. II, cul. 164.
C>iiAii>t, Vol. II, pj^e 118, lor thit or tor No, ;,
Itlieitlanili
liris in the
' Citaloguc lit' l/r. Doucf'i Co/lnion.
p.ige 70.
* This closes the series of" the sepjrjte
filition-i known to exi.it ot* Cwco'j version
ot' the 1,1'tter ot' Columbus 10 Sanchex.
Some others may vet i ome ti Mp-h', 4«
none ot' the gre.ii It.ilian lihririn hjve
ever licen thoniughlv sean he.l to that
riTett. \Vc jrc ot opinion tlut the lol-
lectionj ot' the monntic ordem in Italy
cont.iin not only vjlu.iblc manuicripti, but
printed biKiks of the utmost rarity and im-
port inte to the Mtudent ol" .American hij-
lorv i and a printed Spaniih original of the
Letter perhaps still lies concealed in their
unenplored archives,
• Rnumr iiil-jrifut \n Mimmifi Jt U
S.itit Jet .Imijuairii, Vol. xiii.
\n
I4 Bibliotheca Americana.
1493. 7* COl.VMBUS iCHmSTOPHER)-SbtfiOXpOX (JUf U (|IIC
aurcig platfr Hr !a grantilltoirtoria qur nfro frftor me
i)a HaDo rn mibnair || bo» rfrriuo rfta por la (fl fai)=
rrns romo ? xrrui HHias pafr alas Jntiiai^ rOla ar=
maHa qur lofillu||ftnifimo!9 Utv r rrtmanfog fr=
ftorr» mr tiirronlllionlirijo fallr mup murlias ^f\a»
pobIatia» ron gftr fiju || numrro. p )irlla» totias i)r
romaDo pofrffifi pot fus altrtasllronprrgon ij bAHrra
rral rftfDiDa v nO mr fur rOtraTiir1)o : ||
The ahovt givei the fint eight linti of the plaquette ; the following
the liiit three:
lEfta rartarmtio OTolon a Irfrriuano IDrrarion ||
Hrlas Jflas 1)allaDa!9 rn las :i)nliias, iTontrniHalla
otta ZSrfus aimas.ll
* *
Sm. 410, without title, colophon, date or printer's name; tour
leaves, thirty-two lines in a Rill page. Water-mark : an open
hand with a kind ot small Hower o\er the third Hnger.
I AmbrutijM Library. |
\
The preceding six luimbers represent the separate
editions known of the Latin translation of the letter
addressed by Columbus to Raphael Sanchez on his
return in 149^]; but, us we have observed, the great
navigator wrote immediately afterward, and sent at the
same time another letter directed to Luiz de Santangel,
the " Escribano de Racion," or Steward of the House-
hold of Aragon, to whose exertions he was mainly in-
debted for the approval of the project by Isabella, and
who had himself supplied either out of his private purse
a portion of the expenses of the expedition (/',V/t'«', herd.
Columbus^ Herrera, Mufioz), or the whole from the Ara-
gonese revenues deposited in his hands (Prescoit''). The
Spanish text of the letter to Santangel had been made
' D# *««» «rif J London, 4to l6ll; ' /•>> ./;n<i«./ and liiih.'i'u. Vol. II, fd^r
Hirjniblc. llS.
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»5
on
le great
t at the
itangel,
-louse-
ily in-
a, and
purse
t'erd.
ne Ara-
The
made
known through Navarrete', who possessed a transcript 1493'
from the original, which in 1818 was still deposited
among the archives at Simancas. It was not known
then, or even suspected, that this important document
had been printed before. In 1852 the Baron Fietro
Custodi, the learned continuator of Verri's Storia di Mi-
lam, died, bequeathing to the Ambrosian library his own
private collection. This valuable library contained a
plaquette, heretofore undescribed, which was supposed
to be, even by the erudite Prof. Longhena, the original
Spanish text of the letter to Sanchez, known now only
through the miserable Latin version of Aliander de
Cosco, This plaquette, however, was the letter ad-
dressed to Santangel, giving a text very similar to that
already published by Navarrete, but containing some
variations of a curious character as regards dates and
names. For instance, we find "en xxx dias pase a las
Indias," whilst the Navarrete codex gives "en veinte
dias," both of which numbers are erroneous, as we
know from the paraphrase of the journal made by Las
Casas*, that Columbus reached the Western lands in
" setenta y un dias." At the end we find : " Esta carta
embio Colon a lescriuano Deracion de las Islas halladas
en las Indias, Contenida a otra Desus Altezas," instead
of Navarrete's rendering : "Esta carta envio Colon al
Escribano dc Racion de las islas halladas en Irs Indias
e [en ?] otra de sus Alte/as," which does not make
sense, whilst the Ambrosian text indicates that the San-
tangel letter was written subsequently to the Sanchez,
as it was inclosed within the latter.
This rarissime plaquette is printed in a kind of semi-
gothic type, of the roughest character, resembling none
of the incunabula which we have been able to examine.
The fact alone that the text is in the Spanish language
authorizes the belief that it was printed in Spain. The
printers of the fifteenth century were not accustomed
/ol. 11, IMKI-
.r ' Colecehn, Vol. I. [Mges 167-75.
• Coleccion, ptgtt I-166
f
26 Ribliotheca Amertcana.
[4.07. ^° print works in languages different from that of" the
country in which they lived. For instance, Rome was
a great centre and mart for typographical productions,
and the number of books which were puhhshed in that
city from the time when Swcynheim and Pannartz re-
moved from the monastery of Subbiaco (1467) to com-
mence printing in Rome, to the last book printed by
Eucharius Siloer in 1509, is considerable, yet Audif-
fredi's masterly Catalogus historico-criticus Romanorum
editionum Stecu/i Xy does not contain a single work,
printed in any other language than Latin or Italian.
Then why print abroad a small pamphlet in Spanish ?
The skill of the Spanish printers was quite adequate to
a work of that description. The only Spanish incuna-
bula which we have been permitted to examine (Orliz*
TrataiioSy No. 10) is really a beautiful specimen of the
typographical art. On the other hand, it is evident,
from the appearance of the plaquette, that it was issued
to answer the wants of the moment, and in an off-hand
manner. For, as Humboldt justly remarks', such were
" I'ctat et la voie des communications litteraires rela-
tives aux evenements Ics plus graves dans I'espace de
quinze on vingt ans anterieurs a la mort de Vespuce,"
that the only means employed to propagate important
news ** etaient des Icttres ou de pctites notes manu-
scrites rapidcment nuiltipliees par des copies, quelque-
fois imprimees, le plus souvent sans indication de la
source d'ou elles etaient tirces."
But where in Spain, and by whom ? Let the fortu-
nate bibliophiles who possess books printed by Posa,
Gumiel, or Moros of Barcelona, Johannes of Burucs,
Ungut and Stanislaus Polonus of Seville, or de Villa
of Valencia, decide the question. With only one Span-
ish incunabula, and that three hundred miles away, we
consider the undertaking impracticable.
We were in hopes that the water-mark might prove a
* Kitamiit Crillfnt. Vol. iv, page 71.
Bibliotheca Amertcana.
47
guide True it is that the open hand, with something 1 493.
resembling a stalk and leaf or flower over the third finger ^i^hi*.
— the usual symbol of faith given or kept'' — which is
rather conspicuous in the plaquctte before us, is also to
be found within'the woof or warp of the paper used by
Cromberger of Seville in his edition of Enciso's Suma
de Geo^raphia (ijiq), and of Oviedo's Historia General
(15J5), which, it the mark had been exclusively used
by Cromberger, would locate the plaquette at Seville
between the jears 1 5 1 1 and 1 546' ; but we regret to
say that, in this instance, the water-mark cannot be
relied on. Not only do we find an identical one in
many of the Caxtons", but it is quite frequent in
Netherlantl manuscripts which bear dates extending
from 1445 tu the end of the sixteenth century'
The t»"xt of the Ambrosian plaquctte was first pub-
lished three years ago' . It is also in two late Amer-
ican publications". The Marquis D'Adda has lately
reproduced the entire letter in fac-simile".
de la
fortu-
Posa,
|i urges,
c Villa
Span-
/ay, we
>rove a
UirKI riJ'irtH<fi! I " /.»«. ^»fgr. Ji C'ilttf. Colomtoi MlUn, l8mo, iHftj, ('p. 7»-85.
\ Hiiteriial Maguaini, New Vuric, liir Se)'tcmbcr, 1864.
I " Nttti en Columfiui; New Yurk, till., 186;, pjgci S9 100. Ltt-
liri ef Columhui Jeuribing kii firii vcgagi It lit IflUirn
Himufktrt i New Vutk, ^lu, 1 865, yA^et l-r.
' MoNTrAtCONJ <l^l«y SoTHtlY.
' Wliiih .ur llie ycari between wliiili
the lirat tlruile ol' I'rier Martyr jnil the
Onxeno de /Imadit were printeil .it Seville
by Jjcohui Crumlierger, Curumberger, or
Kromberuer — I be latter work by hii »uc-
cetiuri 1 tew yejra utter liis >leatli.
' yi». t Dturiflicn of Oriliiin, n. 'I, ;
Dirtiiorium Saterdiium, n. i\.\ Ftilivatii
Liter, 148]; Knyj^kl of the Toure, 148].
See SiiTHiRY, I'rincipia Tyfogmpkiaf Liin-
Jun, All., |8;8, Vol. 111, plate ^i.
* The dlicovery i>l' that rrmarkable pU-
quette ibould pruinpt the librarian t>t the
Genua I'nivrrsity library, which i»ntaini
t'urty-live thousan-l volumei, gathered e>-
cluslvi'ly tiuni the Litturian cloister), and
the keepers of the Bourbon Museum at
Naplet, who are now the custodiani ot' all
the libraries which had been icattercd
among the Neapolitan convents before
they were suppreiied in 1807, to explore
their numerous and undisturbed alcovei,
fur the purpose of eihuniing bibliograph-
ical treasures, which, in all probability,
arc lott tu them as well as tu the <iutside
world. Fostl's and Audill'redi'i catalogue!
leave us but little hope of Itnding Colum-
bian incunabula either In the Afaglia-
hedi III Caianalaf and the fact that Mo-
relli was the librarian of the Saint Marc
at Venice is aliu a sure indicatiun that
\ery little in the way of undescribed
works relating to America is likely to be
discovered in that curious library, which
was founded by Petrarch.
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1493. 8. DATi {GiuLiANO)-(L O^uefta t la i)Bftoria trella
= inuentiae tieUe WSt Jfolc til arannaria In Jn ||
iriane extracte tiuna IBpiftola tri (ttiji^tftofano coloms
to r per tneffer <@iu || Uano Hati tratiucta tie latino
in uerfi nlgari a lautie e gloria tiella cele || ftiale
eorte r aconfolatione iella (ffittiftiana rellgiae t
apregti^A ^^l ina || gnifico (Ktattalier mifer <Biouan=
filippo Belignamine tiomeftico familia || re tiello
facratiffimo He tri ^pagna OttriftianifHrno a tii.
xxb. tiortoiire. ll iE.cecclxxxxiii. ||*
In fine :
JoannesJ trictwsj jFlorentinusj.
*^* 4to, sine loco (Florence), four unnumbered leaves in a com-
plete copy, two columns in a page, text in black letter. The
present copy, which is the only one known, lacks the second
and third leaves.
(British Museum.)
Giuliano Dati was born at Florence in 1445, *"^ ^^^^
Bishop of St. Leone, in Calabria', in 1524. " D'antico
Langue, insigne Teologo, Canonista famoso," &c.*, au-
thor of several poems', which are among the rarest of
bibliographical curiosities. The present is one of them.
* Anglki : This is the history of the
discovery of the Canary [ ? ] islands in the
Indies ; extracted from a letter of Christo-
fano Colombo, and translated from the
Latin into the common language, by Mr.
Juliana Dati, for the praise and glory of
the celestial court, and for the consolation
of the Christian religion, and at the re-
quest of the magnificent Chevalier John
Philip Delignamine,'!' private secretary of
f " Mtssere Gio. Filippo dal Legiiami: Cavalier
Menineso. Medico di Sixio iv."— Canccllieri Di'i-
itrt. *' Correctcur ct successeur dc Ulricli Hatin,
k Rome dc 1479 a 1481.'' — Brunei, Diction, dt
Bibliographii Catflolii/ui, p. 894.
the most sacred and Christian King of
Spain, October 25th, 1493. John, alias
the Florentine.
' Ughelli, Italia Sacra, Vol. ix, p. 711.
' Negri, Istoria degli Scritt, Florent. j
Ferrara, fol., 1722, p. 305. Melzi, Bih-
Ihgrafia dei romanai e poemi c. italiani f
Milan, 8vo, 1838, p. 308.
' PocciANTi, Cala/. Script. Florentini ;
Florence, 4to, 1589, p. 103. Hain, Re-
pertorium, No. 5963, sj. Audiffredi,
Catalog, edit. Roman. Sac. xv; pp. 322,
327, 328, 329, 421, for description of
other poems by Dati.
L
Bibliotheca Americana.
29
It is not a translation of the first letter of Columbus, i493'
but only an ottava rima paraphrase, in sixty-eight stan- _-=—.
zas, the first fourteen of which contain a fulsome and
vapid preamble, praising, among others, the infamous
Alexander Borgia. The following is a fair sample of the
style of that mitred sycophant :
Hfta ri)i poteffl leggere nel futuro
Tmno a^lexatrto tnagno papa fexto
Uella fua creatione ilmotro puro
gtato a ciafcuo aneffti tnai molcfto,
^ Helptimanno fuo il magno nturo
d)e nfi glipuo neffuno tSUx infefto
fexto alexatiro pappatorgia ifpano
ittfto nel giulricate ^ tucto tumano.t
The reader will find in our Additions {infra^ page 461)
a description of another edition, dated 1495, which
preserved in the Trivulzio Library at Milan.
is
Direct references: ( Tiraboschi, Sioria delta Letteralura Italianaf Florence, 8vo, 1809,
J Vol. VI, page 871.
I Brunet, Vol. II, col. 164.
Costabili Catalogue; Paris or Bologna, 1858, page 208, No. 2365.
Appendix, to N. Y. Syllacio, page lii.
■ • • Notes on Columbus, pages 240-6, for text and translation of the first
fourteen stanzas.
f Anglk'e :
"But in the future men shall read the
fame
Of Alexander, Sixth of that great name ;
Of his election, pure of every guile.
Hailed by the world with an approving
smile.
Walled about from his first papal year
With general love and reverential fear ;
Benign to all, pope, Borgia, Son of Spain,
In judgment righteous, and in heart hu-
mane I"
Columbus it introduced in the four-
teenth stanza, in a kind of doggerel, of
which the following is a version :
" Back to my theme, O Listener, turn
with me
And hear of islands all unknown to thee !
Islands whereof the grand discovery
Chanced in this year of fourteen ninety-
three.
One Christopher Colombo, whose resort
Was ever in the King Fernando's Court,
Bent himself still to rouse and stimulate
The King to swell the borders of hit
State."
(For the text, see infra, p. 31.)
3°
Bibliotheca Americana. *
g, DATI (GIULIANO)— Recto of the first leaf:
Clalettcni ddlifoledkBaaoiiatonuoiiaiiKticeilRedillaagDa*
^ jj^jX'dj^j^jJiS^'^idjdjSi^SjjiiSldidjSij^d^ X
In fine :
C Finita laftoria della iuetione del || le
nououe ifole di canaria idiane trac |1 te duna
piftola dixpofano colobo &||p mefTer Giu-
liano dati tradoda di la || tino i uerfi uul-
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gari allaude della ce ||leftiale corte & aeon- 1493.
folatione della |1 chriftiana religione & ap-
ghiera del |1 magnifico caualiere mefler Gi-
oua- II filippo del ignamine domeftico fa- ||
miliare dello illuftriflimo Re difpa 1| gna xpi-
aniflimo a di. xxvi. dodo- || bre. 14.93. II
Florentie. II
%* 4to, four unnumbered leaves, including the title, upon the
verso of which the text commences in two columns ; ten full
stanzas on each page, none of which are broken as in No. 8.
Text in Roman. Only copy known. There are material
differences between this edition and the above. Here, we
find a woodcut, the text is in Roman, the spelling is different,
and the text, even, presents variations. Yet according to the
colophon, only one day elapsed between the publication of
Nos. 8 and 9.
(British Museum.)
The following is the stanza in which Columbus is
first introduced :
Hor vo tornar almio primo tradato
dellifole trovate incognite a te
in qfto anno prefente qfto e ftato
nel millequatrocento novatrate,
uno che xpofan colobo chiamato,
che e ftato in corte der prefedto Re
ha molte volte quefta ftimolato,
el Re ch'cerchi acrefcere il fuo ftato.
Dirtct riferencet ;
Majok, Select Ltttert, pages Ixxiii-xc, for the text.
QuAumo, Della storia e d. ragioni (togni poeii ; Bologna, 4X0,
'739-5*. Vol. IV, page 49, and, after him,
Cancellieri, Disiertaxioni, page 153, gives the date of mcolxxxxt.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 165.
Graisse, Vol. IV, page 183.
Libri Catalogue, 1847, No. 1253.
Appendix to New York Syllacio, pages lii-lv.
f •
^4 Bibliotheca Americana.
1493. 10. ORTIZ {ALONSO)— Recto of the first leaf :
f
00 tratal»00 hd ^ociov
U^MIIf II Vi IW II res.llEratatio confolatodo
ala princefa tre Portugal. 1 1 Jtem bna oration alos
reses en latin s en romance II Jtem tiost cartas nt^s
faieras a loss recess, bna que emtio II la cittiaif la
otra el catiltio tiela sgleHa tre toleto II Eratatio cons
tra la carta trel prottonotario tre lucena.H*
In fine : . »
jFue imprimitio enla II mug notle r mug leal cii)=
Iran Ire 3e II uilla, por ixt» ^lemaneis copanerosi. ||
^nel ailo trel feftor. IB.cccc.rciij. ||
%* Folio, one hundred numbered leaves, printed in black letter
on two columns, ending with the printer's mark of Johannes
Pegnizer, Magnus, and Thomas, the three Germans above
mentioned, viz. : an oblong square with dark ground, and
a white circle containing the letter T and the word ALE-
MANES.
(Private Library, Boston.)
This collection of orations, treatises, and epistles,
from a canon of Toledo not less famous for his big-
otry than for his rhetoric', contains one of the earliest
allusions* to the rediscovery of the Western hemisphere
* Anglice : The treatises of" Doctor
Alonzo Ortis.
Treatise concerning the wound [in-
flicted] on the King [by an assassin at
Barcelona, Dec. 7th, 1492].
Treatise to comfort the Princess of Por-
tugal.
Also, an oration [addressed] to the So-
vereigns, in Latin, and in the vernacular
language.
Also, two epistles sent to the Sovereigns,
one by the city, the other by the Chapter
of the church of Toledo.
Treatise against the letter of the pro-
thonotary De Lucena,
Printed in the very noble and faithful
city of Seville, by three Germans in part-
nership. In the year of our Lord, 1493.
' TicKNOR, History of Spanish Litera-
ture, Vol. I, p. 379.
* Navarrete, CaUccion, Introduction,
p. LI, note.
Bibliotheca Americana.
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by Columbus in 1492. It is to be found on the verso 1493*
of folio XLiii, in the oration addressed to Ferdinand and — ^—b
Isabella after the fall of Granada ; and is as follows :
"(tta fon Uigttamen-llte m bofotros flncipes glo=
tlofost pot II tan fclices tawitas los oiojs 19 toTio^ll
log mottaneis entiereffatios ra Tiigno II mrrcfdmiento :
potqno as gcntc tanlltartiara aun q fca enlas inHias
wmollta. qisaUc Wos tan profpcros bmcillmiltos
fea sBHO^ante: aun q parrfrall floss fines folog t\
ocinlte ^fpafta co || bia» bictorias rrfplanUe fcer. Ca
Blojstllfinest liela tierra Ija falino tal fonibo I8||b!a
fottaleta q ta pobiUo fcrir las o-Hrcias Tie totios
los liittientes: ponien-||tJO pauor alos moraborcs
be toba la tietta."t
-«■
Diutt reftrenctt ; ( Antonio, Bibliotkeea Wtpan. Nvooj Vol. i, page 39.
•j Panzer, Annatti Tjpogr., Vol. it, pajge 337.
I Caiallero, Dt Prima Tjpcgr. Hisfan., Rome, 4(0, 1 793, page 45-
Mendez, Tjfogr. EipaKola, Vol. 1, page 194.
Hain, Reptrtorium, Vol. n. Pan i. No. 1x109.
Bibliotheca Hcieriana, Part ti. No. S635.
Bronet, Vol. IT, col. 243.
Graeue, Vol. T, page 56.
Notn en Columbus, page 1 55.
he Chapter
the pro-
1 1. cARVAjAL {bernardin)—^Qt2^ao fuDcr oraB-
ftanda folenni obedientia San-|| dliflimo.
D. N. Alexandro Papae vi ex parte Chri-||
ftianiffimorum. domino^ Fernandi & He-
lifabe (Jtc) Re||gis& Reginae Hifpaniae ;
troducuon,
J
■)• Anglici : Behold ! the eyes of all mor-
tals are justly fixed upon you with merited
approbation, O Glorious Princes ! for there
is no nation ever so barbarous, even in the
distant Indies, that is not aware of your
triumphs, so prosperous, although your Tic-
toric:< seem to shine in the remotest limits
of the Occident of Spain, as fT>'3> the ez-
tremides of the world such an echo of
your power has arisen that it could reach
the can of all the liTing. striking terror
among the inhabitants of the whole earth!
- V^
34
Bibliotheca Americana.
'493' habita Romae inconfifto |1 rio publico per.
R. Patrem dnm Bernardinum Car-||uaial
Epm Carthaginen. die Mercurii. xix. lunii
Sa||lutis Chriftian^. M.cccc.xciii. Pontifi-
catus eiufdemllD. Alexandri Anno Primo.
In qua fuere quattuor ce||lebres Oratores:
Nobiliflimus dns Didacus Luppillde Faro
Galleciae uicerex. R.D. GundifTaluus Fer-||
nadi Heredia Archiepifcopus Tarraconen.
Idem. D.llBernardinus Caruaial Epus Car-
thaginen. D. lohan lines Methina Epifcopus
Pacenfis.lj
€ Vitulus & Leo (imul morabuntur: &
puer paruu II lus minabit eos. Efayae. xi*.
*^* Sm. 4to, for size ; signatures : a, ai, aii, aiii, aiiii, four blanks ;
making eight unnumbered leaves. Sine anno aut loco (Panzer
says,' after Audiffredi* and Denis,* " Besicken vel Silberi")
Hain ascribes it to Plannck.4 No water-mark.
(Private Libr. New York and Washington city.)
Bernardin de Carvajal, a Spanish Cardinal and states-
man', born at Palencia about 1456, died in 1522 [Mo-
* ^nglici ! A Sermon on the solemn
pledge of obedience from the Most Chris-
tian Sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella,
King and Queen of the Spains, to our Most
Holy Lord th^ Pope Alexander VI ; de-
livered at Rome, in a public assembly,
by the Reverend Father, Lord Bernar-
din Carvajal, Bishop of Carthagena, on
Wednesday, June 19th, A. D. 1493, and
of the Pontificate of the same Lord Alex-
ander, the first year ; being present four
celebrated orators, the very noble Lord Ui-
dacui Luppi de Faro, Vice-Roy of Oal-
licia ; the Rev. Gonzalvo Ferdinand de
Heredia, Archbishop of Tarragona, the
same Lord Bernardin Carvajal, Bishop of
Carthagena, and John Methina, Bishop of
Badajoz. The calf and the lion will lay
together, and a small child will watch
them. Isaiah, xi.
' Annaltt Typogr., Vol. 11, page 506.
* Catal. Romans edition. Stec, xv, page
^'i
Sufflemema ann. typ.. Part 11, page 530.
* Reperiorium, No. 4545.
* GuicciAKDiNi, Iitoria d" Italia ; Pisa,
Bibliotheca Americana.
3S
rert*) or 1523 (Antonio''). It was while filling the office 1 49 3.
of Spanish Embassador to the Court of Rome that he ^_i_
delivered the above oration*, which contains one of the
earliest allusions' to the rediscovery of the New World. '
Several of Peter Martyr d'Anghiera's letters are ad-
dressed to him. He was excommunicated by Pope
Julius II. The copy before us formerly belonged to
the Duke of Sussex, and was purchased at an auction
sale in New York.
The passage begins at the sixteenth line of the verso
of the sixth leaf, and is as follows :
" . . . . fubegit quoc^ fub eis xps fortuna-
tas infulas. qua^ fertilitate mirabile efTe
conftat. Ofldit & nup alias incognitas ver-
fus Indos qu^ maxime ac plene oibgrnun-
di pciofis existimant : & xpo p regies iter-
nuntios brevi pariturae credunt.":!^
Direct references : ( Panzir, AnnaUi Typogr., Vol. il, page 506,
-! AuDirrRiDi, Calal. Romante edition. S^ec. xv, page 3 1 5.
I D1NI8, SufpUmenta ann. typogr., Part II, page 530.
Hain, Repertorium, No. 4545.
Laire, Specim. Hist. Typogr,, page 175,
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana.
Cancillieri, Dissertass., page 189.
Notes on Co/uniu>, page 170.
page 5 30,
Via} Pisa,
8vo, 1819; Vol. Ill, page 177. Mariana,
Hisloria Gen. de EipaKa ; Madrid, fol.,
1678, Vol. II, page 183.
* Dictionnaire Hist., Vol. 11, page 172.
' Bibliotheca Uispania Nova, Vol. i,
pace 115.
" Canckllieri quotes, in connection
with that Embassy of Obedience : Ciac-
coNius [yita et res gesttr pontif. et cardi-
nal} Rome, 4 vols, fol., 1677, Vol. in,
page 170]. Palazzi, or Palatius [either
his Gesta Pontifcum, Venice, fol. 1687, or
his Fasti Cardinalium, Venice, fol., 1703,
Vol. II, page 470], Cardella [Memorie
star, de' Cardinali; Rome, 4to, 1791, Vol.
Ill, page 253.]
' Navarrete, Coleccion,Vol. i, Introd.,
page XLi.
X Anglice : And Christ placed under
their [Ferdinand and Isabella's] rule the
Fortunate [Canary] islands, the fertility of
which has been ascertained to be wonder-
ful. And he has lately disclosed some
other unknown ones towards the Indies
which may be considered among the most
precious things on earth; and it is be-
lieved that they will bu gained over to
Christ by the emissaries of the King.
jtf' Bibliotheca Americana.
1493. 12. DE ALMEIDA {FERDINAND)- Ad Alcxanclru.
VI. Pont. Max. ferd : deHalmeida electi
Eccl'ie Septift . & Serenifs : || lo. II. Regis
Portugallie oratoris Oratio.||
[in 4°. par,)
Primo folio habetur Epistola dedic. Auctoris ad Joannem II. Folia
in sumtna sunt IV., & character est Rom. elegans Besicken. Extat
in Biblioth. privata SS. D. N. PII PP. VI.
(AoDrr»Di'.)
The present seems to be the oration delivered on the
occasion of the Embassy of Obedience on the part of
Portugal. This Almeida may be the F. Ferdinandus de
Almeida mentioned by Antonio*. At all events, it is
concerning this No. I2, as well as No. 11, that Cancel-
lieri exclaims:'
" Qual contrasegno di gratitudine potevano mai daire que' due
Sovrani, proporzionato a benefizio si grande [/. e., the re-aiscovery
of this country] compartito ad entrambi, col tratto il piii magnanimo
del piu generoso disinteresse, senza essersi pensato da Alessandro VI,
alia minima riserva, o Possesso in America, per la S. Sede, benche
egli da loro stato scelto per Giudice di si gran Controversia f C\ h
rimasta memoria della solenne Obbedienxa, prestatagli in pubblUo
Conciitoro da Ferdinando d" Almeida, Ambasciadore di Giovanni II,
e da Bernardino de Carvajal, a nome di Ferdinando, e d* Isa-
bella*."
' Catalog. Romana edition. Siic, xv, page as the umpire in that great controversy }
315. The remembrance has been preserved of
Bibliotheca Hisfania Nova, Vol. i, the Solemn Obedience sworn to in a pub-
page 367. lie Consistory by Ferdinand d'Almeida,
' Dissertazioni, page 189. Ambassador of John II, and Bernardin
* Anglici ! What mark of gratitude de Carvajal in the name of Ferdinand
could those two sovereigns give which and Isabella. Cancellieri cites in con-
should have been proportionate to the great nection either with this Portuguese Em-
benefits divided between them by a trait bassy : Novaes vi, 876, which we sup-
of the most magnanimous and liberal dis- pose to be the work mentioned by
interestedness ; the thought even never Meusel {Biblioth, Hiitor,, Vol. v, Part
entering Alexander VI's mind to reserve 11, page l66), under the title of: an-
the least possession in America for the tonii gonsalvi db novais (Doctorls iuris
Holy-See, although they had selected him canonici et Examinatoril synodalii Epii-
in con-
lese Em-
Iwe 8up-
jjned by
V, Part
jf: AN-
loris iuris
nil EpU-
13
SCHEDEL {HARTMANN)—
Bibliotheca Americana. 37
0pf-iiri0 Ubri ora-n
nimrumiiffi figum iX m-
Ena
H93'
I)mtt0
nimrt ,^
agt-iibu0 abimn0 mnM:ii
End of Colophon on verso of the map which follows leaf ccxcix :
atj Ittlltttitfl autem r ptccest prouiTroru ciuiu ^t^
UM Sfttegerllr ^etaftianl feamermaifter i)unc
librum tjominujs anti)o II niug ikotcrger JHurenis
terge impremt. Untititis tame bl II riia mati)nnati=
cl!8 pingentiirp arte peritimmisi. imictaele || tuolges
mutt et toiltelmo piefitjentourff. quaru foletti acus||
tatimmatp anlmaUuertione turn ciuitatum tutti lllufs
trium II birotum figure inferte funt. aronfummatu
autem Uuotiefi-il ma menfig JuUi. anno falutis tt?e.
1493-11
*^* Large folio, three hundred leaves numbered on the recto ;
leaves cclviiii, cclx, cclxi, blank on both sides, but num-
bered. These blanks were left for the purpose of annotations
(see verso of leaf cclviii). The six unnumbered leaves, con-
taining Je Sarmacia regione Europe, come, in this copy, im-
mediately after leaf cclxvi, which contains the following sub-
scription :
(ttompleto in famofiffima j^urembergenfi urbe
©peri II Ire i)8ftorii» etatum muntii. ac tiefcriptione
uriiium. fe-lllix imponitur finis. ©oUectum ijreui
tempore Euxilio tiorto II ris tartmani ^cibetiel. qua
' copatus £lvensis) Rclajao do BUpado de * Anglkii Register of the books of the
Elvas, t de todos oi Prtlados que a It chronicles and histories, with figures and
ouu tempo governarai aqutlla Igreja. Lit- illustrationi from the beginning of the
boa, 1635. fbl. world.
38
Bihliotheca Americana.
^^^' dnttpntgfimo nonagefimoterdo. tJie quarto II menf(»
Sunij.ll . .
Two thousand two hundred and fifty woodcuts, by PleydenwurfF
and Wolgcmuth (Albert Diirer's master), representing portraits
and cities of a fanciful character. Large map of central Europe
filling the last two leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
The name of Martin Behaim is so closely connected
with the controversies which sprung up towards the end
of the last century regarding the real discoverer of the
Western World and the Straits of Magellan, that it
explains, if it does not authorize, the insertion of Sche-
del's Chronicles in our work. The claims of Behaim
concerning the discovery of the Straits of Magellan, as
set forth by Postel', Chauveton^ Metellus', Herrera*,
Wurzelbau', Lochne/', Schwarz^, MoerP, Bielefeld', and
Fuerer'° ; or even to the Western World prior to Co-
lumbus, as asserted by Riccioli", Wagenseil", Wuelfer",
Omeis'*, Stuvenius", Doppelmaier"^, Cellarius'^, and the
' Coimographica diiciplina ; B>i!ii:I, 4to,
1561; Leyden, l2mo, 1636; and de Uni-
versilale /Her; Paris, 4to, 1 563, 1 564;
Leyden, 141110, 1635.
' In his Latin translation of Benzoni,
Geneva, 8vo, 1578, 1581, 1586, 1600;
idem in the French, Geneva, 1579 and
1589, 8vo, copied in De Bry's, Part iv,
and Hulsius, Vol. vi.
• America, sive novus orbit} Cologne,
fol.,l6oo,and o/iai/ Wagenseil, P<r<i libror.
iuvenitium Synopi ; Nuremb., 8vo, 1695,
* Dicadai de /as Indias ; Madrid, fol.,
1718-30. Decad. 11, Chap. 19.
• Vraniet Norica Basis astron. — geogr, f
Nuremberg, fol., 1 697.
* Commentat, de Ananasa ; Nuremb.,
4to, 1716.
' Dissert, de Columnis Herculis ; Altdorf,
4to, 1749.
" Oratio de meritit Norimb. in Geograph.,
apud Museum Noritum ; Altdorf, 410, 1 7 5 9.
' Progris des /lllemands dans les Sciences,
Sec; Amsterd., iimo, 1751.
'° Oratio de M. Behaimo, apud Museum
Noricum.
' ' Geographia el hydrogr, reformata }
Bologna, fol., 1661.
" The promise made by Wagenseil, aa
mentioned by Leibnitz (Duten's edit..
Vol. VI, page 261), seems to have been
carried out in his Sacris Parentalibus
B. G. F. Behaimo dicatisf Altdorf, fol.,
16S2.
" De Maioribus Oceani insutis j Nu-
remb., 8vo, 1691,
'* Dissert, de Claris quibus d. Norimb j
Altdorf, 4to, 1708.
'" Dissert, hislorico-critico de vera novi
orbis invent } Franckfort, 8vo, 1714.
" Histor. Nachricht von Nurnberg. Ma-
themat.i Nuremb., fol., 1730.
" Historia universalis ; lena, limo
1709.
Bibliotheca Americana.
39
ienorant and presumptuous Otto'*, but who were victo- 1493*
riously refuted by Tozen", von Murr*", Cladera", and -
Chilian/", rest on a map of the world, and an extremely
curious globe", manufactured by Behaim himself, toward
the year 1492 (both of which are still in the possession
of his descendants in Nuremberg) ; and on an extract
from Schedel's Chronicle, which is as follows :
yerso ofleafccxc :
annis tlo pofteriodtuis b't anno tiflil. 1483- io=
i)ane» fcti's pottugalie rex altiffimi bit cortris rertast
galeast oitus ati bictu neccffatiiia Inftruxit eaf(? bltra
colunafii i)ctruli8 atr meritiie bctfus cti)iopia inueftis
gattttost mifit. 13referit aiit i)is patronos truo» Ja=
cotu canu pottugalcnfcm r martinu tof)emu i)omine
germanu ejc nurmtctga fupiotis getmanie tie tona
i)ot)cmorfl Camilla natu. ijoiem injg in rognofcentro
fitu terre peritiffimii mariftp pacientiffimtl. Ol^uitp
pi)olomei logitutiineB r iatitutiines in occiticnte ati
bngue expetimeto. lOgcuaq^ nauigatione nouit. ^\i
tiuo bono trcorii aufpicio mate metitjionale fultantes
a littote no longe euaganteis fupato citculo eclnoxiali
(ft altetu otbcm excepti funt. bbi i^iss ftantibus oti=
enti betfus bmbta ati metitii? r tiexttft ptoiciebat.
•jero novi
|7>4.
herg. Ma-
lamo
" Letter to Benj. Franklin, and Mt-
moir on the Detection of America, in the
Transact, of the Americ. Phil. Society ;
Philadelphia, 4to, 1786, and London,
1787.
" Der wahre unj erste EntJecker der
neuen fVelt (a capital work); Goetting.,
8vo, 1761.
" Diplomatische C scbicbie des Portug.
Berubmten Ritters Martin Behairm ; Nu-
remb., 8vo, 1778, and Hiitoire Diploma-
tique du Chevalier Martin Behaim, iSjc. ;
Strasb., 8vo, 1802, from which we borrow
nearly all of the above references to works
which we have never been able and never
expect to procure.
" hvesiigacionei Historical ; Madrid,
4to, 1794.
" Geichicite des See/. M. Behaim ; Nu-
remb., 4to, 1853.
"' Copies of the map and globe have
been published by Doppelmaier, De Murr,
Cladera, GhlUany, and in the following
works :
Geographie du Moyen-Age; Bruxelles,
8vo, 1852. Les Monuments de la Geo-
graphic i Paris, fol., 1865, plate xv for
the Map of the World.
40
Bibliotheca Americana.
1493. ^petuete (gi! fua Cntmfttla alifl ortem tarten? no?
=—= bis incognltfli r mtiltlsj annis a nuU(» i^ ianuenfibuia
licet fruftra temptatti. i^eracta aUt tmfii nattlps
tiottir bicefimo fexto menfe teuerfi fiint pottugalia
pluribuis ot) calitifHrni aetiis patentia mottuiis.'^
This passage, according to Gebauer's*^ faithful summing
up, amounts simply to this, that the King of Portugal,
Juan II, sent, in 1481, James Canus, a native of Por-
tugal, and Martin Behaim of Nuremberg, with some
galleys to Ethiopia; that they went to the Southern Sea,
near the coast, and, after crossing the line, reached the
New World, where, when they happened to look to-
wards the East, their shadow, at noon, appeared on the
right ; that in that region they discovered lands, hereto-
fore unknown, which had not been searched after by any
people for many years, except the Genoese [/. e., An-
thony and Bartholomew de Nolle], and that in vain ;
finally, that after a navigation of twenty-six months
they returned to Portugal ; and in proof of their dis-
covery brought pepper and grana paradisi — whatever
that is."^
•• However interesting this passage may be, we scarcely
need add that it is only a spurious interpolation, as it
is written in a different hand in the MS. of the Latin
text, whilst it cannot be found in the original manuscript
of the German translation of the Chronicle (No. 14),
both of which are still preserved at Nuremberg. On the
other hand, the passage on recto of fol. xiiii:
iSxtra tteg ptesi orti : qtta t pjs trafiiocceanfl Ites
rior^ I metitrie q for artrorit? nob' incognita f : i cui?
finib? antipotrcg (abulofe ijabitare tricuntur,
shows that the author of the Chronicle, whether we call
•* That passage was republished in /Eni- " Portugetische Geschichu von den iillet-
A". Sylvius' De Europa sub Friderico III ten Zeilin} Leipzig, 8vo, 1759, page 123.
imperat.) Strasburg, folio, 1685 and 1702. " Amomum Mtleguetaf
Bibliotheca Americana, 41
him Hartmann Schedel, " Medicus Norimb." (//«/«^ 1493*
Trithemu5'\ Gesner^^ Vossius^^ Fal>ricius^°), or the Pope ===
^neas Sylvius {Maresius, SchmUius, in Mylius^'), or
Matthias Doringk [Oudin, Sa/ig^''), or simply one of
the learned men, „ ^OC^getcrteit IttCtttten/' mentioned
in the colophon of the German edition, knew nothing
of those western discoveries. Yet it is this interpo-
lation which, with acute collectors, would perhaps entitle
the Chronicle to a place in the Bibliotheca Americana, as
we must view the passage concerning Behaim in the
light of a counter claim set up in consequence of the
news of Columbus' return and discoveries.
Direct references ;
" Hain, Repertorium, No. 14508.
" Heumann, in Mylius, Bibliotheca anonym, (ed. of i74o),JVol.
II, pages 147-9.
ScHELHORN, ^manit. Lit., Vol viii, page 143.
Freytag, Analcct. Lilt., page 825.
Clement, Bibliothique curieuse. Vol. vni, pages 343-4.
Hellek, Geschichte der Hohschneidekunit } Bamberg, 8vo, 1823,
page 71.
Meusel, Bibliotheca Hiitorica, Vol. i, Part i, page 93.
Bibliotheca Spenceriana, Vol. in, page 255.
Brunet, Vol. I, col. i860.
Graesse, Vol. II, page 139.
: call
*' De Scripior. Ecclesiast.; fo\. 139 apud
Clement.
" Bibliotheca Univers. ; Friburg, 1583,
fol., page 318.
" De Histor. Latin.; page 573.
" Bibliotb. med. et infim. Lat. ; Lib.
IV, page 133.
" Comment, de Script. Eccles. ; De Dypt.
yeter. ; apud Clement.
* Relying upon Rich {Books relating to
America, 1493-1700, which is a kind of
short appendix to his Bibliotheca), we con-
sulted :
ZACHARIAE LILII {| VICENTINI || CANONICI ||
regvlaIIkis or II bis bre|| viarivm Nfide,
COM II PENDIO^ or II DINEQ.. CAP || TV AC
MEM0||rATV rACILLIMVMJJFOELIX ET GBA-
TVS LEGITO.
Colofhon :
iMPREssiT II Florentie Antonius Misco-
minus || Anno Salutis .m.cccclxxxxiii. y
Nonis luniis.
*^* Sm. 4to, 1 30 leaves.
(Harvard Coll. Libr.)
We are sorry to say that we found only
a short note in pencil, to the effect that
the work shows the amount of geographical
knowledge immediately preceding the voy-
age of Columbus.
den alies-
Ipage 123.
44
Bibliotheca Americana.
1 49 3 . 14., SCHEDEL {HARTMANN)—{
litt^i^ bet ^to- nifen tinb
uttb tiillinttf fen m an-
liegin ber meltliy aitf
blfe ttfifere ^rtt."
Colophon on the verso of leaf cci.xu :
%xi^ gotUdjem ietiftattb enbet fi(fi alljie bag iui^ Hon
ben gefdjiditett ber alter ber toerUUbnb bon HefdireibuitD
ber Hertttnbtiften bnb nam§aflioiftett ftett fagenbe burd)
@eorgii|ttm tAi be^mals (ofttngfdlreilier ber faiferlid)^
reidjftatt 9lnrtnlierg auff (atein in tentfi^ || gelira^t bnb
liefi^(o||e nad) ber ge^nrt @:rifti ^Ijeftt buffers ^at)(anb0.
an.ccec.feiij. iar||ant fnnften iti% bed monats &ctii(irig.||
9l(tU^ratto fint ^er^etne (anbed. ag. alt. | If
* *
*
Folio, title i, nine unnumbered prelim, leaves, cclxxxv
numbered leaves, two leaves for a map of Central Europe,
on the verso of which there is a colophon different from the
above, which we omit, because the last two leaves are want-
ing in the copy before us, but which the reader will find in
Clement. Plates colored.
(Private Library, New York.)
•(■ Anglici : Register of the books of the
Chronicles and histories, with figures and
portraits from the beginning of the world
to our own times.
With the help of God is here ended
the book treating of the histories of the
antiquity of the world, and of the descrip-
tion of the most celebrated and important
places, translated from the Latin into
German by Georges Alt, at that time
Secretary of the free city of Nuremberg,
and finished October 15th, A. D. 1493.
Perpetual praises to him on the high
throne. By Alt. ( r )
Bibliotheca Americana.
43
The present work is only a translation of No. \y by 1493'
Georges Alt, Alten, or simply Georges senior, printed «>».■
by Anthony Koberger, December 23d, 1493.
The passage relating to Behaim (which is wanting in
the original manuscript of the German translation, while
in the Latin codex it is inserted' in a different hand-
writing from the rest of the work) will be found in the
present copy on the verso of leaf cclxxxv.
" Cctte edition ressemble beaucoup a celle de 1493 ; mais seulement
dans I'exterieur. Si nous eraminons I'interieur de cette Version,
nous y remarquerons, que George Alten qui en est I'Auteur, ne s'est
pas si fort gene, qu'il n'ait abrege le Texte Latin, quand il le trou-
vait a propos : & qu'il n'en ait retranche ce qui ne lui convenait pas."
(Clement*.)
Direct rtftrencti :
' ' Bibliothlque curieusc, Vol. vii, page 348.
Panzer, Annalen der dltern deuttch. Lit., Vol. i, page 204.
Freytao, Analtcta Lilt., page 815 ; and generally the authori-
ties given for the Latin edition.
15. rERARDO AND C. COLUMBUS— \n laudcm SCFC- I494.*
nifTillmi Ferdinand! Hispania^ regis^ Be-
thi-licae & regni Granatae^ obfidio^ victo-
ria^ & triuphus Et de Infulis in mari In-
dicollnuper inuentis.||f
important
I Latin into
that time
luremberg,
D. 1493-
the high
• The MSS. are still preserved at Nurem-
berg. See von Murr's Diplomat. Gtscbichte.
* We find (GsAEssE, Vol. 11, page 337,
and G. B»unet, Nouv, Biogr. Giner., Vol.
XIII, col. 156), under the date of 1494, a
mention of a poem by Dati, the title of
which indicates a reference to the Oceanic
discoveries, via. :
Detritote unptrte a tuoi tempi. Finito
el secoTido catare dellindia, &c. ; Rome,
Besicken, 4to, 1494, 4II., fig.
We read the same title in AudirtVedi
(Roman, edit. Strc. xv, page 327), but with
the important omission of the first line :
Deir Inle, &c., which alone imparts to the
title the appearance of an Americana. Is
it a continuation of our Nos. 7 and 8, or a
new work altogether ? M. Brunet of Bor-
deaux, whom we consider one of the most
learned and trustworthy of bibliographers,
says, in reference to the poem of Dati,
that it is " assurement curieux mais il
n'est connu que de titre, et il parait in-
trouvable aujourd'hui." On the other
hand, Audiifredi adds to his description :
" Extat in Casanatensi."
•j- Anglice ; To the praise of the most
illustrious Ferdinand, King of the Spains,
Bethica and Granada [of the latter of
which] the siege, victory, and triumph.
And of the Islands newly discovered in
the Indian Sea.
44
Bibliotheca Americana.
14.94. Then full-length portrait of Ferdinand, differing
Bs-s-—--— somewhat from the woodcut on the recto of the tenth
leaf of No. a.
Rfcto of the thirtieth /(?/7/(sign. dd '') :
P^ ^nfnlt0 nttp^r inturntii^ii
Epiftola Chriftoferi Colom (cui etas nos-
tra mul- 1| turn debet: de Infulis in mari
Indico nuper inuen- 1| tis : ad quas perqui-
rendas octauo antea menfe : au-||spiciis &
^re inuidiflimi Fernandi Hilpaniaru Re-||
gis miffus fuerat) ad Magnificu dominu
Raphae-||lem Sanxis : eiufdem fereniflimi
Regis Thefaurari||um mifTa : quam nobilis
ac litteratus vir Aliander||de Cofco : ab
Hifpano ideomate : in latinum con-||uer-
tit: tercio kalendas Maii. M.cccc.xciij. Pon-
tiii-||catus Alexandri Sexti Anno primo.||
In fine (verso of the twentyninth leaf):
1.4.94. Nihil iine caufa.'
*j* 8vo, thirty-six unnumbered leaves ; the Letter of Columbus
filling only the last seven and a half; six woodcuts, evidently
copied from No. 2. Text in Roman.
(Private Library, New York, Providence, Washington city,
Harvard Coll. Libr.)
The first part of this work is simply a drama on the
capture of Granada from the Moors by Ferdinand, and
which was represented at Rome in 1492*.
' Ncl/iittg without a cause. (Device ot " Cancellieki, Dissert., page 271, adds
Bergmann de Olpe, printer at Basle.) The to his chaotic note, that the drama '* Fu
rest of the title as in No. 2. tradotta in Francese con I'Epigrafe, /a
Direct rtfertnces I
Bibliotheca Americana.
45
Bibliotheca Thotliana, Vol. vii, page 223.
MiusiL, Bibliotheca Hislor., Vol. in, Part i, page 260.
Mencke, Catal. Jet Historiem, page 310.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part vi, No. 838.
Bibliotheca Grenvi/liarta, page 73 1.
N. Y. Syllacio, Appendix, page xlviii.
Ternaux, No. 4,
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 29.
Graesse, Vol. 11, page 228, states that of this edition "on ne
connait que 2 ex."
Bibliotheca Brc/wnianay No. 6.
Notet on Columbus, page 119.
Basler Buchdruckergeschichte, page 129, contains an interesting
sketch of the printer, Johannes Bergmann de Olpe.
1494.
l6t SYLLACIO (NICHOLAS)— Recto of the first leaf : I4Q15.
m fapiltiffimft iLutiobiffl liJlatia ^fortia anglil ^— '-
feptimli lifleTjio || laui 20uc0: tre ifuUss meritiianl
atd^ iDici mariis fut aufpictjiS inuictif||fitnoi; Megti
J^ifpaniai? nup iuStigs : j^icolai fgllacii ficuU artb
<r« celehre, digne de mcmoire ec victorieuse
prise de la Cite de Grenade, 1497, 4."
We can find no traces of this French trans-
lation, and are unable to say whether it also
contains the Columbus Letter,
* Our attention has been called to a
notice in a bookseller's catalogue of a small
pamphlet, sine anno aul loco (but which
must have been published before 1495, ^^
the author takes the title of orator to John
II, thirteenth King of Portugal, who died
in the month of October of that year),
by one " Ferdinandus," and containing on
the sixth page a passage which, it is said,
entitles it to a place in the Bibliotheca
Americana, and is as follows :
" Primum quod eo regnante Henrici
patrui ejus de quo supra meminimus in-
dustria cepta navigari Ethiopia est. Alte-
rum vero sit quod eodem tempore, in
oceano Athlantico decern insule vix ipsis
orbit descriftoribus cognita : a nostril in-
vente sunt; et in omnes Lusilanie colonic
deducte," &c. We take that Ferdinandus
to be the one described in Antonio, in
these words :
" FERDINANDUS VELAScus, Joannis II.
Portugalliae. Regis orator, edidit :
"Orationem habitam Romx nomine dicti
Regis ad Innucentium VUI. Ponciticem
Maximvm. De quo auctor est Ludovicus
Jacobus a Sancto Carolo in Bibliotheca Pon-
tijicia."
(BlUimhic. Hiif. Ntva i, page 393.)
We also think that the plaquette is
identical with that which is mentioned by
Fossi (Catal. Codic. Sacul. xv. Vol. 11, col.
737 ,and by the great Audiflredi as follows:
" VALASci FERDiNANDi utriusque iuris con-
sult! Illustrissimi regis Portugallie oratoris
ad Innocentium. viii. pontificem maximum
de obedientia Oratio.
(In 4°. far.)
"Charact. Goth,, foll.vi, cum si^naturi; a. a ii.
Exst. ill Casanat. Emendandus est hujus Oratioiiii
titulus, qui legitur in Specim. P. L, page 162, iiiini-
rum : Valaici frt Ftrdinandt Portugallia Rrgt,
&c., quo Oratoris nomeii ipsi Regi, qui Jthanntt
II. vocabatur tribuitur. Recte autem tituliu re-
t'crtur in Catalogo Biblioth. Regix, a P. L. iii
subjecla aniiot. laudato."
(Caialtg. Sat. xv. page 167.)
It is evident that the above passage en-
titles the pamphlet only to a place in the
Bibliothejue Africaine f as it refers to the
discoveries accomplished under the reign of
Henry, King of Portugal. On the other
hand, the oration was delivered at Rome,
as we take it, in Innocent's life-time.
Now, Pope Innocent VIII died in July,
4{jr Bibliotheca Americana.
1 495. um rlltnrticinf trortoriia pi)aofopl)<fl ^^^^ interpret
=-= tantifij iPtffatio.ll
Recto of the second leaf:
Mt infuHs metitiiani atq^ intiici mart nuper in^
uentiis.ll
In fine :
"kJale ex papia $TiilJUst trecembtiijuss. iHcrccIxxxx=
tUj. lit
*^* 410, j/ff^ anno aut loco (but supposed to have been printed at
Pavia, in 1494 or 1495, by Girardhengi), ten unnumbered
leaves, thirty-five lines in a full paj^e ; text in black letter.
No water-mark.
(Private Library, New York, The only other copy known
is in the Trivulzio Libran', Milan.)
** In 1494, while Scillacio was thus employed at Pavia [as lec-
turer on Philosophy in the University], living at the time with
Giovanni Antonio Biretta [who printed several works in connection
with Francesco Girardhengi — Panzer], Guglielmo Coma, a noble
personage, wrote to him from Spain, describing the discoveries re-
cently made by Columbus. These letters he immediately translated
into Latin, inserting such other accounts as were then universally
current.
" The voyage to which this account refers is the second ; that on
which Columbus sailed from Cadiz, on the 25th September, 1493.
The first island he discovered was called Dominica, from the day in
which it was seen. The second was named Maria-galante, ■ r vo-
lante, after the Admiral's vessel. He then visited, in succession,
Guadaloupe, Santa-Cruz, the Island of St. John the Baptist, now
Porto-Rico, and, last of all, Hispaniola.
" This voyage has also been described by other writers of the
same age. Among these are the physician Chanca' of Seville ; who.
1492, or eight months before it was known
in Europe that Columbus had rediscovered
the New World.
f Anglici : To the most learned Lewis
Maria Sforza of Anghiera, seventh Duke
of Milan. Concerning the newly discovered
islands of the South and Indian Ocean,
under the auspices of the most invincible
Sovereigns of the Spains. Preface of
Nicholas Syllacio of Sicily, Doctor of Arts
and Medicine, Lecturer on Philotophy at
Pavia.
Adieu, [dated] Pavia, ides of Decem-
ber, 1494.
' Published tor the first time by Navar-
rete, in his Coleccion, Vol. I, pages 198-
224 ; and afterwards in Mr. Major's Seltct
Lettfrs, pages I S-68, with an English trans-
lation, republished in the Appendix to the
N. Y. Syllacio, pages i-xxxiv.
Bibliotheca Americana. . -
(N. y. SjlUcit, Incrud., page \\.)
Direct rcfcrcncu : | BMmkeca TMrnia^, Vol. rn, page i- j
1 l"""^"' ^'•"'''" Tyt»£--, Vol. «, page ,9,
B»uni:t, Vol. II, tol. 166
H95-
VOLVMINE 1496.
17. LfLio [ZMCH^Rr ~l>i HOC
CON||TINENTVR HI LiBRI.
Primus liber De origine & laudibus
icientiarum.llSecundus liber. Contra An-
tipodes || Tertius liber De miferia hominis
& contemptu||mundi.||Quartiis liber De
generibus uentorum || Quintus liber Vita
Caroli Magni.d
Recto of the second leaf-
FINISIIFLORENTIAEIIIMPRESSVMII
f-er Ser Franciscu Bonaccursium || Im-
penfa uero & fumptibus Ser|| Petri Pacini
de Pifcia. Anno Salutis||
M. CCCC. LXXXXVIli
Septimo idus Aprilis.||
• Dtcade I, Ub. „. ' '
48
Bibliotheca Americana.
I4.q6« *** 4'o» seventy-two unnumbered leaves.
On the recto of the
last, the register ; on the verso, a woodcut representing the
arms (probably) of the Piscia family. Diagram on^the recto
of I-iv. Printed in Roman type.
(Briciih Museum.)
" In this remarkable work (f. ii) allusion is made to the recent dis-
covery of America by the Spaniards."
(LiBRI.')
'« Zacharie Lilio, Chanoine regulier de Saint-jean de-Latran et
eveque titulaire de Sebasti en Armenie, ne a Vienne dans le \ 5* Siecle*."
Dirtcl rejerences ••
Maittaire, AnnaUt Typogr., Vol. i (of 173J), page 629.
Panzer, Annates Typogr., Vol. i, page 414.
Fabricius, Bibl. Media et Injim. Lat., Vol. vi, page 921.
Laire, Index Librorum, Vol. 11, page II4.
AuDirrREDi, Spec. ed. Itat., page 348.
Fossi, Catalog. Codic. Sire, xv, Vol. 11, cols. 79-80.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part v, No. 2516.
Brunet, Vol. in, col. 1078.
Graesse, Vol. IT. page 210.
18. BENEDETTI (ALEXANDER)— DIARIA DE BEL-
LO CAROLING.
Recto 0/ tire last leaf:
Alexander Benedictus Veronenfis Phy-
{1 Ileus Sebaftiano Baduario eqti : & Hie||
ronymo Bernardo confiliariis||Veneti Sena-
tus Clarifrimis.||S. P. D.)
VenetiisIlM .IIIID. Sexto Cal. Septem-
bres.ll
Impetratum eft ab IlluftrifT. S. Veneto
ne lice II at cuiq has ephemeridas imprimere
' Catalogue of 1861, No. 294. univertel, Paris, 1810 (9th edit,), Vol.
* Cbandon et Delandine's Dictionnaire i, page 136.
Bibliotheca Americana,
m
nee latino fermoe nee uulgario &e. ut i 14.06.
pnuilegio.* ^^
*** frTm^l°' 7' "'f (''",' *"PPo^'--d to have been printed in uo6
from tne date of th. )ve-m<,ntioned letter; and by Aldus a't
IZ'-jTt '^'- ^yP^'-^t-bles tha. in 'the ediLn of the
^n^a of Bembo given by that celebrated ..rinter) Title
, wuh verses on the verso. + sixty-seven unnumbVre7ieav« '
(Private Library, Nrw York.)
" Ce journal d'Alexandre Benedetti. medecin arfarh^i p ■ - ■
t.enne opposee a Charles VIII, a ete r impr S a la su he deTwr'
vemadc P. Giustiniano. edit, de Strasb 1611 in f^l.^ ''"'''
(Climint'.)
We insert this work, we are sorry to say, on no bet
ZTl'% '^T '^^ ^''H'^'''^ ^--/-CLondon
1789, 4to, alleged to have been perpetrated bi the Rev
Mr. Homer. After a diligent survev r,( fh/k 1
are constrained ,0 confess KTd d' no-td a°lri:
.,ne o. word relating to America. Others ^^^ b'eS:
Direct refereticei!
Graesse, Vol. I, page 334.
* ^nglici : Alexander Benedict of Ve tl
rona, Physician to Sebastian Baduarius Ven?;, f k^ ^°" "'"«»""' Senate of
and to Jerome Bernard, Counsellors of he na s "tt ' '?^ ""^ '° ?""' ^^^^ ""-
Most Illustnous Venetian Senate, Hail 1 ' a, f '" ^^"l" °' '" common lan-
and Greetmg. ' "*" g"Jge, as [expressed] in the privilege
Venice, the sixth calend of September, /'*^"'"'«?'« CurUusc, Vol. ,„, "page
5°
Bibliotheca Americana.
1497. 19. COLUMBUS (CHRISTOPHER)-Q^n fdjott l|ttliflf| Ujett
iiott ettldjeii in|flctt||bie bo In furtjen jliten fttnbeu ftjub
bnrd) b^llfiinig bon dif^anio. bnb fa^t bd flro^en iuun||
' berUdjftt bingen bie in b0 \t\U in^Icit ftjnb.
Then woodcut of the king receiving Columbus, which is repeated
on the verso of the last leaf.
Colophon :
^ttrncft )u ftraflittrg bff grunecl bd meifter ^wiU=
me|f fttftler t)m inr : 9)tc(cc4Cbii. bff fant Derott^mue
tog. II*
*j^* Sm. 4to ; eight unnumbered leaves, the last of which is blanic.
Thirty lines in a full page.
(Private Library, New York and Providence.)
Ebert' and Graesse* state that this curious German
translation of the first Letter of Columbus has been
republished in the Rheiniscb. Archiv., Vol. xv, page
17, sq.
There is a very successful fac-simile made by the
elder Harris of London.
Dirtct referencts :
Hain, Repcrtorium, Vol. i, No, 5493.
Meusel, Biblioth. Hisior., Vol. Ill, page z6l.
Humboldt, Exam. Critique, Vol. IV, page 73.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 159.
N. Y. Sy/lacio, Appendix, page Ivi, for a well-executed fac-simile
of the woodcut on the recto of the first leaf.
Bibliotheca Broiuniana, Nos. 7 and 8.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 165.
Stivens, American Bibliographer, page 67, states that it contains
"changes and additions."
* Anglici : A fine, nice reading, con-
cerning several islands which have lately
been discovered by the King of Spain ;
and giving an account of great and won-
derful things found in the said islands.
Printed at Strasburg by Master Bartholo-
mew Kustler, in the year 1497, the day
of St. Jerome.
' Bibliogr. Dictionary, Vol. I, page
37'-
Tresor, Vol. II, page 128, also refers
to Hummel. Neue Bibl., v, lelten Biich.,
Vol. I, page 15, ly. Am Ende, Frei-
miith. Betracht. iiber alte u. neue Bii-
cher. Augib., 1784. in-8°. Vol. i, page
79. '?•
Bibliotheca Americana. 51
20. .*ArojvrA/.-Dife figur anzaigt vns das volck vnd I497<
infel die gefunden ift durch den chriftenlichen kiinig zu
Portigal oder von feinen vnderthonen. Die leiit find alfo
nacket hiibfch. braun wolgeftalt von leib. ir heubter.||
halfz, arm. scham. fufz. frawen vnd mann ain wenig mit
federn bedeckt. Auch haben die mann in iren ange-
fichten vnd bruft vid edel geftain. Es hat auch nyemantz
nichts funder find alle ding gemain. || Vnnd die mann
habendt weyber welche in gefallen, es fey mutter,
fchwesfter oder frevindt. darjnn haben fy kain vnder-
fchayd. Sy ftreyten auch mit einander. Sy efllen auch
ainander felbs die erfchlagen || werden. vnd hencken das
felbig fleifch in den rauch. Sy werden alt hundert vnd
funtzig iar. Vnd haben kain regiment.jl*
♦ *
Folio. " The above text, in German, occupies four lines be-
neath an old block leaf, nine by thirteen inches square, repre-
senting the manners and customs of the natives of the North-
ern and Eastern coast of South America as first found by the
Portuguese at the end of the fiftee-th or beginning of the
sixteenth century. It is without date, but v/as probably printed
at Augsburg, or Nuremberg, between the years 1497 and
1504'
(British Museum.)
page
to refers
Buck.,
k, Frei-
tue Bii-
I, page
Dirict Ttftrtncti
•{
* Stctins, Amtrkan Bihl'iografhtr, page 8, with fac-limile of the
xylographic leaf.
Uiuorical Nuggtts, No. 77.
* Anglici ! This figure represents to us
the people and island which have been
discovered by the Christian King of Por-
tugal or by his subjects. The people are
thus naked, handsome, brown, well shaped
in body, their heads, necks, arms, private
parts, and the feet of men and women, are
a little covered with feathers. The men
have also in their faces and breast many
precious stones. Nor does any one possess
anything, but all things are in common.
And the men have as wives those who
please them, be they mothers, sisters, or
friends, wherein they make no distinction.
They also fight with each other, and eat
each other, even the slain, and hang
that same Hesh in the smoke. They
become a hundred and fifty years old,
and have no government.
5«
Bibliotheca Americana.
1408. 21. SABELLICO (M^RC-ANTONIO)-M. ANTONIVS
— — SABELLICVS: AVGVSTINO BARBADICO SE-
RENISSIMOII VENETIARVM PRINCIPI ET
. SENATVI FELICITATEM.il
Rt(to of second leaf:
LIBER PRIMVS.IJMARCI ANTONII COC-
CII SABELLICI IN RAPSODIAM HISTORI-
ARVM AD ORBE CONDITO.||
Colophon :
IMPRESSVM VENETIIS PER BERNARDI-
NVM ET MA-IITHEVM VENETOS. g VIVVL-
GO DICVNTVR LIAL-|| BANESOTL ANNO
INCARNATIONIS DOMINI-|| CE. MCCCCXC-
VIH. PRIDIE CALENDAS APRI.||LIS. REG-
NANTE INCLITO AVGVSTI.|| NO BARBADI-
CO SERENISSIMO II VENETIARVM PRIN-
CIPE.IJFELICITVR DIVQ VE || ET FAVSTE
SViyPERSTITE. DIV.
Then, printer's mark.
*^* Large folio, cccclxii leaves.
(British Museum.)
This is the first part, which we have seen frequently
quoted by the modern biographers of Columbus, con-
cerning the Admiral's early life, or on the subject of
the Columbuses who had preceded him, especially the
one called by Sabellicus himself, " Archipirata illustris."
The following continuation, however, is somewhat fuller
on the subject of Christopher Columbus and his voyages,
viz. :
— Secunda pars Enneadum ab inclinatione Romani
Imp. usque ad annum 1504, cum Epitome.
Ed. hujus collectiu ais prima
Venetiis, Bernardinus Vercellensis, 1504, folio.
(Kloss'.)
' Catalogue, page 241, No. 3385. ,
Bibliotheca Americana.
«
" Chacune de ccs Enneadcs contient neuf livres. Sabeliico en pub-
lia sept, on soixancc-trois livres, ^ Venise, en 1498, in fol., ot en ,
1504, trois autres Enncades, et deux livres dc plus : en tout quatrc-
vingt douze livres."
(GiNQUiNi'.)
Marcus-Anthony Coccio, alias Sabellious, was born
in 1436, at Vicovaro', in or about the country of the old
Sabines (hence his surname); he died at Venice in 1506,
of an extremely unpleasant complaint*. He is the author
of the above attempt at a universal history from the be-
ginning of the world to the year 1503, which he divided
mto Enneades. We regret to say that we have never
been able to consult that rare compilation, which is fre-
quently quoted in histories, where mention is made of
Columbus and his transatlantic voyages. Ihe eighth
book of the tenth Enneade contains a short (" exiguis
tantiitn punctis," Jovius would say'), but, we are told,
highly interesting sketch of Columbus. It was written
before the year 1503, at a time when the only printed
works treating of the Western World, so far as we
know, were Columbus' letter, Syllacio's second-hand
relation, and one or two of the letters of Vespuc-
cius. On that account the Enneades, like MafFei of
Volterra's Commentary, and Bergomas' Chronicle, ac-
quire that kind of interest which pertains to all works
relating to this country, and published before ihe first
Decades of Peter Martyr, which form, as it were, the
basis and material of all subsequent publications on
the subject.
In Sabellicus' Rerum venetiarum ab urbe condita (De-
cad. 4, lib. 3), we only find the remark : " Adh<£c negocia
de more exierant triremes quatuor, . . . Sed cum, ha Ibe-
ricum navigant oceanum, Columbus junior, Columbi pirata
illustris, ut ajunt, nepos, cum septem navibus ad pugnam in-
"""•-' ^''"'■^•"^'i'ti''!'', Vol. 3, *VALtMA^, Delimratorum hMicitate
page 428. (Edit of .8,,) (Amst., ,647), page 28. Jovius, ^. ^A
• TuABoscH., Siou^djlla Uutr. /,./„ Hvomm famo« (Venice, 1558), page 104.
Vol. Ti, page 698. (Edit, of 1807.) , '£% ^,r,r </.«., Chap. xLv.il
1498.
54
Bibliotheca Americana.
1498. structis circa Sacrum promontorium . . . sub nociem factus
— aB»B9 est Veneto obvius" which is probably a repetition of the
» * passage in the first Enneades, and which derives its im-
portance chiefly from the great stress laid upon it by
Fernando Columbus in that curious chapter of the His-
tories where he strives to make the reader believe that his
father could reckon among his ancestors the Cilio men-
tioned by Tacitus.
Dirtct rtftrtncti:
BiROOMiNiis, Suppl. Cronlc. (edit of 1506), page 435.
Maittairk, Annates Typogr., Vol i (edit, of 1733), page 664.
Panzer, jinnalet Typogr., Vol. vin, page 371.
Saxiui, Onomasiicon, Vol. 11, page 496.
Mkusil, Biblhthtca Hiitorica, Vol. i, page 96.
Vossius, de Hiitoricis Latinis, page 670.
NiciRON, Mimoirts, Vols, xii and xx.
SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
2 2. rESPUCCIUS (AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf:
Verso of the first leaf:
f f J|t|0 II ^etti tie metitci^ falutem plurimam
tiicit.ll*
End of the verso of the last leaf:
i£x italica in latinam Unguam iocuTruiei interpre»
i)ac epiftolam bettit btljlatini t\H inteUigant ig mul?
ta mlrana in triess rcpetian! r eoi^ comprimajjtur
auUacia qui cclil et maieftatem fcrutari: tt plti«
fapcre (g liceat fapercllbolunt : quantro a tanto tem=
pore quo muntiug cepit ignota fit baftita«||tetre r
que cotttineatut in eajlf
Hauis Heo
*^* Sm. 4to, j/«^ anno aut loco; four unnumbered leaves. Only
forty lines in a full page, a triangle at the top of the fourth
page ; neither signatures nor water-marks.
(Private Library, New York.)
1501.
* Anglici: The New World. Alberic fThe interpreter Giocundi translated thii
Vespucius presents his best wishes to Lau- letter from the Italian into the Latin
rent Peter de Medicia. language, that all who are versed in
56
Bibliotheca Americana.
ICOf. Albericus {Madrignano\ Ruchamer^, Jehan Lambert^),
- Emeric {Du Redouer*), Alberico' or Americo {Goma-
ra^), Morigo {Hojeda''), Amerrigo [Munoz^), Ameri-
cus {Peter Martyr^), Almerigo Fiorentino (Fia>ie//o'°) de
Espuche", Vezpuche", Despuciii", Vespuccio [Ramu-
sio'*), Vespuchy {Christ. Columbus^^), usually called Amer-
icus Vespuccius, the third son of a public notary of
patrician origin, was born, March 9th, I45I'^ some
say at Venice {Herrera^''), or at Florence, in a hospital
founded by one of his ancestors, and which is still stand-
ing in the street called Borgognissanti. He was educated
by his uncle, a learned friar, with whom he seems to
have been still studying, October i8th, 1476'^ in com-
• pany with Pietro Soderini {Guliano Ricci'^), who became
afterwards (from 1502 to 1512) Gonfalonier of Flor-
ence"', and to whom the duplicate account of the third
voyage was addressed.
Nothing is known of him from the time he was a stu-
dent to the year 1490, when he left Italy." He repaired
the Latin may learn how many wonder-
ful things are being discovered every day,
and that the temerity of those who
want to probe the Heavens and their
Majesty, and to know more than is al-
lowed to know, be confounded ; as not-
withstanding the long time since the
world began to exist, the vastness of the
earth and what it contains is still un-
known.
' Itiner. Portugall., cap. cxxil.
' Nc-we unbekanthe, lib. v.
' Title to his and all the separate edi-
tions of Vespuccius" letters.
* Titles to the five editions of his trans-
lation of Vespuccius' letters into French.
' Titles to the six editions of the Paesi
nouamente retrouati.
* Historia general de /as India: ; Sara-
got., ful., 1551-53; Medina del Campo,
fol., 1553; Saragos., fol., 1554; Antw.,
8vo, 1552 (for 1554); and in Barcia's
Historiadores primitivos, cap. 103,
' Probanzas del Fiscal, No. LXIX, Na-
VAR., Vol. Ill, p. 544.
' Historia del Nuevo Mundo, p. x.
• Decade 11, lib. 10.
'" Letter to the Signoria of Venice, dis-
covered by Ranke, and published in Hum-
boldt's Examen Critique, Vol. v, p. 157.
" Navar., Vol. Ill, Doc. Ill, p. 292.
" Id., Doc. IV, p. 292.
" Id., Doc. IX, p. 299.
'* Raccolta.
" Letter to his son Diego, Feb. 5th,
1505, in Nay., Vol. i, p. 349. That
name seems to be a corruption of the Ger-
man word Amalrich ,• see voN der Hagen,
/imerika, ein urspriinglicb Deutscher Name,
in Neum lahrb. der Berlin. Gesellschaft,
1835, p. 13-17.
" Libra d'appro'vazioni d'eta, chesi con-
ser-va nell' Archi-vo Secreto de S. A. R.
(Great Duke of Toscany), in Bandini,
p. XXIV.
" Decad. 1, lib. iv, c. 4.
" Letter to his father (StrozzianaLibr.,
codice 480) ; Band., pp. Xxvil-xxviii.
'• apud Band., p. xxv.
" Ranke's letter to Humboldt, in Ex-
amen Critique, Vol. V, p. 261.
" Bandini, p. xxxv.
i
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to Spain in the beginning of 1493 {Humboldt''% as an I 50I
agent {Bartoiozzi^^) of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Me- =
did (cousin of the great Lorenzo), or simply as clerk
{Navarrete^) in the leading commercial house of his
countryman Juanoto Berardi, at Seville. Miinster**
erroneously asserts that Vespuccius joined the first
expedition of Columbus in 1492, while Canovai** states
that he was sent as an apprentice by Ferdinand on
the second voyage in 1493. After the death of Juan-
oto Berardi, December, 1495 (Navarrete^'^) , Vespuc-
cius was promoted to the position of factor or part-
ner*^ ; and, as such, equipped the vessels for the third
expedition of Columbus ; receiving, January 12th,
1496^, ten thousand maravedis. From April, 1497, to
May 30th, 1498, Vespuccius was constantly traveling
from Seville to San Lucar {Munoz). He was married
to Maria Cerezo, when and where does not appear. She
survived him*9.
Vespuccius quitted Spain for Portugal in 1501, secretly
{Bandini^°), or at the instigation of King Emmanuel",
and remained at Lisbon, or on board Portuguese vessels,
to 1505, when he returned to Spain, at the request of
Ferdinand. He repaired to the court with an earnest
letter of introduction from Columbus to his son Diego,
February 5th, 1505, and was made a Spanish subject,
April 24th, 1505'*. From May, 1505, until August,
1506, Vespuccius was at Palos and Moguer, preparing
Pinzon's expedition. On the 23d of August, 1506, he
" Examen Critique, Vol. IV, p. 45.
" Ricerche, p. 79 ; on the authority of
several letters contained in the " Carteggio
della Famiglia de Medici," in the Archives
of the Medici, in Florence.
'* CoUccion, Vol. Ill, p. 315.
'* Cosmographia Uni-versalis ,* Basle, n.
d. (1550), fol., p. 1269.
'* yiaggijf. iT.'i; Disiertaz. giust.,t}o. y .
" C//Knon, Vol. Ill, p. 317. Have there
been two Juanoto Berardis ? In the Co-
leccion de Documentos ineditos re/ativos al
deuubrimiento, cenquiua y coionizalion de
las fosesiones espaHolas in America, sacados
del Real archivo de Indias ; Madrid, 1864,
Tom. I, No. 3, p. 241, we find a memo-
rial " de Juanoto Berardi acerca de varias
cosas tocantes a la gobernacion de las In-
dias," to which the editors ascribe the date
of 1517.
"' Navarrete, Vol. Ill, p. 317.
" Mu55oz, Historia, Prologo, p. X.
'" f^ita, p. XLvi.
" Third voyage in Hylacomylus, Gru-
nig. edit., recto of F-iiij.
" Navar., Vol. Ill, Doc. IV.
8
58
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I^of. was written to by order of Philip I", to ascertain what
BEs^^B was required for an expedition in the search of groceries
(with Vicente Yafiez Pinzon'*).
In 1506, Vespuccius was associated with Juan de la
Cosa for a new expedition, in which he was to command
the caravel La Medina, but which did not sail, owing
to the death of King Philip. He was again summoned
to the court, November 26th, 1507", and appointed
Chief Pilot of the Indies before March 22d, 1508, on
which day he received a certain number of maravedis,
although his nomination (or perhaps only an extension
of powers) is dated August 6th, I5o8'^
Vespuccius finally died, at Seville, February 22d,
1 512", or atTerceira, one of the Azore islands, in 15 16
(G. Lopez de Pintho^^, Bandini, Meusel), or in 151 8
{Negri^''), poor, but highly respected by all*°, never
dreaming that he had discovered a new continent, and
persuaded*', like Columbus'**, that, at best, he only visited
the western coast of Japan.
Four voyages are ascribed to Vespuccius. The first
voyage was undertaken for the King of Spain, probably
under Hojeda [Las Casas*\ Herrera, Charlevoix**, Hum-
•• Philip the Fair, who reigned only
from June ayth, 1506, to Sept, 25th,
1506; but long enough to deserve the
contempt in which he is held by all im-
partial historians.
'* Navar., Vol. Ill, Doc. V.
" Id., Doc. XXVI.
" Id., Doc. VII and viii.
" Id., Doc. X.
'" apud Bandini, p. lxiii, and Cano-
vAi, p. 156.
" Istoria de Fiorent. Scritlori f Ferrara,
fol., 1722, p. 31.
*" The only exception is Las Casas ; but
we should not forget that the good but
impulsive Bishop of Chiapas did not com-
mence writing his Historia de las Indias
until 1527 ; and the severe language used
in Lib. i, cap:^. 1 64 and 1 68 seems to have
been prompted by Hylacomylus' version, a
late edition of which he cites in Lib. i,
cap. 140. The passage where Vespuccius
is made to say that he brought with him
two hundred and twenty slaves (as if such
a number of human beings could hold to-
gether with the crew in the light caravels
of those days), may be, after all, the real
cause of his wrath.
*' Duplicate of second voyage, in Ban-
BiNi, pp. 66 and 83. We are at a loss
to find the authority for Alccdo's state-
ment that : " el Rey de Portugal para per-
petuar su memoria hizo colgar en la Ygle-
sia Metropolitana de Lisboa los fragmentos
de la Nave que mandaba." Bibliotheca
Americana, MS., Vol. 11, p. 891 There Is
a similar assertion in Negri (Istoria, p.
3«-)
" Letter in Navar., Vol. i, p. 304;
and Letter to the Pope, id. op., Vol. 11,
p. 280.
*' Historia dt las Indias, MS., Cap. 164.
** Histoire de t Isle-EspagnoU j Paris
4tQ.
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boldt*^)y Vespuccius sailing in the capacity of pilot {Ho- I ^o'.
jeda')^ or of simple trader {Servetus*^), or of a mer- ■
chant well versed in cosmography (Herrera), or selected
by King Ferdinand to aid in making discoveries {Valori-
Bandini*''), or as the astronomer of the expedition {Hum-
boldt^)^ or as a passenger pecuniarily interested {'Tira-
boschi^).
He sailed from Cadiz, May 20th, 1497 {Hylacomylus^°y
Giuntini^'), or May 10th, 1497 {Falori-Bandini^'; Cano-
vai"), or May 20th, 1499 {Las Casas, Herrera).
First reached the mainland after a passage of twenty-
seven days {Hylacomylus^\ Giuntini), or thirty-seven {Va-
/ori-Bandifji", Canovai^^). Returned to Cadiz, October
15th, 1499 {Hylacomy/us"), or October 15th, 1498 {Ca-
novai^"), or October 14th, 1498 {Falori-Bandini^'^) , bring-
ing two hundred and twenty-two slaves (Indians), who
were sold.
If Hylacomylus' dates are correct, the leader of that
expedition is entitled to the credit of having landed on
the shores of this continent before Columbus (August
I St, 1498), and even previous to the Cabots (June 24th,
i497'^)-
*' Examen Critique, Vol. IV, pp. 195,
200, 2S4, 293.
*• apud his edit, of Ptolemy's Geogr. ;
Lyons, fol., 1535 ; recto of leaf 28.
*' " Fui eletto per Sua Altezza, che io
fussi in esta flotta, per aiutare a discoprire,"
apud Bandini, p. 6, and Grenville codex,
recto of the second leaf.
*' Examen Critir/ue, Vol. IV, p. 190.
*' Storia delta Lett. Itat., Vol, VI, p.
251 (edit, of Flor., 1807).
'" " M.ccccxcrj. XX mensis Maij die,"
— St. Die edit., recto of b 5 ; Gruniger's,
recto of D ii; La Place's, versa of D 7,
Gryn^us's, Basle, 1532 and S537,p. 155.
" Commentaria in Spharam Sacro-Bos-
co ; Lyons, 8vo, 1578, cap. ill.
" " 10. di Maggio 1497," — Band., p. 6;
Grenv. codex, recto of second leaf
" yiaggi, p. 19'
•* " xxvij. vix elapsis diebus," — St. Die
edit., verso of b 5, Grun., recto of D II;
La Pl., recto of D 8j Gryn., p. 155.
" " Al capo di 37. giorni" — Band.,
p. 7.
" f^'ogg', P- 19-
" " cum cc.xxij captiuatis personis. xv.
Octobris. die. Anno dfti m.cccc.lxxxx ix.
Ubi Ixtissime suscepti fuimus ac vbi eosdem
captiuos nostros vendidimus," — St. Die
edit., recto of d iii; Grun., verso of E 6j
La Pl., verso of E 7; Gryn., p. 168.
" " IS di Ottobre, 1498,"— f/af^», p.
49-
" "Adi i8.diOttcbre,i498,"— ^(Va,p.
36 (for p. 32). Herrera (Dec. i, lib. iv. c.
2.), ascribes only five months to the entire
voyage j Charlevoix {Hist, de I'lste-Es-
pagno/e) twenty-five.
" As we will have no other opportunity
of mentioning Cabot's name, we beg leave
to insert in this place several overlooked
authorities concerning his memorable voy-
age, viz. :
1st. The Map of Juan de la Cosa,
dated 1 500, which was discovered by Hum-
6o
Bibliotheca Americana.
I COf. The second voyage was also undertaken for the King
^f Cp^;» probably under Vicente Yaflez Pinzon [Hum-
boldh). They sailed from Cadiz, one day of May, 1489
(Hylacomylu/'^)y or May i6th, 1499 [t^^lori-Bandinf'^) ,
or May i8th, 1499 {Canovat^). Reached land after
nineteen days {Hy/acomylu/"), or forty-four [P^alori-Ban-
din^)y or on the twenty-third day {Canovai^). Re-
turned to Cadiz, after a month and a half, September 8th
{Hylacomylu/*, Valori-Bandinf^), or June 8th {CanovaP°).
boldt in the library of Walclcnaer, and
afterward sold to the Queen of Spain fur
4,020 francs. It is now in her library, at
Madrid. Fac-similes have been published
by JoMAiD (^Monuments de la Giographie,
Paris, fbl., 1 8 54, map xri); Ghillany
{^Gtuhicbtt d. Bthaim, Nuremb., 410,
1853) ; Ramon de la Sagra (Hist. fl>yt..
Sec, de nie de Cute} Paris, fol., 184a);
LtLiwtL (Giographie du Moyen-Age,
Brux., 3 vols., 8vo, l8ja, atlas, map 41) ;
Humboldt (Exam. Crit., Paris, ed. of
1836-8).
zd. ZiiGLER, Lib. de regioniius septen-
trion., Antwerp, 8vo, 1542.
3d. The map quoted by Ortelius in his
catalogue of authors ( Theatrum, Antwerp,
fbl., 1570) in these words :
" Sebastianus Cabotus Venetus, Vniuer-
salem tabulam ; quam impressam aeneis
fbrmis vidimus, sed sine nomine loci, &
impressoris."
(That extremely valuable document, in
its original form, or an inedited map of
Cabot, is, we are informed, on exhibition
in one of the halls of the Bibliothijue Im-
piriale of Paris. If our information is
correct, would it not be worth the while of
some enterprising publisher in this country
to have it engraved ? Perhaps it is bold
to assert that the patriotic bibliophiles
who give so readily enormous prices for
such trash as the spurious reprints of the
&i/»R fyitchcraft might feel tempted to
purchase a copy !)
The " Sebastiano Cabota. Navigaiione
nel/e parte tetlentrionali } Venice, 1583,"
included in the early catalogues of the
Bodleian library, is, we scarcely need add,
not to be found as a separate work, but
only in the second volume of Ramusio (ed.
of 1583, fol. III). Foscarini (Letterat.
veaett. p. 438) and Tiraboschi (Vol. vil.
p. 263), had already shown that it was
erroneously ascribed to Cabot j but Mr.
Biddle (Memoir, p. 327), showed that it
was only " the Journal of Stephen Bur-
rough during his two voyages to the North-
east, with an absurd introduction from
some anonymous writer at Venice !"
The reader will find a valuable list of
works relating to Cabot in a note to
Humboldt's Examen Critifue, Vol. iv, pp.
231, 232.
•' Exam. Crit., Vol. ir, p. 200; Vol.
V, p. 46. Vaknhagen, Historia General
do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid, 2
vols., 8vo, 1852; D'AytZKQ^ considera-
tions giogr. sur rhist. du Brest/, Paris, 8vo,
1857. There is a full list of works re-
lating to Pinzon, Vespuccius, and Paria or
Brazil, in the second volume of L'Oyafoc
et rAmaaine, by Gaetano da Silva, Paris,
8vo, 1S61.
" " M.ccccLXXXix (sic) Maij die,"— St.
Die edit., recto of d iii ; Gkun., verso of
E 6 ; La Pl., verso of E 7 ; Gryn., p. 1 69
— meaning, evidently, 1499.
" "16. di Maggio 1499" — Band., p.
33 ; Grenv. codex, verso of b. ii.
*• " xvill di Maggio," — f^iaggi, p. 50;
Letter to P. F. de Medici, apud Bandini,
F- 65-
" " XIX dies," — St. Die edit., recto of
d iii ; Grun., verso of E 6 ; La Pl., verso
of E 7 ; Gryn., p. 169.
" " 44. giorni," — Band., p. 33; Grenv.
codex, verso of b ii.
*' " al capo di xxilli di," — Viaggio, p.
51 ; Letter to P. F. de Medici, apud Ban-
dini, p. 65.
" " viij. mensis Septembris," — St. Die
edit., recto of e i ; Grus., verso of F iii ;
La Pl., recto of F iii; Gryn., p. 175.
" Bandini, p. 45.
" '« 8 di G\u%ao,"—inaggi, p. 81
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The third voyage was undertaken for the King of I ^O
Portugal. The expedition sailed probably under Cabral - —
(HumMdf), from Lisbon, May loth, 1501 (Hylacomy-
lus"-, Valori-BandinP% or May 13th, 1501 {Canovai'*)y
or June loth [Temporal). Reached land August 17th
[Hylacomylus^y Canovai)^ or August ist {Valori-Ban-
dint")y or August 7th, 1501^, or simply after a voy-
age of sixty-four days (Bar/olozzi^) . Returned to Lis-
bon, after a voyage of sixteen months, in 1502 (Hy-
lacomyius^)y or September 7th, 1502 {yalori-Bandin^'y
Canovai) .
The fourth voyage was also undertaken for the King
of Portugal, and the expedition sailed from Lisbon,
probably under Gonzales Coelho {Humbold^^y Southef^^
" Exam. Crit., Vol. V, p. 5. The
reader may consult with advantage coa-
cerning Cabral : Barkos. DecaJas; Lisbon,
8vo, 1778, Dec. I, lib. 1, cap. 30; \l.\i-
Fzi, Histor. hdica, Cologne, fol., 1593,
lib. z ; Faria y Souza, Aiia Purfjgarza,
Lisb., fol, 1666; Vol. I, cap. 5; Lafi-
TAU, Conjuetes des Portugaii, Paris, 4x0,
>733-
'* " Die Maij decima. M.cccc. & pri-
mo," — St. Die edit., recto of" e ii ; Grcn.,
recto of F iiii ; La Pl., yeno of F iii ;
Gryn., p. 176.
" " 10 di Maggio, 1501," Ba»d., p.
47-
'* "13 di Maggio, 1 50 1," yiaggi, p.
loi ; id.. Duplicate to Soderini, in Bah-
OINI, p. lOI.
" Hisloriale dtuription dt PAfrijiu ;
Lyons, fol., 1556, p. 466; id., Paris, 4
vols., 8vo, 1830.
" " xvij scilicet August!," — St. Die ed.,
verso of e ii J GiuN., recto of F iiii ; La
Pl., verso of F iii ; Gryn., p. 176; yi^gi,
p. 102.
" " Adi I. d'Agosto," — Bandini, p. 48.
" " 7. di Agosto del 1501." — Duplicate
to Soilerini, in Band., p. 103.
" Ricerche istorico-criiiche ; Flor., 440,
1789, p. 169.
'" " XVI. circiter menses, M.D.ij," —
St. Die edit., recto of f iii ; Gro.mg.,
verso of F 6 i La Pl., recto of F 6 j Grtk.,
p. 180.
" " 7 di Settembre del 1502," Band.
P-S'; ''''K'lP- •°9-
" Examtm Oitijmt, Vol. T, p. 14a.
** Histiry cf Braxilf Lond., 4x0, 18 10,
Vol. I, p. lO.
" Goszalo C0U.LO, szbio coiniografo
Pomgoci. qiie Aie per orden del rejr
Don Man1 de Portugal a esplorar y re-
conocer los poatos de la America nu-
eTamente descnbierta, como las costum-
brej y ritos de sns natiirales. Salio de
Leboa nundando ana Escuadra de seis
naTia< j reconocio con juicio sabio y ob-
serracion de cnrioso coanro era digno de
sabenc. tomando posoion en nombre de
sa Soberano y escnbio la relacion de cuanto
habla risto, qoe piesento al rey Don Juan
id por haber mncrto su Padre coando
toItio. Dacrifcitu dtl Braul. MS. fol."
— Alcedo, Biblinaa Americana. Cata-
Itgi dt In jfitirti <jnt kan cicrito dt la
Amirica tm dijeremtts idimas. 1 807. 2
Tols., MS., fiJ., Vd. I, page 208. Private
Ubrarr, Providence (Lord Kingsborough's
copy I.
The reader may consult, concerning
Coelho's Toyagei :
Damiaxo de Goes, Ckrtnica do Jaai
//; Lisbon, fol., 1567.
P. DB Marie, Dialtgtt dt varia Hitloria ;
CcKmbra, 8to. 1594; 410, 1597; Lisb.,
410, 1674, Vol. III.
Vascdncuxos, Vida del Rey D. Joan
II ; Madrid, 4(0, 1639.
62
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150I
May loth, 1503 {Hylacomy/us^*^ Falori- Banditti ^ Canovai).
Was wrecked, August loth, on the coast of the island
of San Fernando Noronha, or Pefiedo de San-Pedro, or
the imaginary island of Saint Matthews. Returned to
Lisbon, June 28th, 1504 (//v/rffowv /«/'), or June i8th,
1 504 {Valori-Bandini^', Canovai).
How can we account for these, and an infinite num-
ber of other discrepancies ? They are, says Humboldt^'',
" I'eftet du desordre de la redaction et des gloses ajou-
tees par d'ignorans ou zeles commentateurs."
The four voyages were published for the first time
together in a kind of appendix to a Latin work on Cos-
mography'^ by one Waldsee-miiller, rt//rtjHylacomylus, in
1507, which also contains, so far as known, the princeps
o\ x\\Q first and fourth voyages. It is that work which
we quote under the name of Hylacomyhis.
The next collection of the four voyages is in Italian,
and seems to have been printed at Florence about the
year 1516*^ We call the latter tho. Grenville codex, from
its last possessor, Mr. Thomas Grenville. This Italian
collection was republished by Bandini'^ and Canovai'',
from a printed copv, which had on the title page the
name of Baccio Valori. one of the first librarians of the
Laurentian library at Florence. We call Bandini's text
Fakri-Bandini, and Canovai's (which we must quote, as
it contains new readings of the learned abbe's own
manufacture), Fiaggi.
In Latin, we again find the four voyages in the
OsoKio, De rebus F.mmanueiit ; List)., ~" Exam. Crit., Vol. v, p. •;:.
fol., 1 57 1) frequently r -printed. " Cosmograpiitr inlroduclio, 4to, four
A. DO Cazal, Corogi.ifia BrjsiUca ; Rio editions or issues at St. Die, in 1507;
de Janeiro, 2 vols., 410, 18 1". Strasburg, 1509; Lyons, 15 10. The other
"' " Decima ergo Maij die M.D.iij ;" — editions ot" the same Cosmography do not
St. Die edit., verso ot" f iij ; Gkun., verso contain Vespuccius' Voyages,
of F 6; La Pl., recto of F 6; Grvn., p. *" Lettera Ji Amerigo uespucci delle iso/e
iSl; " adi 10. Maggio, 1503;" Band., p. nuiuamenle irouale in quattro suoi uiaggi,
58; f^iaggi, p. III. 4to, sine anno aut loco.
" " xxviij, Junij. M.D.llij.," — -St. Die *° Fita e letlere di Amerigo P^eipucci ;
edit., verso of f 5 ; Gri'n., recto of F 8 j Flor., 4to, 1745, pp. 1-153.
La Pl., verso of F7; Gryn., p. 183. "* f^iaggi iT America f^'espucci ; Flor.,
" " 18. di Giugno, 1504," Band., p. 8vo, 1817, pp. 25-115, with dates al-
62; yiaggi, p. 114. tered.
41
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63
various editions of Grynaeus' Novis orbis''^, and abridged I 50s"
in De Bry's Collections ; the first and second voyages in
the Grands'^\ the third and fourth in the Petits Voy-
ages'^. A peculiarity of De Bry's edition is the interpo-
lation of the word /lmericcf\
The second and third voyages alone have been printed
separately in the form of plaquettes, all within the first
eight years of the sixteenth century, in France and Ger-
many, but only in Latin and German. We describe,
infra, sixteen of those separate editions ; fourteen of
which, de visii.
Besides the account of the third voyage published in
the above-mentioned collections, there are two others,
one of which has been frequently republished. The lat-
ter we call First Duplicate. It is by far the most in-
teresting, was probably printed before all others, and
contains astronomical diagrams, and descriptions of an
immodest character. The reader will find it in Ra-
musio''', whose extremely valuable collection also con-
tains a translation of the third and fourth voyages as
given by Hylacomylus, but not the first two voy-
ages, which he promised to publish''^, the MS. having
probably been lost in the conflagration which destroyed
the printing office of Thomas Giunti, at Venice, in
1557'^^. That duplicate, which is addressed either to
Soderini or to L. P. F. de Medici, is also in Zorzi's'''',
Madrignano's'°°, Ruchamer's", Redouer's'°', Tempo-
" Novus ortis regionum ac insularum,
'veieribut incc^nitarum f Basle, fi>l., 1532,
M'??. «555; P->r'^,' f"'-> "53^; Rotter-
dam, 8vo, 1616. The preamble or pre-
fatory letter is only to be found in the edi-
tions of 1555 and 1616. It is wanting in
the following :
" America pan decima. Dua navigai.
Dn. Amrrici f^esputii ; Oppenheim, fol.,
1619.
•• Indite orienlalis pars undecima. Du-
arum navig. rjuas. . . . ami. 1501 Dn,
Americus yesputius instituit, hiitoria ; Op-
penheim, fol., 1619, pp 5-10.
" " Qui cum illis comparari possint vix
tota America reperiantur," page 11 ; "mais
cette expression ne ?e trouve que dans
I'edition des de Bry," — Camus, Mimcires
sur la Collection des grands et Perils foy-
agesf Paris, 4to, 1S02, p. 140.
"' Sommario die due na-vigazioni di Ame-
rigo Vespucci j Rarcolta, Vol. i, p. 1 18.
" Raccolra, Vol. iii, p. 310.
'* FoscARiNi, Delia Lett. I'tncaiana
Padoua, fol., 1752.
" Paesi nouam. retrov., cap. I14-123.
"" Iti-:erar. Vortugall., cap. I15-124,
fol. LXX.
'"' Sensuyl le monde d'Emeric de Vespuce,
fol. LXXI.
m
i5o^
64
ral's^',
. tions.
Bibliotheca Americana.
Grynaeus's'"*, Bandini's, and Canovai's collec-
The other letters ascribed to Vespuccius are all mod-
ern publications The first is a duplicate account of
the second voyage, which was first published by Ban-
dini'°', from a manuscript in the Riccardiana library.
The second letter gives a duplicate account of the
third voyage, and was printed for the first time by Bar-
tolo7//i'\
The third is a letter addressed to L. P. F. de Medicis,
from Cape Verd, June 4th, 1501, and published from a
manuscript in the Riccardiana, by the Count BaldeIli'°^
There is a fourth, describing Vasco da Gama's voy-
age, but it is rejected altogether by all the critics since
Bandini, who first published that spurious account.
Vespuccius certainly wrote a great deal'°', but he is not
the author of the accounts of his voyages which have
been transmitted to us. As to the above-mentioned
letters, not only the original text is lost, but we do
not even know in what language they were originally
written. That two of those important documents were
composed at Lisbon does not admit of much doubt,
but whether in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian or Latin,
no one can determine; although some critics endeavor
to satisfy all parties by asserting that the first two were
written in the language of Spain, and the last two in
"" Navlgationum Alherici fespuiii f/i/'-
romf, p. 87, ed. ot" 1555. We do not find
any earlier version in English than that
which is in the third volume of Robert
Kerr's collection ; Edinburgh, Svo, 1811,
pp. 341-382, from Hylacomylus's text.
In German, besides Kerr's version of the
Novus Orhis, we think that only the du-
plicate of the third voyage is inserted in
Voss, /illeralteite Nachrichi von der neuen
H^elt; Berlin, Svo, 1722, while the four
voyages and duplicates are in the German
translation of Bandini, Hamburg, 1748.
The four v<.y.iges are also in the third
volume of Navarrete's Coleccion, text and
translation from Griiniger's edition (pp.
1 90-290) ; and in a rehash of Canovai, pub-
lished in English, New Haven, Svo, 1852.
'"' " inJiriazatii a Lorenzo Ji Pier Fran-
cesco Je Medici, l^ita, pp. 64-86 ; Cano-
vai substitutes this in the room of the Va-
lori or Grenville second voyage (/''iciggi,
pp. 50-69), which he places immediately
afterwai-U.
1"^ ,'. Milione di Marco Polo} Flor., 4to,
1827, Vol. I, pp. Liii, note.
'"'PocciASTI, Catalog. Script. Florent. ;
Flor.,4to, 1589, p. 10; HvMBOLDT, Exam.
Crir., Vol. IV, p. 170, sj. for extracts from
Vespuccius' letters, and the evidence given
by John Vespuccio tAmericus's nephew),
in the Irformacion, Nav., Vol. iii.
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that of Portugal. Be that as it may, the Hylacomylus 150!!.
version was made from a French text: " de "■I'g"-'
gallico in latinum;" the one in the Itinerarium, from
the Portuguese: " Fidus intcrpres presens opus e Lusi-
tano italicum fecit;" that in the Unbekanthe Landte,
from an Italian text, which itself was only a transla-
tion from the Spanish : " Auss hyspanier sprache ist
discs fiinfte buchlein in die welysche sprache gewanderr, ^
und /.u letze auss der welyschen in die dewtschcn ge-
bracht." As to Lambert's (No. 26), Gourmont's (No.
28), and Otmar's (No. 31) editions, they all are "ex
Italica in linguam Latinam."
After a diligent study of all the original documents,
we feel constrained to say that there is not a particle of
evidence, direct or indirect, implicating Americus Ves-
puccius in an attempt to foist his name on this con-
tinent. In our notice of the various editions of the
Cosmographiie introductio we will give the " genesis" of
that unjust appellation. We have now to mention the
leading works which contain assertions for or against
Vespuccius.
The first attempt to tarnish the reputation of the
Florentine cosmographer was made by Schoner'"'', in
1533, twenty-one years after the death of Vespuccius.
It was repeated with increased violence by Servetus*'',
Herrera'°', Fray Pedro Simon""*, Solorzano'"^, Charle-
voix"", Stuvenius'
, Totzen"^,
Robertson'", Meusei"-*,
Tiraboschi"', Formaleone'"', Munoz, do CazaP' (the
ur., 4t'S
'"' Opuuulum gengraphicum ; Nuremb..
4to, 1533, Part II, caps, i and xx.
'»' Decade I, lib. vn, cap. ;.
"" Coii-juuidi kisiorid!es ; Cuenca, fol.,
1627, Hart I, pp. 18-26.
'"' Diifuruiionts Jt Indiarum lure; Mad-
rid, fol., 1629, lib. r, cap. iv.
'" Histoirt de I'lsU-Esfagmlti Paris,
4to, 1730, Vol. I, page 311.
Diiserl. di uen novi crh. invent. }
Francf., 8vo, 1714.
"° Dei ivahre und crsle Enldecker f Got-
ting., 8v(i, 1761.
'" Hislr.ry of America ; Lundon, Svo,
1826, p. 49.
"* Bihliolheca Aislorica, Yo\. Ill, I'art 1,
p. 265.
'" Star ill della Lciteratura Italiana; Vol.
VI, p. 186.
'" Saggio mlla naulica antica de' Irenes. ;
Venice, 4to, 1783 ; and in French, Venice,
Svo, 1788.
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I 50', most bitter of all), Navarrete, Santarem"^, and a host of
I others.
The Nova Ada eruditorum"'^ cite in favor of Vespuccius
one "Americi Cinellius"'"', Vasari"", Mcllini'", Alber-
ti'", Metellius'", Manni'^della Rcna"', and Hondius'"';
nearly all of whom are taken from Bandini, who
quotes, besides, in favor of his hero, Bocchi"', Cluver'**,
Mariana'"', Genebrier"°, Salvini"', " Padre della Fio-
rentina erudizione," and the introuvable Giov. Matteo
Toscano"'; to which list we must add the poet Barto-
lomei'", Ruscelli"*, J. de Lery'", Natalis de Comiti-
bus"*, Pighius"^, and all the editions of Ptolemy's
"' Recherchii Hilt., Critifueitt BiHiogr.
lur Americ f^eifuct tt lei voyagei ; Paris,
8v<>, n. d. i trinsUted, Buston, izmo,
1850.
"•For Aug., 1749; l.cipz.,4to, p. 483.
'"hit not Giovanni Cine/ii, the con-
tinuator of Francesco Bocchi (Bel/eze
dtlla ciia di Firenzt f Flor., 8vo, 1677),
who ii intended ?
"• Le vilt de' fiii exctl. pitlori f Flor.,
4to, 1568, Part III.
"' Denrizione dtlla entrata della regina
Giovanna J'Auilria; Flor., 4to, 1566.
These three last works are chiefly
quoted for the portraits of Vespuccius, or
the honors paid to his memory.
'" Deicrizzione di tulla Italia ; Bologna,
fol., 1550; Venice, 4to, 1553, 1568, and
1581.
"• Preface to his edition of Osorius,
di rebut Emmanuel, i Cologne, 8vo, 1 574,
'75, "76, '81, '86.
"* Dt Florent. Invent, comment, f Fer-
rara, 4to, 1 731, cap. 42.
"'Delia Serie de gli antic, due. di' Tos-
eana ; Flor., fol., 1690; 4to, 1764.
"* Nova Italia! Hodiernia Descript, ;
Leyden, fol., 1627.
'" Lihroi duoi Ehgior. juit. f^iri alijui
C/arriit. Florentini ; Flor., 410, 1667.
"' Iniroduc. in Univert. Geogr. ; Ve-
nice, i6mo, 1646; Amst., 4to, 1661, lib.
VI, c. xl, n. J.
"* Hiitoria, lib. xxvi, cap. iii.
'" Chronographitt " LL. iv. Priores 11." j
Paris, fol., 1580) Lyuni, fol., 1 599, inno
«497-
'" Faiti coHtolari dell' acad. Fiorent. ;
Flor., 4to, 1 71 7.
'"Also cited by Saxius {Onomaiiieon,
Vol. Ill, p. 14), under the titlu of Peplui
halite L. I. n. xLvi. p. 414.
"' L' America f poema eroico f Rome, 410,
1650.
"* La Geogr afia di CI. Tolomeof Venice,
4to, 1561.
'" Hiitoria Navigation, in Bratiliam,
I2mo, I 585.
"* UnivertiV hilt, lui icmporii f Venice,
4to, 1572.
"' j^fuinoctiorum de tolititior. invent. ;
Paris, 4to, 1520.
Barcia-Pinelo {Epitome, col. 573)
quotes PiEORA-HiTA, Hiitoria del Nuefo
Reino de Granada [Antwerp, fol., 1688],
lib. I, c.ip. I, fol. 2; A. DE Calancha,
Chronica del \ord. de S. /luguit. <•»] Peru
[Barcelona, fol., 1638], lib. 1, cup. 4;
Garcia, Origen de hi Indioi [Valenci.i,
8vo, 1607; Madrid, fol., I729], Proemio ;
and Cardenas y Cano, [pseudonym for
Bakcia K\mit\i\, Eniayo Chronologico [Ma-
drid, fol., 1723), introd. Negri {Istorij,
p. 31) cites Gadius, de ikriptor. non Ec-
cleiiait. [Flor. and Paris, fol., 1648-49] ;
and " Th. Lansius, Coniuliatione de Prin-
cipatu inter Pruv. Europ."
The reference in Saxius (Onomaiiieon,
Vol. Ill, p. 14) to Magirus, Eponymol.
Crit., leads only to Ue Thou.
Mr. Caleb Gushing [Reminiicencei of
Spain, Vol. II, p. 235, iq.) quotes Rocha
Pitta, W;jr. da America Portuguexa [Lisb.,
fol., 1730], p. 24 j Lipsius, Phytiol. Sloic.i
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Geography, from Beneventanus' (1508) to that edited 150'.
by the unfortunate Servetus, ■■"'■ -
All of which authorities, pro et con, are more than
counterbalanced by the great Humboldt, who, in his
Examen Critique, Cosmos'^*, and in the Bulletins de la Societe
de Geographic'^'', has shown conclusively that no proof
whatever has yet been adduced to incriminate Americus
Vespuccius.
The assaults on the reputation of the Florentine
cosmographer are generally bitter and periodic. A re-
markable recrudescence was inadvertently caused to-
wards the end of the last century by the French Em-
bassador at Florence, Count de Durfort, who, in 1788,
offered a premium to be conferred by the Academy of
Cortona for the best eulogium of Americus Vespuc-
cius, and which was awarded to Stanislaus Canovai.
The boldness of the Abbe s oration'^" brought a reply
from an anonymous writer'*', followed by a rejoinder,
ascribed to Canovai'*', a complete refutation by Barto-
lozzi'*', a sur-rejoinder by the laureate'**, another reply
by Llorente'*', and a number of other pamphlets, keep-
ing up the fire until the publications of Napione,
Belloro, &c., and even afterwards.'*'' Judging from
sonie gentle hints lately given by the English and Amer-
ican periodicals, we seem to be threatened with a re-
cencci of
Is RoCHA
\a [Lisb.,
\l. Stoic, i
[Wejel, 1675J, lib. n, dis. 19, t. iv, p.
947 [and Leydcn, izmo, 1644, Vul. 11,
p. ijjl ; Bakl.«us, Rei gfHit '" Brasilia
[Cleves], I 2mo, 1660, p. 14 j Ensl, In-
dia Occident. Hiitor.; Cologne, limo, i6l2,
p. 13OJ PiZARRo, faronts i/luitrrs [Mad-
rid], fol., 1639, p. 50. To which list
may be added Vossrus, De Nalura Arti-
um ; Amsterd., fol., 1696, p. 53; Ue
Thou, Hittoire universale; London, 4to,
Vol. I, p. 3.
"" Oceanic Discoveriei,Yo\. 11, exhaust-
ive note at the close of the chapter.
'" Paris, for Dec, 1835, p. 411.
"° Elogio d" Amerigo P'eifucci ; Flor.,
4to, 1788 J iJ., 1790.
'*' Annotazione linctre dilP elogio pre-
miata di Amerigo Vespucci per una seconda
eJizione f in Santarem, p. 150.
'*' Letiera alio Stampat. Sig. P. Al/e-
g'ini, ,1 name dell' autore deW 'logio prem.
di Am. Fespucci i Flor., 8vo, 1789.
'*• Apologia delle Ricerche ittorico-crit-
icht i Flor., 8vo, 1789.
'*• Difensa d' Amerigo l^espuccio ,• Flor.,
limo, 1796, 15 pp.
'" ^"SH'o Afologetico, degli storici e
conquisiatori Spagn. dell' America; Florence
and Naples, 8vo, 1796.
'" Trucchi, Dii primi scopritori del
nuovo continente Americano ; Flor., 8vo,
1842, 80 pp.
— -~ 1-^^^^^^ y"
150:
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lapse. Let us hope that this time some tangible facts
will be adduced.
Dirtct r,-hrencti
Bibliotheca Grenvi/Iiana, page 766.
Bihliotheca Browniana, No. II.
Serapeum for January ist, 1861.
Hibbert Catalogue, page 461, No. 8376. ( ? )
Notes on Columbui, A, p.ige 28.
Brun'.t, Vol. V, col. 1 1 54, although the spelling is somewhat
different, and he ascribes to the plaquette forty-two lines in-
•tead of forty,
^
I
\
I
23. VESPUCCIUS (^MERICUS)—Ferso of the first leaf:
|llttttl>tt0 tt0tttt0JI
ALBERICVS VESPVTIVS LAVRENTIO|| PE-
TRI DE MEDICIS SALVTEM PLVRI- 1| MAM
DICIT.Il
Then the text on the same page, beginning with a capital S in an
ornamented wood-cut.
* * Sm. 4to, sine loco aut anno, four leaves ; forty-two lines in a
full page, text in black letter, no signatures. The last page
has at the top the sentence : " Ex italiai" Sec, &c. ; then
" LAVS DEO," followed by the triangle.
(Private Liorary, New York.)
Dirict references: ( Serapeum for January 1st, 1861.
\ Notes on Columbus, D, page 19.
24. VESPUCCIUS {AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf :
aii)rvicus ITf fputius iLaurcntio |3etri|ltie metiidg
^alutvin pUitimam tririt.H
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# Sm, 4to, sine anno aut loco, four leaves; forty lines in a full I CQ-.
page, no signatures. The veno of the last leaf has twenty-six ^
lines of text, then the sentence : "Ex Italia" (sic), and at '
the end : ^ '
fm^ ^<rD
(Private Library, New York.)
Dirtct rtferencti : I Serapcum for January ist, 1861.
\ Notci on Columbus, E, page 30.
2 5 . VESPUCCIUS (AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf:
c Mundus nouus ii
Verso :
c Mundus nouus de natura &
mollrifjtts r metis ilr generis gentis (jue \xi nouo
miilltro opera r impeufis fereniffimi i^ortugadie
i^ellgis fuper [j/V] annis inuento.H
CEltericus befputius Eaureuti opetri i»e || inetii=
cis S'alutem plurimam liieit.||*
%* Sm. 8vo, sine anno aut loco, eight leaves; thirty lines in a full
page; no water-mark; very large ornamented initials; no
diagram; on y one signature, which is on the second leaf, viz •
"'L /I/L .^'. '7- a'nd ;'""" '"" °' '^^'^ "^^ ^^"^^""'
(ruaustreo.ll
(Private Library, New York.)
Dirtct refcremts : ( Bihliothca Grtn-vUliana, page 766.
\ Notes on Columbus, G, page 30.
concerning the people of the new world gal'In former yeirl" ^'"''' "' '^"""-
«#» '
yo Bibliotbeca Americana.
I 50! . 26. yESPUCCIUS (AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf:
Jllb^rif^ t>^fl»um9 laurHtu n
petri francifcide medicis Salutem plurima
dicitll
Then within a border Felix Baligault's mark, viz. : two monkeys
at the foot of a tree, from which hangs a kind of carpet-bag, with
the word:
and below
fiflir II
^t\)m lamb^rtii
*j^* Sm. 4to, title and text, six leaves, in Roman type, verso of the
last leaf blank. The sentence, " ex italiaca [j/V] . . ." oc-
curs at the end of the text. Forty lines in a full page.
(Private Library, New York and Providence.)
Jehan Lambert exercised his art at Paris from 1493
to 1 5 14.
Dirtct rtfertncti ;
Camus, Mimoirei sur De £ry, page 129.
DiBDiN, Library Companion, (2d edit.), Vol. I, page 380, note.
Bibliolheca Grenvilliana, page 766, and Brunet, Vol. v, col.
1 1 55, line 17, describe only a copy of this No. 26, but with a
spurious title.
Notii on Cclumbut, B, page 29,
3
27. yESPUCCIUS {AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf:
|l(ttnl»ud 1l0ttit0ii
Then the complicated mark and mottoes of Denys Roce.
yerso of the title page :
|ltun)>u0 nmnm
tre natura mm\V> ct ceteris ilr gellneris getig q in
nouo mtttio opa limllp^fist fetenniffimi portugallie
<5^
Bibliotheca Americana. 7,
regis II fupedodbus annfs fnufto aifteri-jl cu« iJef- iro^
putitts iLauri^tio petri ire m\\m% Salutem pittri====^
mam tiint.||
«nd IS now in the British Museum. V V ^y 01 m. j.ibri,
" Denis Roce ou Rosse, dont nous avons des imores
sions a impnme a Paris, depuis 1490 W^ X "
says Santander/ yet the PA^r.«^« of PeterDesDo^;
so much pnzed by bibliophiles, bears he imS:
iXSwi hThatlTh " P""'"'^ "^g"^"^' -J^^*^^ -
ucncicai with that in the present copy of Vespuccius.
28. yESPUCCIUS (AMERlcusy-Recto of the first leaf:
Then the marie of'' %\\\t% tie SOUtmOnt "^
Tariff of the first leaf: '
.f .m. pomgallie regis fu.||p„fati6ura«nfe So'
SalutemllpiutimamWridi ^*'""*
' i^ « .he,a.e whicl adoU ills ^aUil'n tl\^Xt'CJ:T,T "' '^'°^- ^"
Cf
ii^".'*^^w.'. v.'pt-'"
nm M^miw
■•PI- ilH^i »
ya Bibliotheca Americana.
f ro^. Then the text, which ends on verso of the last leaf with;
' dLAVS DEO II
I
*** Very small 8vo, sine anno aut loco, eight leaves, thirty-one
lines in a full page. An elegant book ; unique copy thus far.
(Private Library, New York.)
\v.
We are inclined to affix a comparatively late date to
this edition of what seems to us the first duplicate of
Vespuccius' third voyage. Gilles de Gourmont was a
Paris printer of great renown. The French are in-
debted to him for their first Greek and Hebrew edi-
tions, and for the publication of the earliest book de-
scribing public pageantry with illustrations'. We can
find no dated work of his bearing an earlier imprint
th.m 1507. He exercised his art as late as 1527. Mr.
Brunet* says that this Vespuccius " doit etre de I'annee
1504 a peu pres."
Direct rcfervncei ; T Libri Catalogue, 1859.
•j * Manuel, Vol. v, col. 1155.
( Notes on Columbus, F, page 30.
t
2Qt VESPUCCIUS [AMERICUS— Recto of the first leaf:
|Itunl»n0 I(0un0 n
C lie itatura ct moritus r rrtrrisj itr pis get,- 1|
que i ttouo mutro opera r impffis frrrniffimi||pov=
tugalUe rcgisi fuprrioriijus aiiis inucnto II
aitericus bcfputius Hauretio tie meUicis Salute
plurimatrieitll
Then the text.
' Du Puys' Tryumphante et soltmntlU at Bruges, in 151 5); tblio, no date (Paris),
tnirte (of Charles, Archdulce of Austria, thirty-three woodcuts.
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*** 4'''» ■"'" '""" ""' ^''"'' ^"""^ leaves, forty-four lines to a full I COf-t
page ; on recto of the fourth leaf nineteen lines of text ; then ^^^^^^^
the sentence " Ex italica . . ." (from which Brunei omits
several words), then :
d ilau!9 )ieo. II
On the last leaf is the mark of Wm. Vorsterman, of Antwerp, at
given in the Bibliophile Belge^, which edition is nevertheless supposed
(from the type) not to have been printed at Antwerp, but by some
printer on the Lower Rhine, and that Vorsterman had his mark added
to give the book currency in the Netherlands. Water-mark, a kind
of pitcher.
(Private Library, New York, and Harvard Coll. Libr.)
Humboldt, in describing the copy in the Gottingen
Library, expresses the opinion that the woodcut repre-
senting the double-headed-eagle escutcheon with the
three towers, "parait annoncer le regne de Philippe II,
fils de I'empereur Maximilien, ou de Charles V ; " yet
the same woodcut is also in the rare Noble science des
joueurs despee, which bears the imprint of " Lan mil cinq
cens et xxxviii."
Dirict rifertttcet : ( Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. v, page 7.
Brunit, Vol V, col. 1155.
Paelinck Catalogue, Brux., i860.
Nsttt on Columbus, H, page 31.
HllUtf
1
30. VESTUCCIUS [AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf:
Bl I :|HUn^tt0 Il0tttt0, Bl I.: [Bl.
P, for verso ?] Eltcricus befpuciug ILautcntio i^etri
He melltiicis falutcm plurimam iicit. || ^ffilpenori-
bus— in Bl. a": ipgai?— ijatentes Bl. 2": in— inn
Bl. 3': mcratilium — Figur. wie bei Nr. II [our No.
^l\ angegeben. Bl. 3" : ^Ofitt— gUtKciailt. Bl. 4' : Figur.
wie bei Nr. I [our No. 23] und II — ea HaUSt MtQ,
Bl. 4" weiss."
' Vol. V, page 301.
10
■a
.t
^f^m^wm^^^
1*1
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1 50f . " 45 zeilen auf der vollen Seite. Schlussworte aller
drei Ausgaben (ohne Abkurzungen und abweichende
Interpunction) : ' ©X JtaUca,' &c."
(StRArCDM*.)
We copy the above verbatim et literatim^ leaving it
to the reader to decipher its mysterious abbreviations.
This extremely rare Vespuccius is in the Mercantile Li-
brary of Hamburg. The others mentioned in the same
number of the Serapeum we describe supra et infra^ from
original copies and a fac-simile.
1 504. 3 ^ • ^J^SPUCCIUS {AMERICUS)— Recto of the first leaf:
~^ |ltun^tt0 ltiinu0ii
^erso of the first leaf:
I*i^ttf{rt II ^^^^^ ^^ metiicis falutem plurimam
IWso of the fourth leaf:
iftagifter ioi)ane» otmar : bitttJelCcc imprpffit
augufte II anno miHefimo quingcntcfimo quarto. ||
4to, four unnumbered leaves ; in every respect like No. 22,
with the exception of the above colophon, which is inserted
in place of the words Laus deo.
(Private Libr. New York and Providence.)
« *
Di
irtit riferrncei
ZAPr, yiugsb. Buchdruck., Vol. 11, page 16, and Annal. Typogr.,
page 49.
Panzer, Annalei Typogr., Vol. Ti, page 133.
Raetzel Catalogue, No. 908.
Navarreti, CoUccion, Vol. iii, page 186.
Bibliotheca Grcnvilliana, page 766.
Bibliotheca Browniana, No. 10.
Ternaux, No. 6.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 54.
Notes on Columbus, C, page 29.
' For January, 1861.
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3 2. ANONYM.—" Libretto de tutta le navigatione de Re ' 5^4-
de Spagna le ifoky et terreni novamente trovati, ftampato
in Venezia da Albertino Vercellefe nel 1504."*
(Zp»la'.)
Or,
" Libretto de tutta le Navigazione del Re di Spagna
delle Ifole, e Terreni, nuovamente fcoperti. Per Al-
bertino Vercellefe di Lifona a di 10 Aprile 1504, 4."
(Cancelliibi'.)
" II a ete vu par Foscarini, Zuria et I'abbe Morelli,"
says Humboldt'. Brunet states*, on the authority of
Morelli, however, that it is only " une traduction en
dialecte venitien, par Angelo Trivigiano de la premiere
decade latine d'Anghiera." The letter (apud Morelli)
in which Trivigiano confesses that he has copied and
translated into the language of everybody the "verbose"
account of Columbus' voyages ; and Anghiera's bitter
complaints' when brought together, seem to fasten the
charge of plagiarism on Trivigiano ; but there are
several circumstances which may lead to a contrary
opinion. In the first place, Trivigiano was Chancellor
to the Venetian Embassy, and of course a frequenter of
the Court ; Anghiera, by his position as preceptor of
the royal pages, was also a courtier, and being likewise
an Italian by birth, he must have known Trivigiano.
If so, how is it that Anghiera calls his plagiarist " Aloy-
sius Cadamostus?" In the second place, there is at
least one passage in the first Decade'', viz. : " Interro-
gati a me nautae (qui Vicentium Agnem Pinzonum
fuerant comitati) an antarcticum viderent polum,"
which, according to Humboldt, indicates a redaction
♦ Anglici : A short relation of all the cwte of the three first bookes of my firtt
navigations of the King of Spain, the Deca<ie - - - - sopposiiife that I woolde
islands and countries newly ducovered. neoer iune poblTBhel the same" — (Eden'i
Printed in Venice by Albertino Vercellese trarul^ Lonjon, 410, 1555, and l6iz);
[di Lisona], in 15C4. Decade n. Lib. vn and mu
' " But he stoule certeyne annotacioiu * Lib. n.
.1
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1504. of a date later than 1505, whilst the Libretto was puV
EBB-gsB-B lished as early as 1 504.
This work, which seems to be now lost, has been the
prototype of all subsequent collections of voyages, down
to all the reprints of the Novus orbis, in which it is sup-
posed to have been inserted and translated.
Direct re/trtncet i
' Di Marco Polo e Jcgli altri viaggialori ytne%iani, Vol. II, page
108, note.
' Diueriazioni, page 1 38, on the authority of the Aggiunt. alia Siil.
ydante del Cinetii ; " Scaiizia" XXXIII, page 1 60.
• Examcn Criiijue, Vol. IT, page 77.
* Atanuel, Vol. I, col. J94.
Napioni, Delia palria, ice, page 138.
MoRELLi, Lettcra rarittima, page 43.
I ^05* 33» rESPUCCIUS [^MERICUS— Recto of the first leaf :
%0n bei: netti gefttttttbe
faegldtt bie mal ::;::LS
ben g^riftenlidiett ^u ||nig bon ^ortttgall tamttttberbiirliii
erfunben. ||
Then woodcut filling the rest of the page, representing the King
of Portugal, with sceptre and escutcheon, illuminated.
Ferso of the first leaf:
!gattirentia ^etrl §tancif-
(|||be tnebkig bit gmfg.H
Recto of the sixth leaf, after fourteen and a half lines of text :
9ltt^ (iitein ifl bift midline in Sentfrfi gejogennf^ bem
e|em-|||ilat bag bon tariff !ant t)m maien monet nad|
(S:i)rifti gebnrt. ^nfftjenHnnllbert bnnb iftnffjar.H
Bibliotheca Americana,
iJr""* '" *""'"'"'« 'I »»"» »"ff»««»«ll§»e- .505.
Then three escutcheons.
V Sm. 4to, six leaves, verso of the last blank • fK;«
in a full page. "" ' '"'"y-seven lines
(Mercantile Library, Hamburg.)
There is a remarkable facsimile made by Mr Pilin
ski, a Polish artist residing at Paris.
Diru, r,fer...e...,^rafeumfor January, ,86, (No. .v)
I FrancJt'j Catalogue, Paris, ,865.
34. yESPUCCIUS {^MERICVS)-Rec,0 of the first leaf-
©nttUertieftui gefunUett
tngttl. tuunberliand) erfuttbeit. \\ " ^
Then, woodcut as in the above.
(Britisli Museum.)
(MS. note in the Grenville copy )
bel^te:^^ page .hows this eo
* /*'?''"•■ Concerning the newlv anH TT^ ~~, \
wonderfully discovered region whiThmav rh t" -P'"'' *"" ''«" '""^'«ed from
wtll be called a world, by the Chri2„^ l!- u^"'" '"'° ®"'"='". ^om a cry
Kmg of Portugal. ' ^ ^'>"^"^" wh.ch came from Paris in the month of
Albenc Vesputius presents his resoecr, p •^''' ? ' J"" "^ ^'"•'"'s ^irth, ,coc
to Laurent Peter Francis de Medid^ " f;;."' " ^""""""^ ''^ ^olffgan^ lluf:
T
i
78 Bibliotheca Americana.
^S^S' 3 5' ^^BERTiNi (FRANCIS DE)-'' De Mirabilibus nova,
& veteris Urbis Romae. Opus editum a Francifco de
Albertinis Clerico Florentino, tribus Libris divifum,
dicatumque Julio II. Pontif. Max. ; Rom« per Joan-
nem de Befichen An. 1505."
(Negri*.)
Although the above title is given with a certain mi-
nuteness, we are not at all prepared to admit it as authen-
tic. The name of the printer imparts to the work a
suspicious appearance. It is not known that John
Besicken printed at Rome alone after 1496, or even in
partnership with Martinus of Amsterdam after 1501.'
See infra.
36. COLUMBUS {CHRiSTOPHER)-Copia. de la Lettera per
Columbo mandata a li Sereniflimi Re et Regina di
Spagna : de le infule et luoghi per lui trouate.
Feno :
Conftantio Bayuera Breflano || A! Magnifico et Clar-
iflimo Francefco || Bragadeno Podefta di Brefla S.
Colophon :
Stampata in Venetia (a nome de Conftantio Bayuera
citadino di Brefla) per Simone de Louere. a di 7 di
Mazo, 1505. cum priuilegio.'''
*^* Small 410, eight leaves, the last of which is blank; text in
black letter.
^ htor.de Fioretit. Scririori, f. i8i. Cnstancio Bayuera of Brescia to the
Santander, Diclionnaire Bibliogr., m.i ficent and illustrious Francesco Bra-
Part I, p. 153. gadcuo, Podesta of Brescia.
* Anglici: Copy of a letter of Columbo Printed at Venice for Constancio Bay-
written to the most illustrious King and uera (citizen of Brescia), by Simon de
Queen of Spain, concerning the islands and Lovere, March 7th, 1505. With Privi-
countriet discovered by him. lege.
Bibliotheca Americana.
19
:t in
Prompted by the success of Vasco da Gama's voyage, I 5^5'
Columbus, fitting out a new expedition, sailed, taking
with him his brother Bartholomew and his own son and
future historian, Fernando, May 9th, 1502, from Cadiz
with four small caravels. After a voyage of only twenty-
five days, the Admiral reached what is supposed to be
the island now called Martinique ; discovered, July
30th, the unimportant island of Bonacca, near the Bay
of Honduras; sailed along the Veragua coast, hoping
yet to find the Ganges, the kingdom of the Great Khan,
and the precise locality of Paradise. After a succession
of shipwrecks, mutinies, and manifold misfortunes, he
set sail for Spain, September 12th, landing finally at San
Lucar, November 7th, 1504, when he learned, to his
great sorrow, that his best friend and protectress, Isa-
bella, had died.
The above is a description of the events of this voy-
age (which was Columbus' fourth and last), only to
July 7th, 1503; and is dated fro* \ Jamaica. It was
originally written in Spanish. There is still a manu-
script copy in that language, either in the library of the
Cuen9a College at Salamanca, or in the Lonja of Seville.
Navarrete published it in his valuable Coleccion'. We
have the authority of Pinelo' for the assertion that it
was printed ; but no such Spanish edition has yet been
found. An Italian translation, however, either from that
printed original or from a MS., was published in Italy
very soon after the return of Columbus; it is the present
No. 36.
The latter had long been forgotten when Morelli, the
modest, obliging and erudite librarian of the St. Mark
the
Bra-
Bay-
' Vol. I. pp. 296-313.
° " Hallase otra Carta del mismo Colon,
escrita en Jamaica, a 7. de Junio (sic) de
1503. que fue su vltimo Viage; de el
qujl, es Ri/acion, embiada a los Reies Ca-
tdlicos, imp. en 4 ... La impresa estaba
en la Libreria He Don Juan de SaldUr-
na." Barcia-Pinelo, Efilcme,Vol. II, col.
565. Lkon Pinelo, p. 61, gives Julh.
We have seen it stated that Fernando
Colombo also asserts that the account of
his father's third voyage was printed. We
have examined from chapter Lxxxviii to
the end of the Hislorii for the purpose of
finding such a reference j and although
the last twenty chapters are devoted exclu-
sively to that remarkable voyage, we failed
to discover any allusion to a printed account.
8o
Bibliotheca Americana.
eo C. Library at Venice, corrected the text of Simon de Lo-
BBBMi. vere's edition, and republished it in 1810 under the title
now so frequently quoted of Lettera rarissimaK This
reprint contains notes and extracts of the utmost interest,
among which the reader will notice the curious biographi-
cal sketch of Christopher Columbus, from the Por-
tolano of Coppo da I sola (see infra) y and the letter, dated
Granada, August 21st, 1501, and addressed to Mali-
piero by Angelo Trivigiano, Secretary of Domenico
Pisani, Venetian Embassador to the Court of Spain*.
Bossi reprinted Morelli's version, which is also in
Urano's French edition of Bossi, and in Daelli's Biblio-
theca rara\ Mr. Major has inserted the Spanish text
and an English translation in his Select Letters. We
copy our title from Brunet.
Dirut Ttftrttuti
••{
' Basiano, 8vo, 1810, and Optrtllt, Venice, 8vo, 1820, Vol. 1, p.
Magatin EncychfiJijue (Millin'i), for l8ia, Vol. 1, pp. S33-
238.
N. V. Syllacio, Appendix, page Ixi,
* Ltiiere autograft, Milan, i8mo, 1863, pp. II5-140.
Brunit, Vol. II, col. 167.
Graiiii, Vol. II, page 228.
Nolet on Columbut, page 127.
* It it as fulluwi :
" lo ho tenuto tanto mezzo, che ho preso
pracica e gran amicizia con il Colombo; il
quale al presentc li attrova qui in gran des-
dica, mal in grazia di questi Re, e con
pochi denari. Per suu mezzo ho mandato
a far far a Palus, che e un luogo dove non
abita, salvo che marinari e uomini pratichi
di quel viaggio del Colombo, una Carta ad
injtanza della Magnificenza Vostra ; la
qual sara benissimo fatta, e copiusa e parti-
colar di quanto paese e scoperto. C^i non
ce n'e, lalva una di detto Colombo, ne c
uomo che ne sappia far. Bisognera tardar
qualche giorno ad aver questa, perche Pa-
los, dove la se fa, e lontano da qua 700
miglia : e poi come la sara fatta, non so
come la potro mandar, perche I'ho fatta
far del compatso grande, perche la sia piu
bella. Dubito che '1 bisognera che la
Magn. V. aspetti la nostra venuta, che di
ragione non doveria tardar multo; che '1
sara presto uno anno che liamo fuora.
Circa il Trattato del Viaggio di detto Co-
lombo, uno valentuomo 1' ha oompotto, et
e una diceria molto longa. L* ho copiata,
e ho la copia appresso di me ; ma i si
grande, che non ho modo di mandaria, le
non a poco a poco. Mando al presente
alia Magn. V. il primo libro, quale ho tras-
latato in volgare per maggior sua como-
diti. II compositor di questa e lo ambas-
S4tor di questi Serenissimi Re, che va al
Soldano; il quale vien li con animo di pre-
scntarla al Serenissimo Prencipe nostro, il
qual penso la fara stampar ; e cosi la
Magn. y. ne avera copia perfetta."
Angtki : " I have had so much to do
with Columbus that we are now on inti-
mate terms, and I have a great friendship
for him. He is at present here in great
want, out of favor with the sovereign, and
with little money. Through him I have
sent to Paloi, a place where only sailors
to do
jn inti-
lendship
lin great
|gn, and
I have
lailon
Bibliotheca Americana. 8l
37. rF.SPUCCWS (AMERlCVSy-Rfcto of the first leaf : '5^5"
^ontiet neii gefitnben
Strgion fo m\ ein Melt netiMit loerbcnJI buri^ ben @rU
flHidieu funio, toon ^^ottigol, || munbtbaadi erfunben, ||
Then woodcut similar to that in the above (No. 36), but evidently
printed from a different block.
Jnfint:
U^ (atitt ijl biff mijfiue ittSutfi^ oejosen u^ bent rfem||
^(ar bad Hon ^ari^ fam int ^^el|rn monet mitU nad)
(Irifliie ge6ttrt. |b Ijunbert bnb funff iar. 11
*^* 4to, sine loco, eight leaves, thirty-three lines in a full page ;
signatures Aii, Aiii, Aiiii. Altogether different from the
above Nos. 35 and 36.
(Britiih Museum.)
3 8 . yeHP UCCIUS { AMER reus)— Recto of the first leaf:
%m bet neu aefunbett
9ieglott ble mvtZ:^
ben e^riftenlidjen tttttigHbott ^ortigal, ttunberbarlidj rr-
fnnben. !l
and men acquainted with Columbus's voy-
age live, to have a map made at the request
of your Magnilicence. It will be extremely
well executed, ana copious and minute in
respect to all the newly discovered countries.
There is no such map here save one in the
possession of the said Columbus, nor is
there any man who can make one. I shall
have to wait some days for the same, be-
cause Palos, where it is to be made, is seven
hundred miles from here ; and then when
it it finished I do not know how I can send
it, as I have ordered it to be made of a
large size that it may be handsomer. I
expect your Magnificence will be obliged
to await our coming, which necessarily can-
not be far off, seeing that we shall soon
have been out of the Republic for a year.
Concerning the Treatise on the Voyage of
Columbus, a skillful per.i^on has composed
it and it is a very long story. I copied it
and have the copy by me, but it is so large
that I have no way of sending it, except-
ing piece-meal. I here send your Magnif-
icence the first book, which I have trans-
lated into Italian for your greater conveni-
ence. The author of this treatise is the
embassador of these Most Serene Sovereigns
to the Sultan, who will come to Venice to
present it to our Most Serene Prince, who,
I think, should have it printed, and so your
Magnificence will have a perfect copy of it."
II
!
82
Bibliotheca Americana.
ItH'l
m
I CO C* Then a representation of the King of Portugal holding a sceptre in
—^^^^^— his right hand, and in his left a crowned escutcheon.
l^eno of the first leaf:
gttttretttla f Ctrl" Sir'-
The last three lines on the veno of the seventh leaf are as fol-
lows :
%Xi,^ (atetin ift bifg miffiite in ^entfi^ || oe^ofjen m.^
bem hiim)^\^x ba§ bon $arl)^ fam itn me)|en v^^- \\ net
9lai^ @$rijti geburt. XV. ijunbert bnb funff jar. II
*^ 8vo, sine loco, jcven leaves + one blank ; thirty-five lines in a
full page.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
The copy in the British Museum contains a letter ad-
dressed to Mr. Thomas Grenville by Mr. Panizzi, from
which we extract the following:
" This edition is described by Panzer, Annalen der Alter Deutcher
Literal., Vol. i, page 271, No. 561 ; but I do not find it mentioned
anywhere else. It is mentioned by A. Humboldt only, in the fifth
volume of his Examen Critique (page 6), where he quietly (page 32)
corrects a mistake he had committed in the preceding volume (pages
168-9) respecting the date of this curious document.
" Whilst some editions in Italian and Latin of Vespuccio's letter
say that he sailed on the 10th, and others on the 13th of May, 1501,
this one says fourteenth in full — a fact, I believe unnoticed."
Direct references :
r Bibliotheca Grenvi/tiana, Part 11, page 427.
j Heber Catalogue (Paris, 1836), Part 11, No. 884.
I HuMBOLiiT, Examen Crilijue, Vol. v, page 6, note.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 56.
Bibliotheca Browniana, No. 13.
Livres Curieux, No. 112.
Notei on Columbus, K, page 33.
Bibliotheca Americana. g-,
3 9. VESPUCCim (AMERICUSy-Recto of the first leaf:
^t lira antardtmi
per regem PortugalKe || pritrcm muenta.H
othl';fiv:Tessdr'""= °"^ -presenting four naked savages, the
yerso of the first leaf :
Recto of the second leaf:
H Mt terra fui cartrine Entarctico )^er reaem Mor-
tUBallie pri- 1| trem inucuta. itt. miugmanni mu
/'f rj« of the second leaf:
xtvXw p4riitri l>i» m\nm fa-
lo°.d ■';;"" °' "" '"" '"f • ""i«"« f'°". . papal no,„,, f„,.
^ Jmptrffttm argentine m ittafjiam Jupfutt. m.
%* Sm. 4to, six leaves.
___ (r -vate Librar., New York, Providence, and Washington city.)
Portugal Master King.a'n PhilS to p'hiiS f' %IT'% ' ""r' '''"«'"-
James Bruno h.. friend. Concerning the by Matthias Hupfutt-.To? '' '^'™'""8
505-
84
I C O C • Direct rtftrencii :
l1
Bibliotheca Americana,
Panzer, Annales Typogr., Vol. vi, page 33.
Bitliolheca Grenvilliana, page 766.
Bihlhthtca Heberiana, Part vi, No. 3849.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 6, No. 12.
Ternaux, No. 7.
Raetzel Catalogue, No. 1 1 58.
Crowninshield Catalogue, No. 1071.
Notei on Columbui, I, page 31.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 55.
I C06* 4.0. yESPUCCIUS [AMERICUS)— Redo of the first leaf :
~" ^m ben nfttae 3tt-i
\vi\i ttttb (attbeit fo t^t% ^ttrl^Uilien erfunben fijnt bnrdj
ben fnnig bott ^ortttgaK. ||
Then the same woodcuts as in No. 39, and on the verso two wood-
cuts : the one above representing two men looking with astonish-
ment at a mermaid ; the other, the King (probably) greeting Ves-
pucci upon his return.
Recto of the second leaf:
H SSott ber Slneben toelt.ll
fagt nil $eiU Hit guti^
(autretio )ietti be meMcii^.
^ifr/tf of the last leaf:
H ©etruitt )u ^traPttrg in bent fnnff^e II dnnberften
bnb fedjji ^ar.*
Then woodcut of the King receiving Vespuccius.
*^* Sm. 4to, eight leaves, in a demi-cursive German type ; signa-
tures A and B in fours ; thirty-two lines in a full page. No
water-mark.
(Private Library, New York.)
♦ Anglici : Cuncerning the new islandsi New World. Alberic V'ejpotius sends his
and countries which have lately been dis- respects to Laurent Peter de Medicis.
covered by the King of Portugal in the Printed at Strasburg in the year 1506.
i
■■
Bibliotheca Amen
icana.
85
Dirict rtfirtncct ; f Ternaux, No. S.
j Brunkt, Vol. V, col. 1155
I RouuN, in Humboldt's Examtn Critiau. Vol v o». ,
KI0.S Catalogue, page 3,0, No. 4,r. ^ ' ' P"*"' 7, note.
41. ^^JPvccws(AMERicu^^^^y on den newen Infulen
und Landen so yttz kurtzlichen erfundenn seynd du ih
den kunigk von Pordgal, curious ^oodcu^n LtUU^
n.. BXCBS.VB.V K.KB Tk.cx consists of only si le^'
^Jeypfuk ,urcH Baccalarium Mar.num Un^jC,,^
(BMmkeca Htheriana*.)
^'"""/'^""'•■fPartv., No. 3846.
•j Rich, No. 1.
I Navarrete, CoUccion, Vol. „,, pag^ ,g.
Humboldt, £*a„„Cr/V/ Vol ,vn!' ^
ilottiffimcDiftodatailomnifi rrpercumor^. noufii
Then a coat of arms .i.,rm„ j , ♦»«»"*mu. ||
arms, surmounted by a cardinal's hat.
y^olopbon :
' Brunet, " Avff la ,
1506.
'f' </' Imprimcur," Vol.
S cpl. iij6.
i
I
86 Bibliotheca Americana.
1 506. (ftrlftl. m. m, II bi. mt im Ittaii : l^rgitantf lLeo=
— nar- II Ho Hobrtrano Ucnctia- 1| rum ^^rincipr. 11=*=
*^* Folio, thirteen unnumbered leaves, then numbered leaves
from 4 to 449. Many woodcuts.
(Private Library, New York and ProviJence.)
Many of the historians of the fifteenth century were
mere chroniclers, who kept a historical register of
events in the order of time, beginning a mundi incunabu-
lis, and ending with the year when the manuscript was
intrusted to the printer. Every two or three years, ad-
ditions were made and new editions published under the
name of the author who had given celebrity to the work,
even after he was dead and buried within the walls of the
monastery, which had often been his only sphere of action
and personal influence.
The present chronicle is one of that character. Its
author, James Philip Foresti or Bergomas, was born
either at Soldio (Niceron^), or at Bergamo {Bay/e"; and
himself: Bergamum ciuitas nostra: unde mihi origo est),
hence his name, in 142J (E/ssius^), or in 1434 (AVivro/;);
and died in 1518 {Bayle, Elssius viwd Meusel*), or in 15:10
{Niceron or Donato Calvi\ whom Niceron seems to have
copied in his notice of Foresti). He was of a noble
familv, and abandoned the world to become a monk of
the Augustine order.
" Tritheme a parle de lui comme d'un tres celebre
Historiographe." {Sallcngr/'.)
* Anglice ! The latest reriectii)ns ot all
history, lately publisht'd by the most rever-
end Father James Philip uf Bergamo, ot
the order ot" the Hermits, called the Sup-
plement's Supplement to the Chronicles,
from the creation of the world to the year
ot our Redemption, I 506, with Grace and
Privilege.
Carefully revised and corrected. Ven-
ice, printed at the expense, and by the care
of Georges de Ruscon, A. D. 1506, May
4th, under the reign of Leonard de Love-
dino, Prince of Venice.
' MeiHoires four tervir a fhiitoire dts
hommti illuslres. Vol. xvii, page 223.
' Dictii-nnaire, Vol. i, page 5 34.
' Emomiasticon Auguninian, in Cle-
ment's Bihliol)ii(jUt Curieuse, Vol. in,
pages 1 74-18 1.
* Bihliotheca UiUorica, Vol. i, Part 1,
page 96.
' &:ena Lett, dt gli Scritt, Bergam. (Ber-
gamo, 1664, 4to), Parti, page 196, apud
Clement.
' Mt moires de Littirature, Vol. I, pages
166-171.
Bibliotheca Americana.
87
The first edition of the Supplementum chronicarum is
of Venice, folio, 14S3 ; which, with additions, was fre-
quently reprinted as late as 1547, and in Italian to the
year 1581. It is entitled to a place in the Bibliotheca
Americana on account of the chapter Dc qiiatiior per-
maximis insuiis in india extra orbem niiper invent is\ which,
like the passages in the £«/iLWt?j of Sabellicus and the
Commentary of Maffei of Volterra, his most intimate
friend, acquires a peculiar interest from the fact that it
preceded the publication of Peter Martyr's Decades.
Maittnire* and Panzer'^ give editions of 1483, 1484, and
" non castratum," 1485 ; Clement cites one of 14H6, and
Denis'^ another of 1492 (before us) to which Du Frcs
nov and Niceron erroneously ascribe the date of 149J.
The Kloss" and Butsch Catalogues add to the list :
"Supplementum supplementi chronicarum ab exordio
mundi usque in anno 1502, libri xvi, cum multis figg.
ligno incisis.
" Venetiis Albert, de Lissona, 1503, folio"
— which is the first edition containing the chapter relat-
ing to Columbus and his voyages.
There is a Nuremberg reprint of 1506.
1506.
Dirrct rtftrencts :
Bib/. Hist. Struniio-BuiUr., Vol. i, page 123,
Panzer, Annales Typogr., Vol. viii, page 3Si.
Meisel, Bibliotheca Hiitorica, Vol. 1, page yy.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, I'trt n, Append., page 450.
Bib'ioth. Broivniana, No. 14,
' In the present copy it is on the verso
of leaf 440.
" Annales Typij;r,, Vol. I (that which
bears the date of 1733, .ind constitutes
Parts I ami 11 of Vol. iv of that erudite
but chaotic compilation), pages 441, 458,
¥'>%i'9< 5 '9. 548.
• Annales, Vol. 1, p. 247, Vol. iii, pp.
232, 280, 288, 320, 482, Vol. VIII, pp.
364, 382.
'" Supplement, page 302.
" London, 1835, page 49, No. 668. To
all of which we add: Gesner, BibJitheca,
page 17; Bibliotheca Z>5«., Vol. vii, page
Io8j Vossius, (it Histur. I.at., page 662;
Fabricius, Bibl. I.at. Me,!., B. ix, p. 38 ;
Engel,B/W. Select., Part i, page 15; Hain,
Repertor., Nos. 1 805, sy. ,• Catal. Bihliotk.
Bunav., Vol. 11, page 173; Brunet, Vol.
1, col. 787; Gkaesse, Vol. I, page 341.
88
1506.
H
Bibliotheca Americana.
Commentariorum urban-
^.3. MAFFEI OF yOLTERRA
■ orum Libri xxxviii.
" Romae, J. Beficken [?], 1506, folio."
(BiograpAie UniverielU and Ebirt'.)
Raphael MafFei, MafFeus Volaterranus, )r Rafaello
Volterrano, born at Volterra in 145 1, died, 1521
{Meusef, BlounO) or 1522 {Tiraboschi*)^ at Rome.
" Raphael de ydterre avait deja dedie a ce grand pontife [Julius II],
ses Commcntaires Urbains, sorte d'encyclopedie contemporaine dont la
geographic forme I'element principal [the first twelve books], et oii
les recentes decouvertes dcs Espagnols et des Portugais sont appreciees
au poiiu de vue du christianisme qui Ics avait inspirees. Apres avoir
glorifie !c passage aux Indes par le cap de Bonne Fsperance, et les
navigations vers les iles de I'occident, qui n'avaieni j'oint encore recu
le noni immerite d'Americ Vespuce, I'auteur depeint les peuples nou-
veaux, dont les moeurs etranges ne le surprennent pas moins que leurs
richesses. Qui le croirait, s'ecrie-t-il, \\-r "-' — - — -■•■ '- ----- -■
apotres, eux qui ne connurent pourtant
Romains, ni les armes ni meme le nom."
• (Thomassy*.)
ont entendu la voix
des Macedoniens ou
des
des
The passage referred to by Mr. Thomassy in his in-
teresting pamphlet is in the last section of Book xii,
^'■Loca nuper reperta" and begins in these words: "Huius
itaque laudis aemuli nautae Hispani, qui sub Ferdinandi
regis auspicijs agunt, duce Christophoro Columbo, anno
Mccccxci, a Gadibus soluentes."
The above may not be the exact title of the edition
of 1 506, as the latter seems to be a collection of all of
Maffei's works. ^i
Direct rtferences :
Dictionary, No. 1 3007.
Biblioth. Hiuor., Vol. i, Part i, page 281.
Censura ctUb. auct., page 369.
Storia delta Let. Ital. Vol. vil, page n.
Les Papes Grographes, page 22
Vossius, De Hiuor. Latin., Lib. Ill, cap. sil, page 672.
Baillet, jfugements. Vol. II, page 135.
Frehervs, T/ieatrum, Part iv, page 1438.
Fabricii's, Bihliogr. Antif., page 609; and Bitl. Latin. Med.,
Vol. VI, page 142.
Govio, Degti huomi famos., (1558), page 233.
Magiri's, Efonymologium Criticum, page 800.
Saxius, Onomasticon, Part m, page i.
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44. VESFVCCWS ^ HTLACOMTLU^Rec, rf the first Uaf : , 507.
COSMOGRAPHl !• INTRODVC- '^^^^^^
TIO, &c., cum IV Amend Vefpucij navie.
Rtcto of Ait: r J &
" Diva Maximiliano C^f^r, », . ^^jf, ^j^^^.^^^ .^^^^_ ^
miliuj Foelidta- ', um 0ptat. |j"
*'* Con/ wJ'h'.t fTi "^^- "" '" ' P"-« ""Try of
D Avezac informs us that in the Ma«r,"^ ^ i^S^'ts. M.
tures read: A and B in «>^! C^Anr °P-.' '^^ "8"'*-
remaining leaves. -J^hT' \""^. P "'A*'-^ ' it lacks the
Ririgm nn's ten ines of ve^' \ "'^'P'^'' ^^^ether with
on tie recto^f-lTinlhVrc^V'V;::-".^^^^^^
it o^rNt!',r ^^^^' "^^""-^ '^"" B-e;;rare;i;t;;
45. IDEM OPVS-Recti ,/ the first Uaf :
COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODVC
^i^ll^y^ QVIBVSDAM II GEOME-
TRIAE||AC||ASTRONO,|MlAE PRIN
R!fi!.^"^^ ^"^^^^ ^^^^ NECESSA-
KlJb II Infuper qiiatuor Americi Ve- ||
ipucij nauigationes. Vniuerfalis Cbofmo-
graphis [./.] defcriptio |! tarn in folido
cpplano/eis etiam {J inferris qu^ Ptholomeo||
CHON 0 Cum deus aftra regat/ & te™
chmata C^far || Nee tellus nee eis fydera
maius habent.|| ^
12
go Bibliotheca Americana.
I COT. First four lines on the verso of the title :
== DIVO MAXIMILIANO CAESARI SEM-|1PER AVGVSTO'
GYNNASIVM [j/V] V0S||^GENSE NON RVDIBVS IN DO 1|
CTISVE ARTIVM HVMANI |1*
In fine, encircling a printer'' s mark, containing the initials S. D. ||
G. L. II N. L. II M. I. {the latter interlaced):
Vrbs Deodate tuo clarefcens nomine
praefulllQua Vogeft montis funt iuga pref-
iit opus II Preflit/ & ipfa eade Chrifto mo-
nimeta fauete || Tempore venturo caetera
multa premet. |1 Finitu. vij. kl'. Maij || An-
no fupra fefqui Millefium. vij. ||-t*
%* 4to ; signature A in six, B in four, a in eight (+two for map-
pemund, so called ), b, c and d also in eights, e in four, f in
six ; title one leaf; then from A ij to the double leaf or map,
so called, and which we count as one, ten unnumbered leaves,
making, with the title-page, eleven ; then from a to f iiij,
forty leaves, followed by two more without signatures, with
the colophon on the recto of the last, the verso being blank.
Text in Roman characters; twenty-seven lines in a full page;
description of the map in twelve lines in Roman type.
(Private Libr., New York, Owl's Head and Providence.)
* Anglice : Introduction to Cosmog-
raphy, together with some principles of
Geometry and Astronomy necessary to the
purpose. Also four navigations of Ameri-
cus Vespucius. A description of universal
Cosmography, both stereometrical and
planometrical, together with what was
unknown to Ptolemy, and has been recently
discovered. Distich. Neither the earth
nor the stars possess anything greater than
God and Cxsar, as God rules the stars and
Caesar the climes of the earth.
t Sic pro : " Pr.Tsul Deodate ! urbs cla-
rescens tuo nomine qua sunt iuga montis
Vogesi, pressit [hoc] opus; et ipsa eadem
Christo fjvente monimentajj tempore ven-
ture premet catera multa."
* Thrsc '• ,\fonim4nta" ^LTC another work by Hy-
Ucomylus, as appears from the following passage
in the dedication of the Imtructh mdnuduitiontm
friittint (rn/r<i, p. ii8, mte) to Anthony of Lor-
raine: '*lllustris genitor tuus [Rcn^ 11. who died
in 1508I , , . laboris nostri monimenta sibi oblata
a nobis susccperct."
t
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46. yESPVccWS ^ HTL^COMTLVS-Pecto of the first leaf-
COSMOGRAPHIAE II INTRODVr
TIOII CVM OyiBVSll DAM gSe^,;
CIPIIS ADIIEAM REM NECESSARIISII
Infuper quattuor Americi (| Vefpucii naui-
gat,ones. || Vniuerfalis CoftnographL" X
mfertis || qus Ptholom^o ignota a nu 11
pens reperta funt. || DISTHYCON|| Cum
deus afc, regat. & terr. climata C.far ||
Nee tellus/ nee e.s fydera raaius habent. ||
First four lines of the verso of the title ■
GV^^C? GV^MS^7v?>^fo"E"N^sf 5J.?^ ^-"
BVSIIINDOCTISVE ARTIVM HvJ^ ^^^'"
/«/w (encircling the printer's mark):
Vrbs Deodate tuo clarefcens nomine
pr^fulllQua Vogefi mentis funt iugaTref-
I. opus II Preffit, & ipfa eade ChriL'^o.
nimeta fauete || Tempore venturo estera
multa premet. || Finitu. iiij. kl'. Septerbris
Anno fupra fes || quimillefimu. vii^
♦ *
4to; signatures A and B in sixe^ P in /• / ,
pemund) D in four with v/Zc'! V u /""'' (+'^° f°r map-
-^^/. bind c in Z^;;; d in ."//f Y. .^'«"'^' ^ (^g^in) fn
unnumbered leaves man tbf' , '^ ^- '" ■^'"''■^' ^^-'wo
which is in fif en'lines^' The'Sn"''"" °" '^' ^^'^ °f
Jerusalem is on the rJ^^ ' of A ?! ?„ r^'"" '° ''^^ ^'"^ ^^
/«^aW ^flyv;e^, r„ 11 °^ ^ " '" ^-^^ part containing: f^es-
isonthe.i.r;fb'^Htr;t'^r'^'"°" ''^'^ ^^'^---
(Private Librar, New York and Providence.)
1507.
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ICIO7. 47* l^ESPUCCIUS& HrLACOMYLUS— Recto of the first leaf :
COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODV-
CTIO/ CVM QVIBVS
DAM GEOME
TRIAE
AC
ASTRONO
MIAE PRINCIPIIS AD
EAM REM NECESSARIIS.
Infuper quatuor Americi Ve-
fpucij nauigationes.
fii
Vniverfalis Cofmographi^ defcriptio
tarn in folido (J piano/ eis etiam
infertis qu^ Ptholom^o
ignota a nuperis
reperta funt.
DISTICHON.
Cum deus aftra regat/ & terrae climata Caefar
Nee tellus nee eis fydera maius habent.
m.
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yeno of the tit/e-page , -^«
1507.
MAXIMTLIANO CAESARI AVGVSTO """^
PHILESIVS VOGESIGENA.
Cum tua fit vaftum Maieftas facra per orbem
Caefar in extremis Maximiliane plagis
qua fol Eois rutilum caput extulit vndis/
Atcp freta Herculeo nomine nota petit-
quacj dies medius flagranti fydere feruet/
Congelat & Septem terga marina Trio:
Aciubeas regu magnorum maxime princeps
Mitia ad arbitrium iura fubire tuum
Hinc tibi deuota generale hoc mente dicauit
qui mira prasfens arte parauit opus.
o TeA.o3.
First four lines of the recto ofAij :
DIVO MAXIMILIANO CAESARI AV
GVSTO MARTINVS ILACO
MILVS FOELICITA
TEM OPTAT.
Colophon precisely like No, 46.
V 4/0; signatures exactly as in No ^fi tk 1
the back of the mappemund in fif// r ^ ."Planation on
theversoof Aiij.reaTrH"«HL M " in? '^'r '^"^ ''"= °"
as in No. 45. herhae mate, instead of geometriae,
(Privite Library, New York.)
94 Bibliotheca Americana.
IffO?. But for this little work the Western Hemisphere
_______ might have been called "The Land of the Holy Cross,"
or "Atlantis," or "Hesperides," or "Iberica,"or "Co-
lumbia," or "New India," or "The Indies," as it is
designated officially in Spain to this day. The idea of
calling the newly discovered world America originated
with the compiler of the work before us, one Martin
Waltzmiiller or Waldsce-miiller, a native of Freiburg,
who held a professorship in the gymnasium of St. Die.
in Lorraine (and not in Lower Hungary, as N'-^arrete
supposed'). Following the custom of the scholars of
those days, he grecized his name into Hylacomylus,
under which he is now generally known. The sugges-
tion to which we owe our national name, and which
seems to be an inexhaustible source of abuse and asper-
sions, bespattering the reputation of a man justly and
universally respected to the last day of his lite, will be
found in No. 45, on the verso of the fifteenth leaf
(which is the first after a-iiij and the map), and is as
follows :
Nuc V^o & h^ partes funt latius luftratae/
& alia II quarta pars per Amcricu Vefputiu
(vt in fequcnti || bus audietur) inuenta eft/
qua noil video cur quis || iure vctet ab
Americo inuentore fagacis ingenij vi || ro
Amerigen quali Americi terra/ fiue Amer-
icam II dicenda : cu & Europa & Alia a
mulieribus fua for || tita fint nomina.*
It is followed by the word "America," in the margin.
* y'n. : " But now that those parts have Americus, a man of sagacious mind, since
been more extensively examined and an- both Europe and Asia took tlieir names
other fourth part has been discovered by from women."
Americus (as will be seen in the sequel), ' "Ex oppido divi Dtodati, que corre-
I do not see why we should rightly refuse spondc hoy a Tata 6 Dolis, ciudad situada
to name it America, namely, the land of en la Hungria inferior" — Cotcccion, Vol.
Americus or America, after its discoverer, in, p. 183.
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95
rgin.
The popularity of Hylacomylus* Cosmo^raphia was such I 507*
in Central fc',urc)pe that his proposition was immediately »--— 1.1..
acted upon. As a consequence, we find in Gaultier
Ludd's Speculum Orbis (No. 49), written in the same
year, the credit of having discovered the Western Hem-
isphere ascribed solely to Vespuccius, while an anony-
mous Globus mundi, published by the same printer in
1509 (No. 61), boldly calls the new world /Imerica,
which figures under this name for the first time in maps^
eight or ten years after Vespuccius had been in his then
honored grave. Well may we say with Hum.boldt' that :
"c'est un homme obscur, qui allait manger du raisin en
Lorraine, qui a invente le nom d'Ameriquc, qu'Appien
[the designer of the map inserted in Camers' Solhius]^
Vadianus et Camers ont repandu depuis par Strasbourg,
Fribourg et Vienne."
Although this important fact is now generally known
through the praiseworthy efforts of Humboldt^, who
took it at heart to vindicate the calumniated Florentine,
Foscarini' and Bandini*^' were the authors who first called
the attention of critics to that interesting passage in the
Cosmographia. It is also in the volume before us that
the reader will find the first collection of Vespuccius*
voyages, which we quote in No. 22, under the name of
Hylacomylus.
" Quoiqu'il en soit, I'auteur de cette Cosmographie a fait plus que
de donncr a I'Ainerique le nom qu'elle porte aujourd'hui, car on voir,
par differents endroits dc son ouvrage, que deja au commencement de
1 507 il avait prepare des mappemondcs comprenant ce qu'on con-
naissait alors de rAmerique. « Totius orbis typu tarn in solido
piano .... p-dTaq'cr'imus' {Cosmogrup/.'ia-, T edit, feuillct A ij rec-
to) ... Si te modi umonuerimus prius, nos in depingendis tabulis
typi generalis no omnimodo sequatos esse Ptholomcu, prx-sertim circa
novas terras vbi in cartis marinis aliter animadvertimus u cquatore
costitui q' Ptholomeus fecerit {Hid, feuillet b. recto). L'auteur doni
m
onne
I corre-
lituada
1, Vol.
' Inserted in two editions of Solinus,
Vienna and Cologne, fol. 1510. See infra.
* Bulletin de la Sociclc de Geographies
for December, 1835, p. 411.
• Examen Critique, Vol. iv, p. 33 j Cos-
mos, Vol. II, p. 676, note.
Del. Leiterat. fenexiana, p. 432, note.
' yita, Introduction, p. lvi.
96
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I con * de plus grands details encore dans I'inscription placee au recto de la
planche qu'on appele mappemonde et qui ne contenant absolument
rien do geographique, n'a ricn de commun avec les mappemondes geo-
graphiques que I'auteur avait preparces, ct dont ii parle. En effet au
V ^ de cette 'mappemonde' qu'on volt dans les deux editions, verso
qui pour le dire en passant contient 12 iignes dans I'edition ' vii Kal.
Maij' [the above] et 15 Iignes dans la reimpression ' iiij Kl. Septe-
bris [No. 46] bien que les inscriptions soient les mcmes dans les deux
editions, (nous indiquons cette difference qui pourra servir a recon-
naitre si I'on n'a pas interpole la ' mappemonde' d'une edition dans
I'edition a laquelle elle n'appartient pas) i'auteur explique comment
dans la veritable mappemonde qu'il avait preparee, il avait distingue
par des signcs speciaux les quatre parties dc la terre, savoir : L'Europe
par des aigles romaines, I'Afrique ct une partic de I'Asie par des crois-
sants . . . . ' Deniq in quartam terrc parte per inclytos Caitilie et
■ Lusitanix reges repertam eorundeni ipsorum insignia posuinius.' On
voit done que c'est avant I'edition de Ptolcmee, publiee avec le supple-
ment Mdiii Beneventuni \_infrii\ tjiic i'auteur de cette Cosmographia
avait prepare une mappemonde contenant ce qu'on connaissait alors de
I'Amerique. Cette mappemonde a-t-elle paru scparement en 1507
ou bien, I'auteur ne I'a-t-il publiee qu'apres ? c'est la, une question
que des recherches ulterieures dirigees specialcment vers ce point
pourront peut-etre eclaircir.
"C'est dans cette edition que les quatre navigations d'Americ Ves-
puce ont paru pour la premier'* fois [together] en latin. Ceux qui se
sont occupes de I'histoirc de la geographic savent, que la relation
du troisieme voyage de Vespuce fait en i 501, qui se trouve a la suite
de cette Cosmographie offre une redaction totnl'-'nent differ ente de celle
que Vespuce a donnee dans la lettrc a Laurent de Medicis, publiee
sous Ic titre de Mtindus Novus de Ora Antarticti' , &c. Celle qu'on
voit dans la Cosmographia est adressee au due de Lorraine (qu'on
appelait le roi de Sicile) et clle offrc une tres grande analogic avec
celle qui a ete publiee comnie etant adressee a Soderini. On sait du
restc, que dans difFerentes editions de ccs lettres on trouve des dates
differentes "
(LlBRl'.)
We cite four copies of this work : two dated of the
calends of May (April 25th), 1507, and two of the calends
of September (August 29th) of the same year. All four
differ in their typographical arrangements, but not in
the text, either of the Cosmographiae Introductio, which
' It is the^rx duplicala, see lufra, p. 63.
Catalogue uf 1861 (?). p. 15.
Bibliotheca Americana.
96'
lof the
iilcnds
.11 four
Inot in
which
forms the first part of the work, or of the relation of I ^O'J*
the four voyages of Vespuccius, which constitutes the .
second part. The variations are chie^.y in the text of
the dedications, and in the omission in Nos. 45 and 46
of Ringmann's ten lines of verse, which in these are
replaced by a short text in prose and four lines in verse,
totally different.
No. 44 we have never seen, but Nos. 45, 46 and 47,
we describe de visu.
It is extremely difficult to give with certainty the
chronology of these four issues ; but thanks to the
corrections sent us by M. D'Avezac, we are enabled to
set forth a very plausible arrangement.
No. 44 must be considered the first edition. The
reader will notice that in this, the dedication to the
Emperor is in the name of " Martinvs Ilacomilvs,"
while in No. 45, it is inscribed by the " Gymnasivm
VosAGENSE." Now in the Margarita of Strasburg,
1 5 13'', there is a letter addressed to Ringmann or Phi-
lesius, in which Hylacomylus complains bitterly of cer-
tain parties who profited of his absence to arrogate to
themselves the merit of having composed the Cosmo-
graphia. This charge implies the existence of a previous
edition by Hylacomylus ; and the distich which con-
cludes the verses addressed by Ringmaim to the Em-
peror'", may be interpreted as indicating that No. 44 is
the first edition ; which, as we have already stated,
bears the name of Hylacomylus.
• "Ce passage se lit dans la Margarlia
fhitoiofhica edition de Strasbourg, 1 5 1 3,
intcrcalle cntre le 6° et le 7' livre (la
pagination nianque). II ne se trouve pas
dans I'edition de Bale de la meme annee ni
dans aucur.e des nonibreuses editions subsc-
quentes que j'ai pu examiner dans les dit-
ftrcntes bibliothcques d'AUi-magne. 'Cum
his diebus Bachanalihus solatii causa, qui
mihi mos est, in Germanium venissem e
Gallia, seu putius ex Vogesi oppido (cui
nomen Sancto Deodato) ubi, ut nosti, meo
putissimum ductu et labure (licet plerique
alii falso sibi passim ascribant) Cosmo-
graphiam non sine gloria et laude per orbem
disseminatam nuper (c'etait en 1507) com-
pusuimus, depinximus et impressimus . . ."
HuMBOLUT, Examen Critijue, Vol. iv, p.
I I 3, note.
'" '• Hinc liii devota generale Aoc mente
Jica-vit
^i mira prttstnt arte faravit ofui."
12 bis.
'i^
<•*
■•^If .III
Bibliotheca Americana.
IC07. The edition published in his absence is evidently
. No. 45, as it is in this that we first find the substitution
complained of by Hylacomylus. No. 46 is a reprint of
45, but with a different arrangement, and dated Sep-
tember instead of May in the colophon. No. 47 is un-
questionably a copy composed of two different editions,
viz. : No. 44 for the Cosmographia, and No. 46 for
Vespuccius* Voyages. The signatures of the first part
agree perfectly with the Mazarine- Eyries copy ; and
not only the signatures of the second part tally with
No. 46, but the blur on biij is found in both. The
colophons in Nos. 46 and 47 are also identical, as re-
gards the date and typography.
There may be in existence copies formed with parts
taken from Nos, 44, 45 and 46, and differing still more
from No. 47".
Concerning Hylacomylus, all we can add is that ''Mar-
tinus Waltze-miiller de Friburgo Constantiensis dyaxesis, a
ete inscrit comme etudiant sous le rectorat de Conrad
Knoll de Griiningen, le 7 decembre 1490, . . . et qu'il
avait etabli peu avant 1507 {nuper) une librairie [libra-
" The Coim'jgrafhiae Iniroduclio justly
ranks among the rarest bimks pertaining
to an American library, but it is not as
scarce as a good many works of° equal im-
portance, such, t'jr instance, as the Epistles
of" Columbus and Vespuccius. We pos-
sess in this country, three copies of' the
second May edition (No. 45), three of the
first September (No. 46), and what might
be termed an amalgamated copy (No. 47).
In Paris, we know only ot" the incomplete
first May in the Maiarine Library. The
British Museum possesses in the Grenville
collecti >n either a May or a September.
The copy described by Humboldt,* and
which seems to be the identical one still
preserved in the Royal Library at Berlin,f
is the second May. The edition sold in
1861, by Brockhaus, for Thlr. 50,;}; was
the first September. That advertised a
few months since at Berlin,^; and pur-
chased the same day for Thlr. 60, wa; a
May. From the description we are unable
to ascertain the p ecisc kind of the Butsch
copies,!! '""^ "' w'li'^h brought 101 florins.
The September copy, sold the year before,
by Tross,'' yielded 2S0 francs. How dif-
ferent these prices are from those paid
sixty years ago. The Lomiinie de Brienne
copy*-> commanded only tcur francs ; and
when it was again brought under the ham-
mer at the Meon sale, in l8o3,ft to ob-
tain six francs, the auctioneer was obliged
to add it to some other work. The Eyries
copy, which is the first and rarest of all
'he editions, was picked up at a book-stall,
in Paris, by M. Eyries himself, and bought
for twenty cents.
■' I'Xijmrn Critiqui^ Vol. IV, p. 100, n»r».
t /'.(. .ir., p. 104.
[ Tromcl, Bihlinth, Amiriiaini^ p. 12*;.
^ Star^ardl Catalugiie, No. i.xKii.
Ilutsch Caiaioguc, Aiigsl)urg. Feb., 18;!!, Nos.
147 '^ U8-
• Catalogue (or iSjy-
' » Catalogue Jc " 11." ; Paris, 1797, No. 10)5.
H- Calalopuc lie "M."; I'aris, 1S07. No. 1108,
** avcc cette siiigulicre iiulication," Bruiict says,
in his valuable Mjtturl : *•' Framofurti Dttjdtiy
iin^giii^e par nicurt jeuiie, rijactcur de cc cata-
logue, ct ^]ui avail pris Uioiiait pour uii uom d'im-
pnmcur.'
Bibliotheca Americana. 96*
riam officinam) a Saint- Die"." In the Ptolemy of 1552"
he is mentioned by Laurent Phrysius as the " late" de- .
signer of the maps contained in that valuable edition.
Matthew Ringmann or Philesius was a poet and
scholar, born at Schlettstadt, towards the year 1482.
He became a professor in the Gymnasium of the Vos-
ges, and died in 151 1'l
Walter Ludd is mentioned in connection with the
work, on the assumption that the initials G. L. in the col-
ophon are intended for his name. He is even believed
to have been the first printer in St. Die. Ludd may
have introduced printing in that town, just as Mr.
Glover established the first press in Cambridge, but the
reader will see from our No. 49 that he was Secretary
to the Duke of Lorraine, and a dignitary of the Church.
As to the prince to whom the work is dedica»-ed, it is
Rene H, called King of Sicily and Jerusalem, the hero,
we believe, of the battle of Morat, and who died in
1508". Lelewel says'^' that " encourageant I'etude de la
geographie, il faisait graver a ses frais les cartes mo-
dernes qui devaient accompagner Ptoiemee."
1507,
Direct rtftrtnctt .
Panzek. Annales Typograp/iici, Vol. vi, page 490.
ScHEiBEL, /Istronomische Bit/iografiiie, Vol. i, page 63.
Bibliotheca Grenviliiana, page 765.
Bibliolheea Hehtriana, I'art vi, Nos. 147 and 3847 ; Fart vii. No.
6409.
Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. iv, pages 33 and 100, note,
Beaupre, Rtcherchei sur le commer.cement de r Imfrimerie en Lor-
raine (Nancy. 8vo, 1845). page 67.
Tkdmel, Bibliothtjue Americaine, No. i.
Historical Nuggets, Nos. 274 and 2745.
Graessi. Vol, II, page 280.
Brunei-, Vol. ii, col. 316 (fac-simile of the printer's mark).
Bibliotheca Thotiiana, Vo). vii, page 219; Ebeet, Vol. iv, No.
23544; Hibbert Catalogue, page 129, No. 2i66 : and Te»-
NAux, No. 10. one of' the tour, but we cannot ascertain tVam
the description whether it is the May or September issue.
" HvMBOLDT, Examen Critique,Vo\. IV, '* Rotermuno, Fortsetzung xu y'^cktr't
p. 105,17. Gelehrten-Lexicon, art. Ringmann.
" . . " has tabulas e novo a Martino Ila- '* Art de ftrif. lei Daies,\'o\.xin,f. ^10.
comylu pic defuncto." Lib. viii, cap. 11.
Geogr. du \hyen-Age,\'ii\. 11, p. 143.
\'
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I C07. 48. MONTALBODDO {FRAC. DA)— Recto of the first leaf:
==^ (turn i?ia«amiE®fi©
Then, in a scroll, encircling a sphere, and covering the entire page,
the words, printed in red, and irregularly, owing to the folds of the
scroll :
vdputi0 ^l0vetitiit0 itttitttUto.
Colophon :
^ Stampato in Vicentia cu la impenfa de Mgro ||
Henrico Vicentino : & diligente cura & indu || ftria de
Zamaria fuo fiol nel M.cccccvii. a||di iii. de Nouembre.
cum gratia & || priuilegio.*
%* Sm. 410, six preliminary leaves + one hundred and twenty
unnumbered leaves, the last blank ; twenty-eight lines in a
full page. Text in Roman. Some copies present slight vari-
ations in the register.
(Private Library, New York and Providence.)
" Son merite intrinseque est grand, parce qu'a I'exception de celle
de Milan, 1508 [No. 55] toutes les autres editions et traductions ont
cprouve, dans plusieurs endroits du texte, des alterations sensibles, et
pour des causes particulieres." [?]
(Charlii Nodiik'.)
" Le veritable compilateur {raccoglitore) de ce curieux et important
Recueil de Vicence n'est, comme on I'a cru long-temps, ni Montal-
boddo Fracanzano de Vicence, ni Fracanzio da Montalboddo, c'est-
tk-dire natif de Monte-Alboddo, dans la Marche d'Ancone, professear
de belles-lettres a Vicence ; mais (selon I'ingenieuse observation du
comte Baldelli) Alessandro Zorzi, habile cosmographe et dessinateur
de cartes a Venise."
(Humboldt*.)
* Anglice i Countries newly discovered,
and the New World ot" Alberico Vesputio,
called the Florentine. Printed in Vicenza,
at the cost of Master Henrico Vicentino,
and by the care and skill of Zamaria, his
son, November 3d, 1507. With permis-
sion and privilege.
• Catalogue of 1844, ^^^^ >» No. IC41.
' Bxamcn Critique, Vol. iv, p. 80; but
see infra, p. 469, sf.
Bibliotheca Americana.
97
The opinion that Zorzi was actually the compiler of I cqj,
this work IS based upon a manuscript note in the Ma-
ghabechi copy, stating that Bartholomew Columbus (who
visited Rome in 1505) made a present of the account
of his brother's first voyage (probably the De Insults of
H93). with u map of his earliest discoveries, to a canon
or St. John of Latran, and that the latter gave it after-
wards, while in Venice, to Alexander Zorzi, " suo amico
e compilatore della raccolta."
The contents of this rarissime work are as follows :
LIBRO PRIMO.
(L In comenza el libra de la prima Nauivatione per loc-
ceano a le terre de Nigri de la Bajfa Ethiopia per com-
andamento del Illuft. Signor Infante Don Hurich fratello
de Don Dourth Re de Portogallo.
This first book, which extends from cap. i to cap. xlvii contain,
the voyage of Aloysius or Lewis da Ca daVosto to^he C pe Te'de
and Senegal (August 8th, 1454, to June. 1455).' ^
LIBRO SECUNDO.
C Dela Nauigatione de Lijbona a Callichut de lenzua
Portogalleje intaliana. *
fPe\'erTcimrlwn?' ""l"' '° 't "" '^' '°>"'S*= °^ P'"° ^'^inzia
III 7 .? ^ to Senega , in 1462, written by Ca da Mosto as it
fell from the l,ps ot C.ntra's secretary. From cap. l. to cap. lxi the
first voyage of Vasco da Gama* (July 8th, 1497. to July loth i^^o)
and that of Pedro Alvarez Cabra iuJr^.h /jc^. to 'jd •'
«
ZuRLA, Dei Fiaggi e Jelle Scoperte
/ijncane Ji Ca da Moito { Venice, 8vo,
1815.
KuLB, Geic/iichte der Entdekungsreiien :
Mentz, 8vo, 1841.
* Castanheda, Hht. do Dttcoir. t Con-
juista Ja India; Coimbra, 410, 1551, and
Faria y' Souza, ^sia Portugueaa , Lisb..
fol. 1666. Camoens, OS Lusiadas f Lis-
bon, 4to, 1572. Denis, Portugal ; Paris,
SPRENcEt, GnMi,, der -uiichtizsun 8v ,8^6^ K "'"""'''"■'•^'''i ?"«
En.d.kungen; HaHe. ...o. .79Z. ' S^.^L, ^.r^.tv^-.T;..^"'-'-'
13
98 Bibliotheca Americana.
1507. LIBRO rERTIO.
^=^'= ([ j)e la nauigatione de Lijbona a Caliebut (sic), de
lengua Portogallefe in taliana.
It contains, from cap. lxi to cap. lxxziiii, the continuation of Ca-
bral's voyage.
LIBRO QUARTO.
(£ In comenza la nauigatione del Re de Cajliglia dele Ifole
y Paeje nouamente retrouate.
It contains, from cap. lxxxiiii to cap. cviii, the first three voyages of
Columbus ; from cap. cvni to cap. cxi, the voyage of Alonso Negro
{sic), and from cap, cxi to cap. cxiiii the voyage of the brothers
Pinzon,
LIBRO ^UINTO.
CE El Nouo Mondo de Lengue Spagnole interpretato in
Idioma Ro.
It contains, from cap. cxiiii to cap. cxxv, the duplicate of Vespuccius*
third voyage.
LIBRO SEXTO.
([ De le cqfe da Calichut cbforme ala Nauigatide de
Pedro A Hares nel. ii. £s? . Hi. libra leqle Je bano uerijfeme
Perle Copie de alciine Lre Jecundo lordene de li Millejfimi
in quejlo ultime racolte.
It contains. Cap. cxxv : a chapter of a letter from Critico, the Por-
tuguese correspondent of the Signoria of Venice, concerning ihe voy-
age of Cabral, described in Book 11. Cap. cxxvm (which comes
immediately afterwards) : A letter concerning a treaty of peace be-
tween the Kings of Portugal and Calicut. Cap. xxvi : Letter of the
Venetian embassador (" oratorc"), Peter Pasquaglio, concerning Cas-
par Cortereal's first voyage (from the Spring of 1500, to October 8th,
1501). Cap. cxxvii : Letter of Francis de la Saita to Pasquaglio,
concerning John de Nova's expedition (March 5th, 1501, to Septem-
ber ilth, 1502) to the East Indies. G;^. cxxix, and cxxx : Account
given by Joseph, the Indian (Camanor, a converted aborigene brought
to Portugal by Cabral, and afterwards to Rome and \'enice). Cap.
cxxxi-cxLiii : Account of Carangonor and Calicut. Cap. cxLiii :
Letter of the King of Portugal to Pope Julius II, concerning the Por-
tuguese navigations and discoveries in Asia.
At
Bibliotheca Americana, gg
We have dwelt upon the contents of this work because I eo7
It IS the most important collection of voyages, and •- ^ ''
the absence of the Libretto of VerceIlese^ now lost, 'the ^^
earliest. It has been frequently reprinted and translated.
and serves to this day, m the Latin repertory of Grv-
naeus, as a trustworthy and interesting source of infor-
mation.
Dirtct rtftrtntti
\
Fo$CA«i!.i, LmtTMT, FntmUmM, pages 4»i-4.
BALDtLL,. // »f?y/,«,VoJ. ,, p^ ^ ,^,
T..A.OSCH,, &,„^, Vol. T„, p,^ „, „i J
Camcs A£«ctV, ttr fir ^.y, pjje .^jf ^
Bihlhtkeea GrcrcuiisMA, pjje 764.
to the Utter Of whkh ^.^ ^btinlr" "'• ''°- "'•
„f M,- ■ ' """ . •»• wb^ned j verv canous co lection
H.bb«r. Ot^or^, W* '93. No. i6j,.
BlUKET, Vol. », cd. 1156.
Hisierical A'Mggm, Xo. 1-45
'';","'e«.t''v2Tk''°'- ""'• >»«' 563. No,. 3 „<, ^
49. LUDD itVALTER -Rtct, tf the first lesf:
^i^icnix ^xhxB fttfonttfT.
C(in0nii
'See
•»/". f»f« -5. Xo. 31.
lOO
Bibliotheca Americana.
I S^J* Then, encircling a diagram showing the planetary system ;
-"■— iFoelicig animae quitus l)aec cognofrerc primum ||
Jnqp lromo» fuperas franlrcrc rura fuit. II |lon fruf=
tta fignotum obituis fperulamur tx ottus. II (!rempo=
riijufqp pawm Uiuetfi» quatuora nnum {sk).
And at the bottom of the page :
$ic Umtnm,
Co/ophon :
3ii^rli% II ^^^^•'"•'^ "* fpp- II culfl ottis p
|ll^irV4ll II (Bualttf II ra UnW (tamnitH
liiui II 3I3cot>ati JUuftriffimi Hcna II ti ^olgmorum
ac 3icUiac regis II ^r. fcrrc tarium liigniffimfl ||
tiiUgenter paratum || ct inUuftria Joan- II nis ®rflni=
geri II Ergetin, im- II preffum || ffiuig. II*
%* Folio, four numbered leaves ; text in black letter ; diagrams on
the verso of leaf ii and on the recto of leaf iii. The date,
according to the dedication to Rene, on folio ii, is 1507. On
the verso of folio iii are: l^'erfifttU tlf inrOgiUta UtXiXf
the last two lines of which read:
Sbtn qH pluta : fitii, grntis morcfop rcptf II Bmtx^
icl parua mole Utellus tatet.llf
(British Museum.)
* Anglici : A most suctinct but neither
inaccurate nor inelegant Exposition and
Canon of" the IVlirror of' the World.
Happy the first who felt tlieir spirits yearn
To climb the Heavens and all their secrets
learn.
Nor vain nor idle is our taste to scan
How, moving ever through that upper
sphere,
Stars rise and set, and how in Heaven's
high place
Four seasons rounding till the equal year.
Dedicated to Rene, King of Sicily, Sk.
The End of the Eiposition of the Mir-
ror of y' World, most diligently prepared
by Walter Ludd, Canon of St. Die, most
worthy Secretary of Rene, the most Illus-
trious King of Jerusalem and Sicily. I'rint-
ed by the pains of John Gruninger of
Strasburg.
+ But hold, enough ! Of the American race,
New found, the home, the manners here
you trace
By our small book set forth in little space.
' The reader who has access to Chev-
KI««, .Mimoiret pour ttrvir a I'iist. </«,
lOI
Bibliotheca Americana.
SO. rESPuccivs (AMERicus)-^^ VON DEN NEWEN '5o8.
Infulen vnd Landen fo ym kurtzlichen erfundenn feynd
durch den kiinigk Portigal.
" Gedrucki zu Straffburg in dem funfftzen hunderten und
achtjar (,508), et prefente la m8me vignette que Tedi-
tion de 1506" [No. 40].
(Bkunit'.)
Oirta r,/.„„cn:(^ Manual, Vol. v, col. ,,56.
I I'lfies curieux. No. 1 1 7
5 I . STAMLER ijOHN^Within a very complicated woodcut ■
DYALOGVS lOHANNlS STAIUtpd a i.
OVSTN „UE DIVERSAKVM GEN^l-^M SEc"
IISIIET MVNDI RELIGIONIBVS
Colophon ;
Impreffum Augufte: per Erhardum oe-
lin. & leorgm Nadler Curallcorreaone et
diligentia vcnerabilis domini Wolfeangi
A-ttrngerllpfpiteri Auguftefl. ac bonfZ
nolbe n.r; 'S'*^" Collonienf.il Anno
May" et" •••^°- ^ •'• ^'^ •"• --^^
8vo, 1754, or to Calm£t, Notia d, la
am whether th<s Walter Ludd was not
Ludd, who had been Secretary ,0 several
.."n.r;- ''V" "^..'"^'■-eenjoyin, the per-
sonal friendship of Rene II. aI. Brunet
calls h.m a printer, and considers the vie-
nette m the above Number as his mark •
yet the colophon of the present ^^?^^L«
.how. that he held to Rene the^ offic"
which Joan Ludd rilled when John and
N.chc^as were Dukes of Lorraine,
an A^!i' ?'''"e"'= i-y J"hn Stamler,
d"vet^ "' ^"'""'' • "" 'he sect, of
M. "'"""^ '"^ '^' ^-'igi""^ of the
anrr"'"* «„'^"g'''"rg by Erhard Oglln
^nd Georges Nadler, with the care, corre
Cologne,A. D. .jog.Mayioth'
I02
Bibliotheca AmgHcana.
I 50"* *^,* Folio, title + two preliminary leaves, -f thirty-two numbered
II leaves, + an index of two leaves. The woodcut title by Hans
Burgmaier is repeated on the reverse.
(Private Librar., New York, Washington city, and Harvard Coll. Libr.)
"An extremely rare and curious Drama described on the leaf fol-
lowing the title as " Dyalogus in modum comici dramatis formatus a
J. Stamlcr dc Tartarorum, Saracenorum, Turcorum, Judeorum et
Gentilium Scctis ct Religionibus ac eorundem Confutatione, &c.
The letter from Stamlcr to Jacob Lorcher, dated 13 Kal. Junii 1506,
is of the highest interest to American collectors, as he mentions by
name Christopher Columbus and Albericus Vespucius as the dis-
coverers of the New World. The Drama has a marginal Commen-
tary, which is important not only to theologians as pointing out here-
sies, but also to the astronomer. Stamlcr seems to have been an
enemy to judicial astrology."
(LiBRI.I)
We give the passage for the purpose of enabling the
reader to ascertain whether the above eulogium tallies
with the facts.
y^erso of the second unnumbered leaf :
De infulis aute inuentis mentione nulla
facio : Sed Criftoferi Colom erunde inue-
toris et Alberici Vefpucii de orbe moderno
inuento (quibus etas noftra potiflimu de-
bet) quos tibi prefentibus tradatulos mitto
confpicias.-f-
Dirtct rtftrtncet .
Bihtlolheca Thottiana, Vol. vir, page jg
Panzer, Anttalti Typogr., Vol. vi, page 137.
Zapf, Anna!. Typogr. Auguiiana;, page j8.
Libri Catalogue for 1861, No. 319.
Bibliothtca Barloiviana, page 14.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 507, gives the title from the first prelimi-
nary leaf.
Hislorical Nuggett, No. 1603.
t ^(3. ; I do not make any mention ot'the Albericus Vespucius : On the discovery of
newly discovered islands, but of Christopher the new world ( to whom our age is chiefly
Colom, the discoverer of a world, and of indebted) behold what treatise 1 send you.
Bibliotheca Americana. ,oj
^.«//, . ^. /. religio. \\ ni del mondo. \\ ^ "
Colophon :
[M .,heo Gu genft], „, amno placabile e gratiofo Ijla
fmpUae t.cc.ola mftra MkaHone : la,ualeja me J all
im dcduiffmo difcpolo a m di Agofio. , joy.
(British Museum.)
This is simply a translation into Italian of No. 51.
fl/W r,/„.-«... r Libri Catalogue, ,86., No. ,jn
I BHUNIT, Vol. V, col. 507.
53. .«■;».«.., ,5,^c. '■'"^.)-" Supplement,' dele Chro-
n.che vulgare „„uan,e„.e dal fra.e Jacobo Phil,>p„ °,
anno ,50, vulgarize., pe. Francefco C, FioI'L
Vinegia, 1508, in-fol. urentino.
decouverl, de rAmiri<,ue far Ch. Colomb."
(Critaini')
As regards these Italian versinnc ri , •
one, Venice folio i,^? u-i ^ ' ^^emenf g ves
cien^e;" but' ^^^ find it'Bru'nei' \''\''^- Plus%n.
fol "V«/. «runet another of 1488 Venirf.
' Catalogue, Parii, ,g6j, No. 73.
^'MW/4. CurUu,,, Vol. in, p. ,8,.
i
I04
Bibliotheca Americana,
I 508, cilia di Fiorenza queslo anno 1488," which is followed in
■ _ 1 .. Graesse' by what would he an earlier one still : " Ven.^
Bern, Rizo de Novara, 1481. in-fol.," were it not iden-
tical with Clement's 1491 edition. We then find the
above, which escaped the lynx eyes of Clement, Haym,
Niceron, and Fahriciiis; another, folio, Venice, 1540*,
and 155J'; iOid., 1554, 4to, and 157;?, 2 vols. 4to ;
and 1581, with additions borrowed from P. Jovius,
Bembo, Carione, and Guaz/o''.
The first translation was made by one Francisco San-
sovino, notwithstanding the initial C. in the Cretaine
and Brunet titles. The additions in the Italian edition
of 1540 were made by one Bernardo Bindoni.
^4, ALBF.RTiNis (FRANCIS DE)-" De Mirabilibus novs
6c veteris Urbis Ronije. Libri III. ex E^dit. Andr.
Fulvii Praeneftini, Roma;, in 4to. Premiere Edition.
(Climent*.)
The learned Hessian bibliographer gives this title on
the authority of the Bibliotheca Menkeniana, page 196, and
seems to disbelieve its authenticity. Panzer* calls the
edition of 15 10 " Editio prima.''
55. zoR.:i (ALEXANDER)- V^itCi nuouamentc re-
trouati. & Nouo Modo da Alberico Vef-
putio F'lo-llretino intitulato.||
Then woodcut filling the rest of the page, and representing the
king seated on a throne and receiving Vespuccius.
Colophon :
C Stampato in Milano con la impenfa
de lo. lacobo & fratelli dallLignano: & dili-
» Triior, Vol, I, p. 541. < MoLiNi, Aggiunti,p. »39, and Haym,
* Haym, Biblioth. Italiana, Vol. i, p. 51. Uc. cii.
* NicttoN, Mimcirei pour ttr-vir a/'iii- ' Bih/iotiifue Curieusi, Vol. I, p. 120.
uirt dtt Aommes illuttrei, Vol. .wil, p. 123. " Annalei, Vol. VIII, p. 249.
Bibliotheca /Imericana. 105
gente ciira & induftria di loanne Angelo 1508.
fcinzcnllzclcr. M.ccccc viii. a di. xvii. di '
Noucmbre.*||
Then register and printer's mark.
** Sm. 410, jeventy-nine' unnumbered leaves; text in Roman.
(Private Library, New York, and Harv. Coll. Libr. In
tlic Litter the title is only a lac-iimile.)
Dirici rifirintit : ( Bihiioiheca Grtnvil/iaiia, page 764.
•j Nonim, Deicripiion raiionnit. No, 1106.
I BRVNtr, Vol. V, col. 1157.
TiUNAui, No. II I ?]. We have not yet succeeded in finding
any traces ot" the Vicenra edition ot' 1508, mentioned in the
Bihliothijuf /imeriiain((So. II), the l.ivrti Curitux (So. 109).
and the .Uj<i«f/ (Vol. v, col. 11^8, on the authority ot Payne
and Koss' catalojjue for 18^0, No. 3359). We think that
in the latter Mcccccviii should read mcccccvii.
C6. PTOLEMr-BF.NF.yENT/INUS~Recto of the first leaf:
IN HOC OPERE||HAEC CONTI || NF.NTVR ||
GEographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimi uiris
utriuscp lingUcE docti{r. || emedata : & cu
archetype graeco ab ipfis collata. || Sche-
mata cu demonftrationibus fuis corred:a a
Marco Beneuentano|| Monacho cicleftino,
& loanne Cotta Veronenfi uiris Mathema-
ticisllconfultiflimis.llFIgura de proiediione
fph^ra^ in piano quae in libro od:auo de-
fidera || batur ab ipfls nodum inftaurata
♦ Countries newly discovered, and New 'The Livrtt Curifu* (No. 118) say
World of Alberic Vesputio. called the Flo- " iv teuiUets prelimin.iires, et 80 feuillets
rentine. Printed at Milan, at the cost non chilKres, a 40 lignes par page, lettret
of John Jacob and Brothers, of Lignano, rondes, Ic dernier f. est Mut blanc."
and attention and skill of John Angelas Brunet gives " 76 ff. nun chitt'rcs, sign. A
Scinienieler. November 17th, 1508. et a — s par 4."
14
! 1
u
!4
1 06 Bibliotheca /im:ricana.
1508. fed fere ad inuenta eius. n. ueftigia || in
• nullo etiam graeco codice extabant. || MAxi-
ma quantitas diei^ ciiiitatu : & diftantije
locoi^ ab Alexadria || Aegypti cuiufqj ciui-
tatis : quae in alijs codicibus no erant. ||
PLanifphxTiiim Cl. Ptolemi^i nouiter re-
cognitu & diligcntifl'. emen- || datum a
Marco Beneuentano Monacho cyleftino. ||
NOua orbis dcfcriptio ac noiia Oceani
nauigatio qua Lifbona ad||Indicu perue-
nitur pclagus Marco Bencuenrano mo-
nacho ciule-lUtino audita. II NOua & uniuer-
falior Orbis cognitl tabula loa. Ruylch
(icrmano II claborata.il SKy Tabulae nouiter
confcda,' uidelicet Liuonis : Hyfpania; :
Galliic : II Gerrnanioj : Italiae : &; ludaj.l
CAVTVM EST KDICTO IVLll. II. I'ON'l'. MAX.1|NK
OVIS IMI'RIMERK AVT IMPRIMI || FACKRE AVDEAT HOC
IKSVM OPVS li PENA EXCOMMVNICATIONIS LATAE
SENTENTIAE H HIS QVI CONTRA MANDATVM IVS-
SVMy VE II CONARI AVEBVN T. . || ANNO VIRGINEI
PARTNS
MDVIir
ROMEl,*
* *
*
Large tblio ; title one -|- thirty-four preliminary leaves +
seventy-one unnunihcred leaves +"iie Wank, + '"urtcen leaves
tor Marcus Boncvcnianus' A';//,/ or/>ii t/etfriptio .;<■ noua Oifani
niiuie,<iti(j (jiiti LiihoHii <i,l Indini pcrucnitur pelagus -|- twenty-
leaves tor the chapter Di Trifim orhis p.niiLus, -\- thirty-four
maps, illuminated.
(I'riv.ite Lihrar., Brooklyn and Wjsliington tity.)
'Angliii: Cl.iUiliu> I'tnlcmy. This r.i[>liy ot ("L ..ii» Pi,ilet7iy leviscd by injny
wuric cuntjint the tuUuwini; : The Geug- men lexrned in both Ung'.u|jci, and com-
I
Bibliotheca Americana. 107
Our readers are doubtless aware that immediately after I 508"
the publication of Angelo's' and de Uonis"' Latin trans-
lations of Ptolemy's Geography, a new ligiu seemed to
dawn upon the learned, and the works of Strabo, Soli-
nus, Isidorus of Seville, and even I'liny, " maestre de
mappa mundi," were thrust aside, and replaced by the
Cosmography of :!ii Alexandrian mathematician or
geographer, which, however incomplete it may seem to
us at present, was justly considered in the fifteenth cen-
tury as a model and a wonder. But Geography is pre-
eminently a progressive science; and a more precise
knowledge of the voyages and discoveries accomplished
by Machin, Giliancz, Baklaya, Gon/ales, Nuno Tristan,
da Cintra, Denys Kernande/, Ca da Mosto, Diego Cam,
Bartholomew Hias, Covilham and tie l*ayva, together
with the marvelous accounts of Marco Polo's travels',
had the effect of convincing the geographers of the times
that neither the Gt'o^rap/tia nor the twenty-seven magnif-
icent maps of Agathodai'mon were adequate. But as to
commence a new Cosmography was an undertaking alto-
gether beyond their scope, and averse even to the spirit
I'd by many
anJ com-
pared by them with the Greclf original;
Hlatci with their expljnatiuns corrected by
Marcus of Bcnevent, a munk ot the Ccli's-
tinc order, and John Cotta of Veron.i, very
ciperienced mathematicianii. A planome-
trical representation of spheric projcciiori
[ ' ] which was wanting in the eighth hook,
left incomplete by the same, but planned
according to his [ I'tidemy's I'] precepts;
and of which there were no traces even in
the IJrcek MS. The greatest number of
traveling days [ ' ] between cities, and ihe
dii^nccs of places from Alexandria in
Egypt, which were not in the other codices,
The I'iaiiisphere of CI. Ptoiemy newly
revised and carefully corrected by Marcus
of Bcnevent, a Celestine monk, A new
description of the world, and a new de-
scription of the Ocean whcrebv one goes
from l.isl>un to the i:idian Ocean, edited
by Marcus of Benevent, a Cclcstine monk.
A new and more general map of the entire
globe, composed by John Ruytch, a Ucr-
m.i,.. Six maps newly cimstructed, -vii. :
of l.ivonia, Spain, Frame, Germany, Italy
ii\ii |udea.
Hy an edict of I'opc |ulius II, it is for-
bidilen to print this work or to have it
printed under pen.ilty of exiommunication
piunounced again-.t those who dare infringe
this order. A. I). I ;o8.
' Posthumous ; Vicen/a, foliu, 1461
{Hi,Jfm,iiin) 01 14-^ (lirunei).
' lUm, folio, 14S1.
' l.r l.irif lit Miirio I'o/o, cito\ni dt
t'eniie, cotiieilltr ptivr tt (ommiiiaire im-
fftrijl tif K^auhi/tti- Kiiiirif fijij^c (n j'ran*
fiiii tuui til iluiie,fn i ^yS, />.»> Ruttiiien
lit fist f publii poar la premiere /uii ifiiprri
Iruis manuicrits intMit Je la Hil'iii^t/iejut
imptriale Jt I'arii, pnienlant la reJjithn
primiliie ilu Livte, retut par Mare-
l'i>l, lui-mime el Jounce par lui, en I 307,
a I'hichaull Je Cipy, &c., (jjfi., par
M. G. Pauihier. Paris, 1 vols, gvo,
1865.
io8
Bibliotheca /Imericana.
I Co8. which then ruled all classes of scholars, Ptolemy's Geog-
ranhy was preserved entire, and made to form a kind
of nucleus, around which were gathered under the title
of " Extra Plolemeum," the results of all subsequent
investigations. The maps, especially, which, when first
introduced by the German Benedictine Nicholas Donis,
numbered only twenty-seven, were increased in number,
and, to a certain extent, perfected. The startling dis-
coveries of Columbus, Cubral, Vasco da Gama, Miagel-
lan and others, gave a new impetus to the geographical
science, which, so far as we are concerned, culmmated
in the present edition of Ptolemy, which contains the
first engraved map representing the newly rediscovered
isles and hemisphere.
"Jean Ruysch developpc, pour sa table univcrscllc, la projection
loniquc sur tons les 360 dcgrcs dc longitude, et jusqu'a 4>'^ de la lati-
tude australe : dc cettc (a^on il deroulc toutes les nouvelles dccouvertes
graduces. Terra sitnctn crucii live mumiui nouus, ne dittcre en rien
de ce qu'on voit dans I'liydrographie portugaise'. (^n y lit en has:
naute Lusitani partem hunt tit re hujui u/ixn'irunt rt tisc/ue ad ckva-
tionitn fall antarctiii 50 graduum fcrvcncrunt, nundum tamcn ad ejui
jinem austrinumA Cependant les cpigraphes dcs totes n'avancent que
jusqu'au 40' degre, cominc dans I'hydrographie. Taliula terrT nov.x-
de cette hydrographie, reproduite en I>I3, i?20, i>22, 1535, oftVe
une singulicre errcur dans I'epigraphe de abbatia omnium sanctorum,
au lieu de iiahia, Iiaya, baie. Cette errcur figure dans les quatre voy-
ages editcs par llacoini! [ Hylacomylus]. On cr(jirait que cette erreur
est inventec par I'editeur Ilacomilus, qui probablemcnt coopera dans
la publication de I'hydrographie. Mais la carte de Ruysch, attachce
a I'edition r(jmaine dr i 508 de Ptolemee it laijuelle est jointe, nova
orbis dcscriptio de Benvenuti, prescnte la meine erreur : or, elle
a sa source dans la traduction latine de Giocondo, qu'en 1 ^04 Ben-
venuti expedia de Lisbonne en Lorraine et que lui-meme apporta en
Italic."
* Lclcwcl, HumliiilJt .iiid Sjntarcm's
lonstant reterrncis fu the " l'.irtuj;ac»f
Hvilrdgraphy," .ipiily to a ni.i|i uiiltreil
iVum Poitugal aliKut 1504, by Kiii); Kciii'
• it Liitralnr, wIid t"i)k great iiitrrrst ill
gr>iKra|'hiial ttuiiie,, and whicli it trpre-
jented li> have lieeii drawn by an Admiral
in the icrvitr nt King Ferdinand ol' Spain,
(>ce Eitler Jnd L'belin'i preface tu the
abiivc Violtmy). Fur a statciDcnt tending
til prove that the said Admiral was Colum-
bus hiinti'lt', till' readci may consult the
I'lalemy of 1 ^ 1 } {infra).
t /'/a. .■ The l'iirlu(;uesc mariners ex-
amined this part lit' the lartli, and went is
lar aj the ;oth degree iit° the elevation ut
the Antarctic |)olr, but not to the Southern
end of it.
i
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109
■ilRTb fX-
11,1 went li
elevation nl
II- Southetn
'• Au nord de cc iKJUVcau inonde Ruysch est different dc I'hydrogra- I ^00»
phie pcjrtugaiiie." 11 ignore bcaucuup plus Ics decouvcrtes cspagnoles." ^^g^^gs^msm
(Lkliwel*.)
" Quant a la dernicrc ct la plus rcmarquablc de ces cartes, c'est-a-
dire la mappcniondc, Jean Ruysih n'a tait <iuc la dessincr, et c'est
Marc Beneventanus, I'autcur du textc qui accompagnc cctte nouvellc
description do I'univcrs, tjui s'cn est fait I'cditeur, Mais cctte circon-
stance n'amoindrit en ricn le nierite de I'allemand Ruysch, que Bene-
ventanus appellc " (leographorum, meo judicio, peritissimus, ac in
piugendo orbe diligentissiinus," et qui, navigateur intrepidc, parti du
sud de I'Angletcrre, en conipagnie peut-<;tre d'Aineric Vcspuce, etait
parvenu au dela de I'equateur jusqu'au 53^ de latitude australe, et, sous
cc mcme parallclc, avait visite plu.sieurs lies dans le voisinage meme
du defroit que devait decouvrir Magellan.
" N'(Jubli(>nspas,entiM,qu'un protection plus puissantequeic cardinal
dc Nantes, le pape Jules II, avait, dcs le 2S juillet I 506, accorde a
I'cditeur Tosinus un privilege de vcnte exclusive pour six anndcs, en
recompense de ses soins et trais de publication pour la cosmographic
dc Ptolemee, accrue dc lii dcHripthn et poiition da terres nouvcllement
dicouverits. Cctte description nouvelle, cct accroissement dc textc,
prouvent que deux ans avani c]u'il tut (|uestion de la mappemunde de
Ruysch, on songcait deja a constatcr Ics progres rccents dc la geographic.
" Le privilege de vente exclusive tut subordonne a un autre privilege,
destine a le tnoderer, et accorde it un chan(jine de Saint-Jean-de-La-
tran, bibliothccaire et faniilicrde Jules II, charge par le pape dc fixer
\e juitf prix de I'ouvragc iniprinie a cinq cents exeinplaires."
(Thomawi*. )
The present Ptolemy is only a reprint of the follow-
ing:
"Bl.la; JN HOC OI'KRAE ( ?)||HAEC CONTINEyTVR
.'JliGEOGRAPHIACL. I'TOLKMAKI. A pluriniis uiris utriusq;
inguac doctiss. \\ eniendata : k cum Archetypo graeco ab ipsis col-
ata. — 11 schemata cum demonstrationibus suis correcia a Marco Mo-
nacho Caclestino Beneuen- {| tano : & loannc Cota Vcroncnsi uiris
Mathematicis consultissimis. — || &c,, &c.
" Bl. 107 a: Nee nO Clautiii Ptholemaei a piurimus utriusq ; |j lin-
guae doctiss. emendatii cum multis additi(ji:ibus Rome 1 ? ) No- \\ uitcr
imprcssum per Bernardinii Vt-ietu de V'italibus. Expesis \\ Euagelista
Tosino Brixiani) Bibliopola I ? 1 Im panic Julio. II. Pont. I Max. An-
111. r^tificaius tui. Dit*\ni. SeptCbr. M. D. Vll."
no
(HolrrMANii'.)
* Giiirapkit •/- MoyiH-zl^i, Vul. 11, ' BiHiugrapAiuiti l^xuom Jtr gttjmm-
p. 149. ttn l.ilttratur Jtr Gritsktn f Lripiig,
• l.e\ Pjfti j:it>graf All rl U Cirttgrapiif gvn, 184; (an cicelleni work), Vol. Ill,
du f'atuan, p. 15. p. 317,
no
Bibliotheca Americana.
ICOo* "In-folk, avtc 33 carta. Les vingt-scpt premieres cartes sont
,^_______ celles de I'cdition de 1478 [engraved by Conrad Sweynheim and Ar-
nold Buckinck], et les six autrcs ont etc nouvellcment gravces."
(Labanort' Catalogue'.)
The additions consist in fourteen leaves for the chap-
ter devoted to the Noua orbis descriptio together with an
epistle of Tosinus, the bookseller, and the celebrated
map of Johannes Ruysch, which is wanting in the edition
of 1507. This map, which contains, as far as known,
the first engraved delineations of the newly re-discovered
countries, is a mappemonde bearing the following title :
VNI-VERSAHOR COGNITI ORBIS TABVLA. | EX RECEN-TI-
Bvs coNFECTA OBSERVATION!- Bvs. The Strip of land
representing this country is named therein Terra sanc-
TE cRvcis' sivE MvNDvs Novv^, covcring in latitude
from 90 N. to 38 S.
The map has been republished by de Santarem" and
Lelewel".
Dirtct refertnctl ;
PANzm, Annalet Tyfogr., Vol. rill, page 148.
Reiuel, Comment, irituo-liir. Je GauJ. Pio/tm. Giogr., page 51.
Fabiiicius, Bihliclktia Grtria, Vol. v, page 1^5.
Van Hbaet, Catalogue Jri livret Imprimis tur f^elin. Vol. v,
No. 3, describes a copy, the maps of' which ( 34) are on vellum ;
also, GroslierS.
HuMBOLin, Examen Critique, Vol. 11, pages 5 and 9, Vol. iv,
pagi- IZI.
Mcmairet de la Soticte Je Ghgrafhie, fur February, 1837, page 75.
La Valliere Catalogue, Vol. in, No. 4484.
K.I0SS Catalogue. No. 3310.
Mafoleca Cohmfiitina, No. 1 .
Biblioiheca Breivonianii.
Hiltorical Nuggeti, No. 1158.
Ebert, Dntionary, No. 18114.
Bkunet, Vol. IV, col. 954.
(iKAESlt, Vol. V, page 500.
Niiei Off Columhut, page 1 70.
* Paris,8vo, 18x3, p. 6, Not. 18 and 19.
' " La Decouvcrte ayant cte Kiite sou*
les auspices de la Croix, el pour le trioinphe
de la Croix, cette terre nouvelle ctait
generalement indiquee sur les cartes par le
signe et le noni de la croii." Rosilly
01 Luinuts, Curiae fie Co/omh, p. 6. To
which we tay that Columbus' transatlantic
«uyagei were undertaken for the "tri^
umph" of dealer) in ipice and groceiiei,
and nothing else ! This very prosaical view
of the case is shared, we are glad to see,
by the learned atid pious Benedictines
themselves. See Art de verifier lei datei,
third series, Vol. XI, p. II, note.
" yitiai ctmfoie de maffemondet el de
iariet iydrografkijuei et kiitorifuei, defuii
le v* jmjuau xvii* liiclei.
" Atlas of the Getgrafkit du Atuyen-
Age.
anc
Bibliotheca Americana. 1 1 1
C7. RUCHAMER (J0BST.)—On a scroll encircling a globe : I 5^^'
^mt unlief ant|e lanbte
Unii ein %mt m\W in
Ux% netganget jetitje tx-
fttntien.
Colophon on the verso of the !e<if prCicling the table of contents :
1I9((fo i|at eiit rnMr biefed »ad|leinjl ivrl- d|r0 om|^
ueOifdier |)irad| in bie briot|d)en II orbradite bnb gcmadite
ift toorbrn. burdjllbrn mirbific bnb l)oil|(|rlartl)(ii dem
3oti II ftrn 9{tt(t|amer brr freticn funflt bnb arl^- II rnnrirn
^octorP &c. $nb bnri^ midi (^eor- 1| 0cn atad)f|(n )h
9hlrrintirrf|t(^(brui(tcllbnb bolcnbtr nndi (^lirijii bnjerd
Heben i)er II ren flrbnrbte. ^JDl.ccccr.biii. ^arr am WU- II
modi fancH 9latl)rl bed iieUiqrn a^aftalc; il abrntl^e brr bo
load brr )tort|nt)iQi|)r taf)r II brd 9Ronabtd Sr^trmbrid. t
ei II it
I, itfuii
*^* Folio for size, hut the signatures arc: one blank (for a i), a ij,
a iij, two blanks, cheii U, &c'. Title one -\- sixty-seven un-
numbered leaves, text in two columcs.
(Private Libur,, New V'ork, Br(X)kl;'n and Providence.)
We have seen a copy of the same date, which contains
on the verso of the title, and immediately after the pre-
face, a curious woodcut, representing a man, probably
* Angliii : New iinknuwn countries inJ Irjrncd Mr. Jobstcn Ruchimer, doctor of
a new world recently discovered. arts and medicine, Ate. And was printed
There ends ihii little book which has and linished by me, George Stuchtien, at
been translated from the Italian language Nuirmberg, A. 1). I SoX, the Wednesday
into German by the most worthy and before St. Matthew's September koth.
112
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1 508* Ca da Mosta, kneeling before a King who is surrounded
I h" a retinue of armed men, some of whom are mounted
on an elephant.
The table of contents is not reliable. The third book
is therein called the second, the fourth is taken for the
third. The chapters 80-90, 9 i-i 01, and 105-108, con-
tain the first three voyages of Columbus. The fourth
voyage is not inserted at all. The work presents a
remarkable peculiarity in the spelling of names. Colum-
bus is called Dawber (male pigeon), Alonzo Niflo, der
Schwarlze (the black), Lorenzo de Medicis, Laurentz
artzt (L. the physician). As to Vespuccius, the reader
will find only the third voyage. Humboldt' says that
" I'ouvrage de Ruchamer, d'un style extremement naif,
est plus correct et beaucoup mieux redige que /'Idneni-
rium PortHgal/ensiufii" (No. 58). It follows, however,
verv closely the text and arrangement of the Paesi nuoua-
mente retrouati of 1507, without additions of any kind,
although it seems to have been made on the Iiinerarium.
This work is not as rare as the Italian and Latin
versions of Zorzi's Collection, and seems to have
been reprinted several times in the same year and place,
but without any alterations in the text or pagina-
tion.
Direct rtftrtncei .
Panzir, Ann^ilei Tyfng^r.^ and ^mnaltn Jtr alttrtn dtatKk. Lit. Vol.
I, (Uge ly8.
Mf.usei., Bihlhlheca kiiioriia. Vol. in, pjgc 2ZO.
Cami'S, Mtmoire sur de B'\, pagr 6.
Ternaux, No. I ;.
KRiLRr, biitionary. No. 1 1 686.
BMUNtT, \'ol. V, col. 1160.
K.lo,ss Cat.ilogue, l^i^e 31S, No. 449I.
Kirt^t'l Catalogue, No. 908.
B'hiitjihfcti Crrn-viHianj, pagr 765.
BiHiotheta Hehcrijnj, Part v 11, No. 4161, JnJ Part Vlll, No. 3069.
Bihliatheca Brownijna, No. 19.
Bihliuiheta Brew.rliunj,
Bihliaihtca BdrLivianj, page 1 5.
Catalog. Bihiiolk. Bunav., Vol. II, page 45.
• Examtn Criiijut, Vol. iv, pp. 86-88.
'■-4
-.1
■*i,
.. -ir
i
4
, Ni>. 3069.
Bibliot/uca yimericana. iij
5 8 . ZOnZI-MADIllGSASO—Reft* 0/ the firit U*f:
^ttnrrartu }lartttflttUf0tn
( |tt|)tama in Jnlita t in ii
)»e in acdbrnkm t 'btmvm
a^ afjnilonrmji
Then a large map of Africa filling ihe re»t of the page.
Recto of the iectnJ 'eaf:
ITINRRARIVM Portugallenfium ex Vlif-
bona T Iticliam nee !! non in Occidentem
ac Setemptrione : ex Vernaculo fermone
in II latinum traduclum. Interprete Arch-
angelo Madrignano Medio || lanenfe Mo-
nacho Careuallenii.*
First rectt tf signature B :
Mediolani Kalendis luniis. M.ccccc.viii.
In fine :
Operi fuprcma manus impofita eft ka-
lendis quintilibus. Ludouico galillia^ rege
huius urbis iclite Iceptra regete. lulio
fecudo potilice maxi- v. ma orthodoxa fide
* Anglici : A Portuguese ilinrttn frrjm to '.he Wot and 10 the North, enaiMbleil
Portugal to India, and tVom thence ( > the from ibe *cnucui«f Language into Latin,
Wcit, an I !a<tly to the Ns.th Pjrc br Archaa;el%i Madn^nann of Milan, ui
gueie itinerary trom Lisbon to the In^in, tJte br4<T of the Camralenaei ( ' ;.
>5
1508.
i
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1508. fcliciter moderate : anno nfae falutis
.M.D.VIII.f
*^* Folio, signatures in sixes and eights. Title 1, then an index
of two unnumbered leaves, the first of which is marked aa;
then from A ii to B (exclusive of B), seven unnumbered leaves ;
then text in eighty-eight numbered leaves, the last through
mistake being marked i.xxviii. The last signature is N iii,
followed by three unnumbered leaves.
(Private Libr., New Vork, Providence, Waihington
city, and Harv. Coll. Libr.)
Camus' and Ebert* say that there should be eleven
preliminary leaves. More than ten copies, including
the one in the Dresden Library from which Ebert made
his transcript, have been examined by a distinguished
bibliophile of this city with the view of testing the asser-
tion of the learned and unfortunate Dresden bibliog-
rapher, l)ut in no instance could he find more than «/'«?,
or ten leaves with the title-page. It should be noticed,
however, that the poetry on the verso of the last unnum-
bered leaf seems to end abruptly, although the signature
is complete.
As to the index it is said to be rarely found, either
at the beginning or end of the volume; yet all the copies
which we have examined in this country (six) have it.
In the Musee des Souvemins, at the Louvre, there is a
splendid cony printed on vellum, and bearing the arms
or cipher of Henry IP, interlaced with that of the beau-
tiful Diane de Poitiers.
The present is a Latin translation of the collection of
voyages ascribed to Zor/i (No. 48), by a Milanese monk
called Madrignano. It contains the navigations of Ca
da Mosto (cap. i-8j), three of Columbus (cap. 84-108),
Alonzo the Black's (cap. 109-1 ii), Pinzon's (cap. 112-
t Angl.: Milan, Kalends ofjune, l?o8. ' Memcirti lur Je Bry, p. 34a.
The work was tinishej July i jt, under the ' Dudoita'-y, No. 10637.
Illustrious reign ol" Lewis, King of" Krance, ' Van Phait, Culahgue Hei tivrtt im-
and under the Pupr Juliua II, ihr »i>e frimii lur ttlin Jt la Bili!:Mhijut Ju
preserver o»" the Orthodox faith, the year Rti (Paris, Xvo, lXll-8)i Vol. V, p. 150,
of our Salvation I $08. No. 171.
4
:ith
eitner
Bibliotheca Americana. nr
iij); Vespuccius' third voyage (cap. 1 14-124); the i coS
ter? .1 ^' ""'"^p^'-^"^ '^«' ^° ^«P H2) ; and several let-
ters relating to Portuguese voyages.
fair'l^! "'J««^'i'>n dc la traduction latine dc Madrigano a d'ailleurs etc
I d-i„H -"; "^""^ negligence. Dc la division en six liJ es "n'v
t 7 n'in 1r' ^''•''''^ ''""^ 1^ '^"^'•^""'^ «=' '"^ '--^•'"^ aux chap. 4^
e 71. non Ic quatrieme ct le cinquicmc. Le chapitrc 11. traire
dont on donne le voyage rcsterait inconnu." nav.gaieur
(Humboldt*.)
Dirm uf,r,na, .-J Fo,ca.,n,, D.lla L„Ur. Fe.e^Una, Vol. ,, page 4,^ no..
■ B,b o,k,ca Tkoniana, Vol. v„, pafc-e ,07. ^^ ^^^ "'
Bibhotktca (Srenx'iljiana, pjgc 765.
Bii/hliecu Hebtriana, J'art 11, No. 3080.
Pan2«,, ^,„tf/,, Typogr., Vol. VIII, page iSc.
1..A.0.CH, .y»r,„ ^,//^ /.,„,,. /,^/ Vol. v„i, page ,M
BibliQthtia Brotvniana, No. 18.
Bibliothtca Barlowiana, pane 1 1
Rich, No. 1. r 6 j
Tehnai'x, No. 13.
B«UN».T, Vol. Ill, col. 474.
URAEssr, Vol. Ill, p.ige ,^3^.
Klos, Catalogue, pagci58, No. 1,87, aicribes the printing of the
present to Gotardo de Ponte. *
59. 5^z?Av.L/cw> (MAKK.ANT.)-^^ Rhapfodijc Hiftoria-
rum Enneadum Marc Antoninf Cocci. Sabell.c. ab
orbe condito ; pars prima complectens quinque En-
neades {Jaljb, nam complectitur tantUm quatuorl ^^-cunda
tres, tertia quatuor. ; ufque ad annum 1504; pr^miHls
earundem repcrtoriis auctis & recognitis ab A.scens.o
cum authons Epitomis: Vanundaniur in Parrhifiorum
Acadmiaab]on.,^^^ P.kvo ^ ipjo, c^ui i^npreffu, Ascbn-
sio. fol. Panf. 1509."
(Maittaui'.)
" Rccusa haec edirio four No 21 1 P.,ri, i„ jl
1S09. 1 Voll. f. ibid. ,5'i3. 3 Voll. 1-." '"^'^"^ Asccnsiani,
'_ (Miuitt'.)
* Examen Criiifut, Vol. iv, p. 85
Ann„J„ T,f., Vol. u. Part I, p. 198.
1509.
p. jeft'!"*'" ''""'"''• ^°'- '' P«" '.
J
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15091 60. t'ESPUCClUS V HrL/ico\tri.US— Recto of tbt fint Itaf :
(Caj^majrap W^ intra 11 tibctio : cum pitur^
nam (Scomp- ||trip ac Efttonomi^ prinrillpiis ati earn
rrm II nrrrffatiiis. II Jnfuprr quattuot ^mrtiri Br II
fpurii nauigationr^. II Oniurrfalis. Otofmograptif
brfrriptiojitam in folitio ^ piano, tisi rtiam II infertis
quf i9t1)oIomro || ignota, a nupctiis II rrperta funt. ||
Cum trruis aftta rrgat, et terrp rlimata (fTffat; II Jjlec
trllust, nee ciis fstieta maiujs fiatent ||
Colophon :
%xtmi ^U J^vgent0va/ 11 cos tocopuis
Jngcniofus bit .Joannes II gtanigrr. ^nno poft
natit fal- jl uatote fupta fcfquimil- 1| lefimfl jllono. ||
.lioanne ^TicIp1)o |BuIic1)0 Hrgrntincft caftiga::
tore. II*
« «
Sm. 4to, thirty-two unnumbered leaves, diagrams, description
on the back of the mappemondc, so called, in fourteen lines,
and black letter. (There is an issue of the same date with the
said description in fifteen lines. In the May and September
editions of 1507 it is in Roman characters).
(Private Librar., New York, Pruvidence, Waihingtun
city, and Harvard Cull. Libr.)
See the recto of cij, and the verso of ciiij.
It is the text of the present edition which has been
published by Navarrete', with notes and a translation
into Spanish. We quote the above on pages 59-60,
under the name of Griiniger.
* /Ing/id : The ingenious man, John the corrector John Adolphus Mulich ut'
Griinigrr, printed this work at Stra»Durg, Strasb>irg.
in the year ut' our lalvatiun 1509, under The reit at in No. 44.
I 1
.11
Diritt ri/irimiii
Bibliotheca Americana.
PiNlLo-BAiriA, Epilomi, col. 574.
Pamiii, Anna/n Tyfngr., Vul. vi, page 44.
' Colnikn, Vul. in, p4gr l)i■^, .,nd 190, ly.
Biklittiita Thotiiaiia, Vul. vii, pajje 119.
Bik!itike,a (Irenvilliana, pagt 765.
Bihliuikua Htktnana, Hjrt 111, No. 4988.
Bikliciktta Bruivnijna, Nu. 10.
Biklhlkna Bar/owiana, p.igr 11,
Hi'.loruj/ Xuggett, No. 1746.
HiMloLDT, Ex,imen Ciiii,,ut, Vul, iv, page 101
TcisAux, Nil. 14,
filUNIT, Vol. II, tol. Jly.
GiAttsi, Vul. II, pa^e »8i.
07
1509.
61. ^7vo;v>,/o,Av_^lalrtt]9! mUttdi ll 20rr(ara=
tio fiuf l)cfrnptio munniilet tothis ortjis tmarum
globulo rotunDo romparati bt fprra foU II tia. (Qua
culuis ftia mrUiorritrr Horto ati orulii blTirrr Km
i an II tipolir» rffe, quo? prtiCB noftris oppofiti funt
iSt Qualiter in bna- 1| quaq; : ori)(» pane i)ominr!8
bitam agere qurunt lalutarc, folc finllgula tern
loca illuftrantr: m tamcn terra in baruo acre pm-
Here II bilictur : folo nri nutu iwmxm, aliis (p ; per-
muItiB Jic quarta orbis II tcrrartt parte nuper ab
amcrieorcperta.ll
laiJ'Jown"""*^'"' representing a globe, in which the New World i.
In fine :
. ... Oalete felieiter et II argentina bltima
augufti. anno poft natfi faditatorf. m. 2D \:X
3oanne» griniaer impri II mebat. airelpbo eaftiaa-
tore. II* "
♦.,*»jf/;V/; The World's globe. lixpo- can .^^ wUI, I,!
•ition or de..,ip,iun of ,hc world a„d o. !„ I, f , "*" '^'" '''*' '''"' •"«
.he,,rre.,ul,pherccu„=c,uc*da*a 1j a„ 'i: "' *'"'" '"' ^^"^ "Pf'-i"- •■»" i
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*^* Sm. 410 (signal. C in sixes), fourteen unnumbered leaves.
(Harvard Coll. Library.)
•' C'est dans cette brochure tres rare aujourd'hui que j'ai trouve
employee pour la premiere fois la denomination d'Amerique pour
designer le Nouveau Monde, d'apres le conseil donne par Hylacomylus
en 1 507. L'auteur anonyme, que Panzer' a cru par erreur etre Hen-
ricus Loritus Glareanus [see infra^ ne nomme le navigateur florentin
que sur le titre de I'ouvrage et sans faire aucune mention de Colomb."
(Humboldt*.)
Direct referencei t
' V AnzzK, AnnaUs Typogr., \ol. vi, page 44; mentions also on
page iz8, of the same vol., an edition sine anno,
Bibliotheca Thottiana, Vol. v, page 219.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 481.
* Examen Critique, Vol. vi, page 141, and introduction to Ghil-
lany's Behaim, page 8, note.
Historical Nuggets, No. 1 252.
Gkaesse, Vol. Ill, page 94.
6 2 . VESPVCCIUS [AMERICUS —Recto of the first leaf:
n\^ li Wn faget taie
Hit jIUIk " ^. jii eafmieull bttb §err gmotittel.
^. 3u. ^ortupt fallen H^ )oel}te II mor er|tt(I)ct unnb
fttitbeu tii( ^nfttlen unnb ein Sleutoe || toelt bon mUben
ttailenben ^tUtn' bormals bttHefant. ||
Then woodcut representing two kings receiving two men landing
from a vessel, at the top of the picture : LISBONA.
Colophon :
©ebruitt $u ^trafflittrg bitrdj ^o^nt ©ruitiger II ^tt
iar. Da.ccccr. ij* bff Setare, mt bie abtx blje II fugel bit
befi^reibung ber gatt^enn toelt berften \o\W II tourjit bie
Hentadj finben unnb (efen. \\*
seems to be suspendeil in the airy vacuum, on the last of August, A. O. 1 509, printed
supported only by God's will j together by John Griiniger and correc'ed by Adol-
with many other things concerning the phus ( ? ).
fourth part of the earth recently discov- * jinglici : This little book relates how
ered by Americus. Farewell, Strasl>urg, the two most illustrious Lords, Frrdinand,
* *
Bihliotheca Americana.
1x9
4to. (signal. B and C in sixes); thirty-two leaves Large T rnn
woodcuts on verso of Bi, recto of Diiii.^..r,° 'f p' i: ,rf !r ' ^OQ
page.' ^ " repetition of the vignette on the title-
(Private Library, New York, and British Museum.)
German translation of the four vovaees of Ve^n,,-
63. ^£5PC^CC/ro-//ri^C0AfrzW-/J^./. of the first leaf:
COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODVCTIOIICVM OVIRVsnA^^
EAMDEMNECESSARIIS.il ^RINCIPIIS || AD
Infuper quatuor Americi Vespuccii II
nauigationes. Vniuerfalis Chofmographi^
defcnptio II tam in folido qplano, ei? etiam
mfertis qu^ Ptholomaeo || ignota a nuperisH
reperta funt.|| ^ "
Then eight lines of verse
Kobertetvm."
addressed to "Dominvm Jacob
vm
Cokpb,
on .
Explicit fehciter cofmographi^ uniuer-
fahs defcnptio II cu quattuor Americi uef-
pucii nauigatioibus uigi, || lantiffime Im-
prefla per lohanem de la Place. || Vt
mendula quide fuperit. ||* Finis ||
nee
Kmg of Castile, and Emanuel, King of
Portugal have searched througi; the vast
seas, and discovered many ialands, and a
new world of naked savages, hitherto un-
Printed at Strasburg by John Gruniger,
•n the year ,509, on Litare. But how
you shall understand the globe and the
descr,pt,on of the whole world, that you
wiU hereafter find out and read.
Anglki : The description of universal
cosmography, happily explained, together
with the tour navigations of .4mericui
Vespucius, most elegantly printed by John
I5IO.
■i^"
lao
Bibliotheca Americana.
1510. *^* Sm. 4to, title, //»(f anno aut loco; title one + thirty-two un-
s^s^=^_ numbered leaves; text in Roman; two simple diagrams.
(Private Library, New York.)
" Cette edition, tres-peu connue, a du' etre imprimee a Lyon, ou
Jean de la Place exercait des I'annee 15 10."
(See the recto of D iij for the passage relating to
America.)
Dirtct reftrences: (" Meusel, Bibliotheca Historica, Vol. ill, page 265.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Vol. VII, No. 6409 ( ?).
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 765,
Bibliotheca Barhwiana, page 14.
' Brunit, Vol. II, col. 318.
Graesse, Vol. II, page 28 1.
Ozj.. ALBKRTWI {FRANC. DE)— Recto of the first leaf, within an
ornameK '.il fronfispiece :
OPVSCVLVM DE MIRABI- || libus
Nou;£ & ueteris Vrbis Romae edi- || turn a
Fracifco de Albertinis Clerico Flore || tino
dedicatumcp lulio fecundo Pon. Max.*
Then an epigram in eight lines, addressed to Andrew Fulvius, the
versifying antiquarian; followed by " CVM PRIVILEGIO."
Colophon :
ImprefTum Romae per lacobum Mazo-
chium II Romanae Academiae Bibliopolam
qui in- || fra paucos dies epythaphio^ opuf-
culu II in luce ponet afio Salutis. M.D.X.
Die. iiii. Febr. II
de la Place, so that not even the least the wonderful things of the new as well
mistake can be found. as of the old city of Rome, edited by Fran-
The rest ot the title as in No. 44. cis de Albertini. a Florentine clergyman ;
* AngUc'e: A little work concerning dedicated to Pope Julius II.
Bibliotheca Americana. 121
V Sm. 4to, title one + one hundred and two unnumbered leaves.
. (Private Library, New York.)
" Editio prima."
(Panzer'.)
U !^!?T'^^°/^t"r''"'' ^°"' I'ouvrage curieux a paru deux ans apres
INegri IS authentic], ne connait aussi que les decouvertes de Vespuce."
. - (Humboldt'.)
After speaking of the Antiquities of Rome in a man-
ner which stamps him as the first archsologist of his
times, he speaks "D. r^oua Frbe," and by a slight di'
gress^n ends the book with a section De laudiL ciuL
tata Florentine et Sauoensts, ,n which, after enumerating
the tanious orators, writers, painters and others of Flo-
rence, he thus speaks of Vespuccius :
Recto of leaf \oi :
" . . . . . na inllnouo mundo Albericus
Vefpulcius [sic) Flo. miffus a fi Udeliffimo
Rege Portugal. Poftremo uero a Catholill
CO Hy paniaru Rege primus adiuenit nouas
inlu/lllas&loca incognita: ut in eius li-
bello Graphice ap.||paret in Epiftola eius
de nouo mundo ad Lauren || tium luniorem
de medicis."f
Direct references ;
' cCZlThUrl" '^^f^'-' '^'''- ^' P"" ' (!"<)«). page 18.
I W^'^^^^^BMwtheque Curieuse. Vol. i, page 120
Mazzucheu.., GliuriuoricC Italia, Vol. ,, LgeM, ^^•
Bandini, Vita, page lii. ' ^^ ^
Napione, Ragionamemo, page loi, note.
BMiothtca Thottiana, Vol. vn, page 222.
Bibliotheca Barlowiana,—.
Brunet, Vol. I, col. 135.'
Graesse, Vol. r, page 53.
vetpS;; i? Sen:; .^ !^ Tiz tr^' ''' "^r r '^^ "- ''-^'. -
Christian King of Por ugal, but lastirbv wo d "/." '".*"' l"'" "P°" ""= "«=>-
the Catholic King of Spai'n. first diSred' ZLr' ""' '° ^°""^° ""^ ^*'='""».
new islands and unknown countries, as is ' J»»^/„ v 1
graphically set forth in his book, where h^ » eZH:; ^li;:;'^!^':;^^^^ „.,
16
I5IO.
122 Bibliotheca Americana.
^5'0* 65. ;if^FF£/»/j'o£r£/j«^-<«Commentariorum urban-
orum Libri xxxvin. Paris. 15 10. f."
(Mevsel'.)
I5II.
66. MARTYR (PETER)— Recto of the first leaf:
p. |Kartt)m aitgU
^)»t0ramm(tt(i
Colophon }
H ^mpreffum l^ifpali cu fumma triligencia per
Jacobfl corum || terger alemanfi. Enno. imiUeffi=
tno quittgentemmo, xj. mSfc bero II aprili.f
' Bibliotheca Historica, Vol. i, Part i,
page 28 1.
* The translation into Spanish of Ber-
gomas' Chronicle, by Narcis Vifloles, the
Valencian poet (Summa de todas las cronicas
del mundo, Valencia, folio, 1510), although
carrying the annals as late as the war of
Naples, full ten years after the first voyage
of Columbus, does not contain the chapter
relating to America, and which imparts ;
certain importance to the editions of Ber-
gomas published in Latin and Italian after
f Anglici : The works of Peter Martyr
Anglerius of Milan. The Embassy to
Babylon, the Decade of the Ocean;
poems, epigrams. With privilege.
Printed at Seville with the greatest care
by James Corumberger, a German, in the
year 1511, in the month of April.
V"*-!***" vivmiiwpi^i
urban-
* *
*
ItfSU
! of Bsr-
an after
■ Martyr
bassy to
Ocean j
test care
, in the
Bibliotheca Americana. 123
Folio seventy-four unnumbered leaves, text in Gothic type
pr nted .n two columns The decade commences on sgL-'
(Private Library, Providence.)
Pietro Martire d'Anghiera is almost always called Peter
Martyr, for which he must stand responsible as hf was
the first to set the example", while his^ epitaph bears no
other name. We call ^our author PeterXtyr as h
hat'VJTdenT';A°''^"°'"^.'''"' ^"^ ^ ^^'^^^^^^
QuotatLff f^'"'"''^'^'''°^y ^i" "Mistake our
quotations for references to Peter Martyr Festus Peter
Martyr Tronus, Peter Martyr Vermilli^r StVr4e
Armenian who acquired so much reputa ion as a traveler
towards the close of the fifteenth ceLury^ ?he presen
Peter Martyr was born in 1455 (NiceJon^\ or in f..
& 'Hf ^'1 at Arona,^iV thfuL^^f Ltg
£5u^p^S;:arii^.-[s.--^^
Pomponius Laetus^to both of whom many of his Tetters
p . L .'■"''" "^^^ " familiar with
Peter Martyrs sportive style, it is evident
that the remark «<Italus quidam Mar^r
nomme ad Cunam se nuper contulit," &c
fotLir''-'"'^'"""''- '=''-)•'•'?'-■
' HERVM AETATB NOSTRA OESTARVM
FT NOVI ORBIS IGNOTI HACTENVS
ILLVSTRATORI PETRO MARTYR, MEDIOLANM
CAESAR EO SENATORI
ttyi PATRIA RELICTA
BELLO GRANATENSI MILES INTBREVIT
MOX VRBE CAPTA FR,MVM CANONICO
DEINDE PRIORI HVIVS ECCLESIAE
DECANVS ET CAPITVI.VM
CABISSIMO COLLEGAE POSVERE SEPVLCHRVM
ANNO MDXXVI,
" posta nel Duo„o di Granata, e riferita dal
Maz^ucMl,:- (Cancellieki, Dmcrta-
"I'll, p. 2ia, note.)
11 y a eu quatre s^avans hommes qui
ont porte le nom de Pierre Martyr. Scavoir
Pierre Martyr dit ^»^/^r/„„/ de MilaT
qu. a fait les Decades du nouveau Monde'
fierre Martyr Festus d'Urce ville d'Es-
pagne, qui a public Summarium Conuituth-
rmm pro rcgimwi Ordinh Pradicatorum
Pierre Martyr Tronus de Novarre en Ital^'
Z ""'"';'*«' '"/""'. Et Pierre Martyr
Vermil, dont M. de Thou a fait rEfoge."
^r.Tp\o^r '" """""' *—'
ho«ma ,llu.,rcs dam larip. dc.Uurc,. Paris.
' BibUoteca Americana (MS.\ Vol i
p. 48. '' '
I5II.
■ig .WMi
124
Bibliotheca Americana.
I CI I. are addressed. He repaired to Spain with Count Ten-
__«_s___, dilla in 1487, joined the Spanish army in the war against
the Moors in 1488, was ordained a priest in 1494, and
was appointed during the same year tutor to the chil-
dren of Ferdinand and Isabella, or only preceptor of
the royal pages. Peter Martyr was intrusted in 1501
with a diplomatic mission to the Sultan of Egypt, which
is related in his Legatio babylonica (/'. e. Cairo). As a
reward for his having dedicated this work to Pope
Leo X, he was appointed Apostolical Prothonotary
(one of the twelve members of a college intrusted with
the custody of the last wills of cardinals, and with the
proceedings for the canonization of saints) ; and in
1505 obtained the much-coveted office of Dean of the
chapter of the Cathedral of Granada. He died in that
city after August 1525, or in 1526 [Alcedo). The friend
or contemporary of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Cortes,
Magellan, Cabot and Vespuccius, a member of the
Council of the Indies, he was enabled to obtain valuable
information in regard to the great Oceanic discoveries,
the substance of which, with some additions of his own,
is embodied in his Decades or " Oceanics."
There is an impression among Italian bibliographers,
based probably upon the assertion of Caballero^ or a
mistake in the Bibliotheca Vilenbroukiand' (afterwards
corrected in the index), that the first Decade was pub-
lished at Seville as early as the year 1500. Panzer' and
Hain'° repeat this assertion, but Mazzuchelli", with his
usual acuteness, exhibits the fallacy of the statement.
The earliest edition known is the above, which, if Bru-
nei's description is correct, must have been printed twice
in the same year and place, as Brunet's title, which dif-
fers from ours, was likewise taken from an original which
he had " sous les yeux."
Leon Pinelo" asserts that all the Decades of Peter
' De prima Tyfogr. Hisp. (Rome 1793,
4to), p. 8c.
' Vol. II, No. 1 181.
• Annatii Typogr., Vol IV, p. 339.
" Repertsrium, No. 10863.
" G/i Scrittori cl^ Italia, cioe nolizie ito-
ricke e critic he ^ iJrescia, fol,, 1753-63,
Vol. I, Part 2, pp. 773-7.
" Epitome, p. 68 ; and Barcia'a edit.
Vol. 1, col. 579.
Bibliotheca Americana.
125
Martyr were printed in 151 1, which is evidently an I ^11,
error. The present edition contains only the first de- -ssaBs-as
cade, which was republished, together with the second
and third, at Alcala in 1516 {infra). This collection of
three decades was again printed separately at Basle, folio,
1 533 {infra), and at Cologne, 8vo, in 1 574'^
The entire eight decades were not published until
1530, folio, Alcala de Henarez {infra). Ternaux'*,
Brunet and Graesse mention a Paris folio edition of
1^36, while Pinelo-Barcia, with his usual inaccuracy, adds
to the list of imaginary editions, one of 1540, and an-
other of 1557. The Paris edition by Hakluyt" is, as we
have since ascertained, erroneously considered the best.
Extracts from the fourth Decade, known as de in-
sulis niiper repertis liber, were published in Latin at
Basle in 1521 {infra), in all the editions and transla-
tions of the Novus orbis^^ ; in French by Simon de
Colines in 1532 (infra), and added to the Antwerp
edition of Brocard's Description of the Holy-Land
(1537, infra). The German translation mentioned by
Graesse'' contains the first three decades and the ex-
tracts from the fourth. An abridgement in Italian'*
was printed under the title of Sommario, in 1534 {infra).
We have the authority of Leon Pinelo'' for the asser-
tion, repeated by Antonio', that a descendant of Peter
Martyr translated the Decade into Spanish, but it is
doubtful whether this translation ever was printed. As
to the English versions", they are well known.
" De Rebus Oceania's, et Novo Orbe,
decades tres. Sec, 24 prel. 11., 683 pp.
'• Bibliotiejue Amiricaine, No. 47, bis.
" De orbe novo. Sec, Paris, 8vo, 1587,
8 prel. 11., 605 pp., 12 unnumb. 11., map.
See Bu//et. Soc. Geogr. Oct. 1858, p. 271.
" Peter Martyr de insutis nuper reper-
tis liber. No. 17, pp. 570-584 of the Basle
edit, of 1532.
" Petrus Martyr von Meylandt ....
Verteutschet durch Nic. Hiniger von Ko-
nigshofen. Basle, fol., 1582; in the Trisor,
Vol. I, p. 130.
" If we may judge from the title, the
Relation! del S. Pietro Martire Milanese,
Venice, 8vo, 1564, is only a translation of
the Legatio babylonica, and therefore be-
longs only to the Bibliotheque Asiatique.
" " Ivan Pablo Martir Riro, des-
ccndiente de don Pedro Martir, conocedo
cuesta Corte, por las obras que ha impresso,
tiene traduzidas las Decadas de su bisabuelo
en Castellano, para dar a la estampa,"
Epitome, p. 69.
" The Decades of the New fforlde . . .
translatedinto Engtyssche by Rycharde Eden, j
London, 4to, 1555, 24 prel. II., 361 11.;
and 13, contains the first three Decades,
■%
-■*v -^*"'iiiiiny
1511.
Bibliotheca Americana.
126
Peter Martyr seems to have written other works
which were printed. Pinelo-Barcia", mentions a History
of the Palestinians, Tyrians and Sidonians ; and An-
tonio, a Synopsis of Pliny's Historia naturalis.
Dirtcl r,fi„mn: ( Pan^ek, Annate, Typogr., Vol. vu, page 110
-> MoRiLLi, Ofcrelte, Vol. i, page 191.
TuNAUX, No. 16.
Bibiiotheca Thottiana, Vol. vu, page 95.
Bibliotheca Hebtriana, Part vi, No. 214.
Bibliotheca Browniana, No. 21.
Brunet, Vol. I, col. 291.
Graessi, Vol. I, page 129,
67. MAWFEi OF ^oir£^/j^_" Commentariorum urban-
orum RAPHAELis POLATERRANi [stc) octo & tringinta
libri .... Venundantur Parrhifiis in via lacobea
Joanne paruo & lodoco Badio Afcenfio, ad kalendas
lulias anno falutis noftre 151 1. in-fol. folior. 414. fi
duplicem indicem."
(Freytac'.)
68. PTOLEMT-SYLVANUS-Recto of the first leaf, printed in red:
CLAVDII PTHOLEMAEI ALEXANDRINI
LIIIBER GEOGRAPHIAE CVM TABVLIS
ET II VNIVERSALI FIGVRA ET CVM AD H
DITIO NE LOCORVM OVA || EA RECENT!
ORIBVS REPER || TA SVNT^'' DILIGENtVn
CVRA EMENDA || TVS ET IM || PRESSVS || "
and extracts from the last five. The Hii-
tory of Travayle in the fFest and East
Indies, . . by Eden ; netuly set in order,
augmented, &c., by Richard fVilles ; Lon-
don, 4to, I577J loprel. 11., 466 11., 4 II.;
contains the first four Decades, and an
abridgment of the remaining four. De
Novo Orbe, . . by Eden, . . . ^hereunto
the other fiue are newly added by the Indus-
trie andpainefull Trauaile of M. Lok Gent.f
Lond.,4to, 1612; 5prel. 11.; 31811. Idem
ofusf Lend., 4to, 1628.
" Loc. cit., col. 1469.
' Analecta Lilt., page J063, and Catal.
Bihl. Lugd, Balav., page 206.
_ ' " C'est-a dire, au sud I'Afrique ; a
Test les relations de Marco Polo; a I'ouest,
terra crucis, les ile.'s du nouveau monde et
Bibliotheca Americana. j^j
Sylvanus anotationes in Ptholemaei geo-
graphiam. || ^
Colophon :
Venetiis per Jacobum Pentium de leu-
cho II Anno domini. m.d.xi. Die xv || Menfis
Martii. || *
inilr that Th. "'^ '^OPX. contains " les 28 cartes'". We
las, and described in the Mnpoteca Colombiann.
(Private Library, New York.)
uisrE:;»T""" "' ■- "• « ^ ■» — ^- cStl',?,;;
„ f , {Mapoteca Colombiana*.)
Les cartes sont d'autant plus remarquables au'elle, fnr^n. 1
mieres imprimees d'apres un nouveau Dror/H^^ l . l ' '" P'^'
gravees en bois. et percees de trois aux endrot n !f ^''"'^" ""'^"^
les noms des lieux, afin de les y p acer en S It. "T '■' ''°""^^
primerie ; I'ecriture devint alor^s ^ lis^ble n.lT/''^'"''''!-'^'''"-
un effet desagreable a I'ceil." * ' '" "^'^ ofFrirent
[Labanoff Catalogue.)
Bernard Sylvanus, of Eboli (in the kingdom of
Naples), was a geographer of remarkable fearning,
terra Laboratoris : sont figurees sur la pre-
miere carte, mappemonde de Ptolemee
/.«".','■' "'^"""^ "" developpementde
108 de la longueur de I'habitable, de 70°
tant a Test qu'a Touest : ainsi quVUe
s^etend sur 320° de longueur." Lelewkl,
Gcogr duMoytn Age, Vol. II, p. ,5,, „.'
* Anghce : The book of Claudius
Ptolemy of Alexandria on Geography, to-
gether With maps, a mappemonde, and a
supplement containing the places which
have been discovered by recent navigators.
Carefu ly corrected and printed. Annota-
tions ot Sylvanus to Ptolemy's Geography
Venice, by James Pentius de Leucho;
A.D. 1511, March 15th.
'a B.hhotheque du Princt Labanoff i Paris
8vo, i8i3, p. 7. '
* London, 8vo, i860, p. i, No. 2.
ii8
Bibliotheca Americana
151 !• boldness and imagination. His work can scarcely be
u - called an edition of Ptolemy's Cosmograpkia, for he
undertook therein to remodel Ptolemy himself, by
means of data borrowed from modern navigators, which
he interspersed with such erroneous conjectures boldly
set forth as facts, that no reliance whatever can be
placed upon his maps, text, or assertions. Withal,
Sylvanus' Ptolemy is, in a cartographical point of view,
an extremely curious book. Lelewel says' that the maps
are "admirables, d'une forme seduisante et plus pro-
portionnee, plus harmonieuse que les constructions dc
ce genre de geographies posterieures." Raided, on the
other hand, seems to entertain a contrary opinion.
Dirrct re/ercnits i
Fabbicius, Bihliotheca Graca, Vol. v, page 275.
Hanzik, Annates Typogr,, Vol. viii, page 405.
Bauer, Bihlioth. Suppl. Vol. 11 1, page 210.
Napionu, Dtl Prima Siopritore, page 87.
ZuRLA, Sulle Antiche mappt, cap. xxviii,
Bihliotheca Thottiana, Vol. VI 1, page 104.
Bibliotieca Heheriana, Part VII, No. 5233.
Van Prait, Catal. da livres sur •velin, Vol. ill. No. 4; Lomrnip
Catalogue, Part III, page 66, No. 383 ; MacCarthy Catal., Vol.
II, No. 3876; Bihliotheca Hohendorfiana, page 83, No. 500,
Brunet, Vol. IV, col. 954; Libri Catalogue, 1859, No. 2176,
all for copies printed un vellum.
I CI 2. 6g. STOBNICZA {JOHN DE\—^ \ntX0A\xdi\0 in CLAVDII
— ==! PTHOLOMEi Cofmographiam : cum longitunibus & lati-
tunibus regionum. Cum Carmir.e Sapphico Rudolphi
Agricotae ad Epifcopum Posnanienfem Joannem Lu-
• Loc. cit., Vol. II, p. 152.
' De Ptolem. Geogr. ejusj. coJicihui f
Nuremb., 4to, 1737, p. 55.
* Walsee-muUer, alias Hylacomylus, oc-
cupies such a peculiar position, owing to
the publication of the St. Die Cosmography,
that everything which he ever wrote on
kindred subjects must prove of interest to
the collector of books on America. We
were in hopes that the " Instructio manu-
ductionum prestani in cartam itinerariam
Martini Hilacomili cum luculentiori ipsius
Europa tnerratione a Ringmanno Philesio
•vosigena conscripta. Argentorati ex offic.
yohannis Grunigeri [1511, in 4. folior.
21] (Lelewel, Geogr. du Moyeti Age,
Vol. II, page 143), contained some details
of interest concerning the subject before
us i but if we may judge from tlie interest-
ing and apparently exhaustive analysis
given by Freytac (Analecta litteraria de
lihris rariorihus ; Leipzig, 8vo, 1750, page
449), we apprehend that the search would
prove fruitless.
Bibliotheca Americana. i^q
branflci. ImprefTum Cracoviae per Florianum Ungle- IC12.
num Anno Domini mcccccxii. 4.
''lanociana I. p. 8. it. p. 237. Bibl. Schw. iun."^-
(Panzir'.)
Concerning this Polish geographer, we could only
find two or t'^ree passing notice!' of the most insignifi-
cant character fhose who have access to Le ewd's
Btbljograficznycb Ksiag dwoje\ may be more fortunate
rhe present isagogic treatise contains important pas-
imperfect woodcu./aln.ost Hfegib e ' The n";" wS
IS drawn as a continene, from jo" N la to an"s 1 f
and from the Equator to the -^ropic of Caprtcor^h e,'
he word"'''""" ™""'"B "'""8 ^ ™-« line wes" w th
the words: "terra w«toV«." Tudeinff fromTh j
scr,p„on given by Kuns^mann, tCf ap^t no seem
to bear anywhere the name of America Ir hn= I
supposed that it was an intercalated map but ft„ T
passage in which the author give, inTtmctior' , ^
the editions of Ptolemy servf for the Itf Z ""'''"
.s evident that it belo/ged origi^ r/.Tthe ^oTk"',':
s often wantmg Kunstmann%tates that the daie of
■512, given by Panzer, is not to be found in rl?
V,enna cop,es which contain at the end only "tht
ri^m^-and'nTd^rw^hatr:"-. "" ''°™""" ""S'^
* AnpUt : Introduction to the Cos- ' ^„3 '^.
mography of Claudius Ptolemy, together » V^T 'v iv''' P" *54.
wuh the latitude and longitudJof places ..g T '' ^'"""' '"'"•""' '"'• ">. P-
VV.th the Sapphic poem ot'Rudolph Agr 1 p* ' c "' ^"'"""•l'" i Paris, Vol. v'„,.
tola to John Lubranski, Bishop of Pos- » v^ii„, g , .
nania. Primed in Cracovia by Florian « n !•' ^^"''8^3-26, Vol. ,.
Ungler, A. D. .s,». '"^ '^'''"^" J f'' ^ntdeckung America:; Munich,
4to, 1859, p. 130, ,y. '
17
130 Bibliotheca Americana.
I 5 I 2. 70. MONTALBODDO* {F. DB)~Recto of the first leaf:
|lla<rfi mmmit xtXxm-
att. T Ml) II m Jlt0nl>0 lia
^Ibmru Hffjittitw /la-
rrntin0 intitttlatn. n
Then vignette representing the king receiving Vespuccius.
Colophon :
C Stampato in Milano con la impefa
de lo. lacobo & fratelli da Lignalino: &
diligente cura & induftria de loanne An-
gelo fcinzezeler : nel. M. || cccccxii. adi.
xxyil. de Mazo II
\* Sm. 4to. seventy-five unnumbered leaves, including title and
three leaves of tables; text in Roman characters.
(Private Library, New York.)
Direct r,/,rr<««,.. j-Hibbert Catalogue, page 461, No. 8,77
■j Brunet, Vol. V, col. U58.
( C. R. (Riva of Milan) Catalogue, Parii, 1856.
71. ^^EVSEBU cMSARiENmY.^\{zo^x Chronicon : quod
Hieronymus prefbyterdivino eius ingenio latinum facere
curavit, et ufque in Valentem Caefarem Romano adiecit
eloquio. Ad quern & Profper & Matth^us Palmerius,
_ * The following note, which we have
just received from M. D'Avezac, enables
us to correct the mistake we had fallen
into (on the authority of Baldelli and
Humboldt), when describing the preced-
ing editions of the present work :
"Alexandre Zorzl a ite le fiitmur d'un ex-
emplaire du Paiii nutuamintt ritrcvail de Fra
canzi.i de MonUlboddo, Viccnce 1507, auquel il
fit de nombreuses additions de pieces majiuscritcs
dMt la date descend au moijis iusqu'cn itu-
c est une des legerctes d'Alexandre de Humb.djI
de 1 avoir pns pour raui,ur memc de la collec-
tion imprimee.'- (See BuU.,i„ J. la Sodiii d,
Gtiiraphi,, Pans, for October, 1857, Note x
P»ge J12.) '"
^
■man
Bibliotheca Americana. i^i
& Matthias Palmerius, demum & Johannes Multivallis I C I 2.
complura quae ad haec ufque tempora fubfecuta funt^
adiecere.— Abfolutum eft in alma Parifiorum Academia,
per Henricum Stephamm, in formularia literarum arte
opificem, illius maxima cura & diligentia, nee non eiuf-
dem & Jodoci Badii in hoc opere fociorum non parvis
expenfis. Anno ab incarnatione domini cunfta guber-
nantis, millefimo guingentefimo duodecimo. Idibus
vero lunii. In-4.*'
(Maittaire' and Renouard'.)
We could find only one copy of a Paris edition of
husebms Chromcon printed by Stephanus, in 102.
l!t\?' V'"f • ^^' ^^^ '' examined, and the I-eport is
hat It extends only to A. D. 449. As the title is want-
ing we are unable to state whether it is the same edition
mentioned by Renouard, with the remaining leav s t^rn
off, or whether ,t ,s a different edition not containing
the additions of Matthias Palmerius (to 1481) and of
one John Multivallis (to the year of\he tmi^;e stn)
Bibliographers are familiar with an edition of the clroJi
conoi 1512, owing to the circumstance that it con aTns
under the year 1457, a statement which is often quoted
in favor of the claims of Guttenberg to the inven?i^n of
pnnting'; but judging from the following notice, which
we clip from a booksellers' catalogue^ it seems tha^ tMs
edition of the Bishop of Cesareal CWVr(wh ih in
Its original form was written before A. D. .38) deserves
a place, however small, in our Bibliotheca ^^
' Annalti Typographici, Vol. ii, Part ' '« . ratiT ,^r^~ '^,
I, p. 231. 11* . ratia 1440. invtnta f" {„
o "«»«, p. IS, No. 15. Cretaine's, Paris, 1863, No. 98.
'ili^l.u pi|i,ij|i;jiw||y(ii pi
132
Bibliotheca Americana,
I 5 1 2 This passing notice is interesting when added to the
' following from Charlevoix' :
r ^'L.?'^"'^ ^ilj?^^ C'5o8] on vit en France un Sauvage du Canada
qu un i'llote de Dieppe, nomme Thomas Aubert, y avait amene."
^5^2' 72* SABELLico (MARK.ANT.)-'' Rhapfodis Hiftoriarum
Enneadum, 2 torn. foVio. Pari^is, apud Afcenfium, 15 13."
(Panzer' and Kloss*.)
Doctor Kloss' annotation, " Ed. ii." is erroneous,
this must be at least the third edition.
as
73. BERGOMAS (JAC. PHIL.)~Withir, an ornamented border :
SVPPLEMENTVMII
rum at) ipfo iEunltri iBxotUio ufop atf reiremptio II
nis iHoftta? ^ttiium .iW.mcc.ar. ctritum. 3Et tt(juif=
fime mogiiituMi 3St caftCgatum a 19'fneranlro patrc
JacoHo Itilippo Betgomate orliinis l^etemitarui.
^titritis per eu. II trem Euctore $ pluriftus btilimmis
r neceffa II rijs; atrlritioniijus. |lec no clegati tai)u=
la II nouiter ercogitata qu^ omnia mirifice tremon=
ftrat. II (ttU (Sratia [/r.^^^^^/ representing St. MUhaeH t
i^riuilegio
Colophon :
C Explicit fupplementum fupplementi
Chronicarum Dili || genter Et Accurate
• Histoire de la Nowvelle Frame f Paris, ' Annales Tyfogr., Vol viii p 642
4to, 1744, Vol. 1, p. XIV. » Catalogue, p. 241, No. 3386.'
Bibliotheca Americana, i-j"?
Reuifum At(5 Correctu. Vene||tiis im- 15 13.
prefTuz Opere & impenfa Georgii de Ru || =
fconibus Anno a Naitiuitate Xpi .M.D. ||
XIII. Die .XX. Augufti. Regnate Leo-
nardo LauredanollVenetiarum Principe.ll*
%* Folio, three hundred and thirty-five numbered leaves.
(Boston Athenaeum.)
The chapter '^ Be quattuor fmaximis infulis in india
extra orbem nuper inuentis," commences on the verso of
rolio J29.
Direa r^ferc.ccs : < Pander, ^nna/„ Tyfogr., Vol. v,„, page 4,5.
l K.I0SS Catalogue, page 49, Ho. 6to.
74- ^TOLEMT-ESSLER.UBEUN-Recto of the first leaf:
ClmtMt |lt0Umnii
»m ^kranhriniii
Mathematics difciplin^ Phi]ofophi||doc-
tillimill Geographic opus nouiffima traduc-
tione e Gr^collrum archetypis caftigatif-
iime prefTum : ceteris || ante lucubratorum
multo pr^ftantius. || Pro Prima parte
AngUct : Supplement's Supplement to
the Chronicles from the beginning of the
world to the year of our Redemption
I5'0- Very recently revised and cor-
Dvf'^ ^l J^''^ Venerable Father James
Fhilip of Bergamo, of the order of the
Hermits. The most useful and necessary
con-
supplements were added by the same
author, together with a newly elaborate
table, which explains everything. With
Grace and Privilege. Venice, printed by
Georges de Rusconi, A. D. ,5,3, August
20th, under the reign of Leonard de Uve-
dano, Prince of Venice.
/
134 Bibliotheca Americana.
1 51 3. tinens II I CI. Ptolem^i Geographiam per
= octo libros partitam/ II ad antiquitat^ fuam
integre & line ulla corruptione. || 2 Vna
cum collatione didlionum gr^carum e re-
gionellad latinas certiflima graduum cal-
culatione. || 3 Regiftrationem item nouam
regionum/ praefecturarum/ ciuitatum/ flu-
minum/ marium/ lacuum/ portuum/ filua-||
rum/ oppidorum/ villarum ac gentium/
ad ordinem || chartarum & columnarum
Unguia certillimo mon || ftrans indice. || 4
Qua breuis & dodiflima Gregorij Lilij
fubfequitur in- 1| ftrud:io de Grt^co^ numer-
ali fupputatione/ in tradu-||dione gr^ca res
fcitu aurea. j] 5 Tabularum dein Auctoris
vigintifeptem ordo hie eft || Generale orbis
iuxta defcriptione Ptolemi^ Vna. |! Europe'
tabul^ Decem. || Aphric^ tabulc^ Quat-
tuor. II Afi^ tabul^ Duodecim. || Eft & una
corporis Spherici in piano iuxta fine. 7.
li. II Pars Secunda moderniorum luftrati-
onum Viginti tabu I| lis/ veluti fupplemen-
tum quoddam antiquitatis obfo || let^/ fuo
loco qu^ vel abftrufa/ vel erronea vide-
ban- II tur refolutiflime pandit. || Adnexo ad
finem tractatu ficuti ledtu iucundiflimo/ ||
ita & utiliflimo de varijs moribus & ritibus
Bibliotheca Americana.
135
gen- II tium : eorundemc^ ac localium no- 15 13.
minu originibus.|| Breuis continentia Libri.|| =
Oppida/ regna/ lacus/ montes/ & 9quora/
filuas/jjAc hominum mores hie Ptolemeus
habet.ljCum gratia & priuilegio Imperi-
alijl pei ^ annos.ll
Colophon, verso of the seventy-second leaf:
ANNO CHRISTI OPT. MAX. MDXIII. MARCH
XII. II PreiTus hie Ptolemeus Argentine vigi-
lantiffima eafti-|igatione/ induftriacR loan-
nis Sehotti ur- || bis indigen^. || regnante
MAXIMILIANO CAESARE || SEMPER AVGVSTO. ||
*** n'\' ^°J'?' '''^' °"' leaf+one unnumbered leaf + leave,
numbered from 5 to 60 + fifteen unnumbered lea^L for the
index +twenty-s,x maps on double leaves + anothe title
(Private Librar., New York and Owl's Head.)
The merit of this edition of Ptolemy's Geozraphia is
and JpngnolU") ; and the second map „£ 'is h£d H
TABVIA TERRE TOVE. The latter is ieTv f,,M . ■.'' '
coast, blsidSXii^ti "aCLrs:;'"''^ r
reprinted: • ^ afterwards so frequently
,.0
T"Tr"
1 ij6 Bib Ho thee a Americana.
1 5 1 3. l^ec terra rum atriacentib' (nfulis Inuenta eft per
- orolumbil II ianuenfem ex mantrato Hegis (ttaftelle.
This inscription is on the section which corresponds
to what we now call Yucatan, and is followed by the
words TERRA INCOGNITA.
These two maps acquire a certain importance from
the following lines, which we extract from the preface
on the verso of the second title-page :
• Charta aute Marina/ quam Hydro-
graphiam vocant/ per Admiralem quondam
ferenifli. Portugali^' regis Ferdinandi/ c^-
teros denic^ luftratores verillimis pagra-
! tioibus luftrata.
This passage has doubtless prompted the opinion
that the first of the two maps above described had been
depicted by Columbus himself
I "Nous voyons, says Santarem', que la carte marine etait appelee
i Carte de PAmiral, ainsi elle fut primitivement dressee par Colomb
j ou par Cabral, mais jamais par Vespuce, car celui-ci n'a pas eu ce
I grade eminent. II parait hors de doute que la carte ainsi designee a
' ete dessinee soit par I'Amiral Colomb, soit par ses ordres soit d'aprcs
ses dccouvertes."
Kloss' calls this edition " Ed. ix."
Dirtct references: ( Fabricius, Biblio' tea Graca, Vol. v, page 275.
Panzer, Annales Tyfogr., Vol. VI, page 60.
Raidel, Comment, criiico-tit. de C. Ptol. page 56.
Hoffmann, Bibliogr, Lexicon, Vol. ill, page 317.
Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. IV, page 109.
Lelewel, Giogr. du Moyen-Age, Vol. 11, pages 157-160.
Mapoteca Cilombiana, No. 3, for the statement that "en la eJicion
de Londres de 1535 [Lyons?] se halla este mismo mapa con
algunas modificaciones reducida a. 36. 395."
Beaupre, Recherches sur VImprim. en Lorraine, page 83,
Graesse, Treior, Vol. T, page 501, states that "Dans quelqucs
exemplaires la souscription de la seconde partie est datee IJ12."
Brunet, Vol. V, col, 955.
' Ferdinand of Spain is evidently in- ' Recherches sur Americ l-'esfuce el ses
tended, as Ferdinand of Portugal died Oc- -voyages, p. 165.
tober lid, 1383. ' Catalogue, p. 237, No. 3321.
Bibliotheca Americana. i-jy
7 5 . CATANEO (J. M.)- Within an ornamented border t ' 5 ^ 4'
lO: MAll ^"^
yerso of the title-page :
Data Roma calendis Februarii. M.D.
XIIII,
Colophon :
C ImprefTum Romae apud lacobum Ma-
zo- II chium Ro. Acad, bibliopolam.
*^* 4to, sine anno, eleven unnumbered leaves + one blank.
(British Museum.)
mlT'ZJ''" f- '^l^^gy"^^" of greater classical attain-
ments than poetical genms. A native of Novarra', he
died at Rome in irao" rich enviVH o„^ .
h„.-;^H k,r I,- ^^^'y' "cn envied, and was secret y
buned by his enemies, who wished to enjoy, und^r his
name the emoluments arising from his benefices. ' The
Mirt"^> 'P"'.?l '"'"P^'"^ °" '^^' ^'<^^''^on by one
Mirteus' is well known. ^
Cataneo wrote at the request of his benefactor Car-
dinal Bendinelli, a Genoese, a poem in praise of the city
con«Tnin."col' "k''' ^Tt"^' ^"^ ^°" '^'"« -'-^ -r-
concerning Columbus and his voyages.
Direct reference: :<Bihlhtheca Hebena„a, Part I, No, 1476
I Tross" Catalogue, 1865, No. i.
• The epitaph is to be foil 'n JovTut iToTT'lt' " (^="'"' "-"' '5S»)
18
^8 Bibliotheca Americana.
^5^4* 7"' ^BERTUS MAGNUS-TylNNSTETTER— Within a border :
Habes in hac pagina. Amice le/ 1| dor.
ALBERTI MAGNI II Germani principis
philolbphi. II De natura locoru. Librii mira||
eruditioe & fingulari fruge re/ || pertu, &
iam primu, siimma diligetia reuifum/ in
lucemijsditu/ que legis dilige/ II tins/ fi uel
Cofmogra/ II phia uel Phifica p.feciffe te
uo- II lueris. ||
Colophon :
Excufum VIENnae Auftris .Mens .
Mar . M.D. XIIII. || Opera HIEROnymi
Vicloris & lOAN . Sin/||grenii Socio^, di-
ligentiu imprefTo^ . Impe- || fis uero LE-
onhardi & LVcae Alantfe II fratrum Ciuium
Viennenfiu. || Imperante Diuo MAXIMI-
LIANO Caefare Aug. || P. F. P. P. ||
** 4to> fifty-two unnumbered leaves ; large woodcut, representing
five imperial shields, on the verso of the last leaf.
(British Museum.)
First edition given by Georges Tannstetter, sometimes
called Collimitius, and interesting to the American col-
lector on account of the following marginal note, which
seems to have been inserted with movable type after the
book had been printed.
Recto of the last leaf in signature e :
Ecce cocludit || vltra eqnodi || ale. 50.
gradi I bus terra efTe || habitabile (5 1| Vefpu-
Bibliotheca Americana. tjq
tius fu II pioribus an- || nis in fuis na || uiga- '5 14.
tionibus || inuenit & de- || fcripfit.* -
']'], IDEM OPUS-'' Ti^ Natura Locorum, edente
Georg. Faunftelter {sic).
"£^.ii Argentorati, Math. Schurer, &c., iriA 4to
^'- 73» 389 [Panzer]."
(Ktoss Catalogue.')
Owing to the want of liberality exhibited by narrow-
minded owners of the Annales of Panzer in New York
and Philadelphia, we are unable to ascertain in what re-
spects the present edition differs from the following, and
whether there is not an error in the imprint as to the date
7 8 . IDEM OPUS-Within an ornamental border :
Habes in hac pagina. Amice lector/
AL-ljBERTl MAGniGermani pricipis ||
philofophi/ De natura locorum Li || brum
mira eruditione/ & fmgula || ri fruge refertu/
& lam primum || fumma diligetia reuifum/
in II luce editum/ quem leges diligetius/ vel
li Cosmo II graphia vel Phyfica || profecifTe
te vo- II lueris. ||
Colophon :
Argentorati. Ex Aedibus Matthis Schu-
* ^'^''"; Lo! he concludes that beyond smacks of heresy if we mav i„H<^~
yea. discovered and descriL^ was habit- ^'L^^'r^/iX^^ 7. '" ^■"='"-
This opinion from Albertas Magnus Vo'l^ p' SS^"' ^°* ""^ °''""'' ^'"°''
I5I5.
*40 Bibliotheca Americana.
^S^S' rerij || Menfe lanuario. M D. XV. || Dudu
- Leonhardi, & Lucae Alantfe fratrum.
* * 4to, forty-three leaves numbered on the recto
^j -jiu, lurty-inrec leaves numbered on the recto. Belowr the
W\A " "'°°'^'^"' representing two griffins supporting a
(BritUh Mmeum.) •
" Dans I'edition de Strasbourg dont je me sers, et qui a paru trois
ans apres la mort d'Amerigo Vespucci, I'editeur. George Tanstetter.
est SI emerveille des conjectures d'Albert le Grand sur les terres de
1 hemisphere austral, habite jusqu'au 50' degre de latitude, qu'il y re-
connait une prophetic accomplie par la navigation d'Amerieo Ves-
pucci." fHuMBOLDT'.) *
79. ALBERTiNi (FRANCIS. /)£)_" D 6 mirabilibus novac
& veteris Urbis Romae, & de Laudibus Civitatum
Florentiae & Sauonae. Romae 151 5. ap. Jac. Mazochium
in 4tO." (Clement".)
See suproy No. 64.
80. SCHONER (jOHNy-Recto of the first leaf :
tcrcae totiu» UefcrCptio : cfl mwltig btiUmmis <!rof=||
mographiae iniciis. Nouac^ & q ante fuit
verior Europae noftrae forma- || tio. Prgeterea
Fluuioru : montiu : prouintiaru : Vrbiu : &
gentium qpluri- || moru vetuftifTima no-
■ fS-^"T'- ^°'\r' f- "• ^''""'^' '^' "''""■'• Latin., p. 67., and
B,bU,,hr<iu, Curuu», Vol. 1, p. ,2, j Galhrini's Catal., Rome, ,856, No. 695
1
1
} ■'
'
Bibliotheca Americana. 141
mina recentioribus admixta vocabulis. Mul- ^S^S'
ta etia || qu£e diligens lector noua vfuicR fu- ™— -
tura inueniet. ||
Then an epigram, in eight lines, from John Hiltner, followed by
iiTum PrittUegio Jnuictif. Momanortt Jmpcra.
WaximiUani per <©cto annoia; neqtiis (mprimat:
aut imprimere procuret cotr(ce» 1)0)3 : cum mm^
arofmo8rapt)ic(B : fut mulcta QUinpaBhita Uxt-
norum Meueft. et amifflone omnift exemplarium. ||
Colophon on recto of leaf 6^ :
If ImprefTum Noribergae i excuforia offi-
cina II loannis StuchfTen. Anno domini.
*
*
4to, title one. with arms on the verso + eleven unnumbered
prehmmary leaves + one unnumbered leTfwith woodcut rep
resentmg a large globe on a stand; then sixty-five numbered
(Private Libr., New York, Brooklyn, and Harvard Coll. Libr.)
a Bamberg, commen a ^ fabriqueTlf^lob^e;-" Vc t eTr """"
.l^publia un ouvrag^ [the abV]. II y cJnfecHonna en ',^.0 ^J^'
depends de Jean Seyler, un globe-'du dia'metre de .8 pieds Je Par"
Appele en 1526 a Nuremberg, comme professeur i v tl!?
tti;T-i rubi-rr- '" ' "^' "^^^^^^ ■' "p-°"e r
ae^baxe,^publia deux nouveaux renseignements sur I'utilite des
♦ Anglice : A most luminous descrip-
tion of the whole earth, together with
many very useful elements of Cosmography
A new and truer description of Europe
than any of the preceding ones. The
oldest names of rivers, mountains, cities
and ot most nations, have been compared
with the recent ones ; the reader will also
hnd many other things new and useful to
him.
With the privilege of the invincible
Emperor of the Romans, Maximilian, for
eight years, to the effect that nobody shall
print or have any of these books printed
with the cosmographic globe, under penalty
of 500 Rhenish florins and the loss of all
the copies.
Printed at Nuremberg in the establish-
ment of John Stuchssen, A. D. 1515
Copies of which are inserted in Santa-
""' f'"' No. 130; Ghiilany, Giichich,,
a. ttham ; and Lilkwii, Atlas.
142
hibliotheca Americaua.
I 5 I 5. globes. II mourut en i 547 [,567'] et pendant sa vie ses globe, re-
..««,«« pandaient 1 image aiodernisee de I'habitable de Ptolemee, nova tt
quam ante futt, verier Eur)pa! formatio."
(I.ILtWtL*.)
The reader may consult with advantage (especially
after having read the passages relating to Vespuccius in
the Opusculum geographicum of the same author, see infra\
the cap. XI, fol. 60, which begins in these words:
AMERICA flue Amerigen no- || uus
mundus: & quarta orbis pars: dida ab
eius inuetore Americo Vefputio viro faga-
cis ingenii : qui earn reperit Anno domini.
1497. In ea funt homines bru tales [sic) . . .
Direct references ,
Pinelo-Barcm, Epitome, Vol. 11, col. 1009 (>)
Panzer, ^nna/e, Typogr., Vol. vit, page 455
DopPELMAYR, n,. d. narnherg. Mathematics, pages 4c-ro
Will, Nurnherg. Gelehrtenlexicon, Vol m.
Bibliotheca Breiuortiana, .
Butsch Catalogue, Nos. 396 and 397.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 216.
O I . IDEM OPUS-Surmounting a large globe on a stand;
ORBIS TYPVSii
At the bottom of the page :
Hexaftichon loannis Coclei in libellum
Followed by six verses in small Gothic.
• Vossius </. 7V^,«r^ Artium, Lib. ,„, ler, i//./«r,V,.tf„„„,„,>(Wittenbere 4to
p. 12(1; and, if our memory serves us 1741) l "'"enDerg,4to,
right, in Gassendi, Vita Braheri, Coper- » Giographie du Moyen-A-re Vol „
met, &c.(Paris, 4to, 1655), and We,i>- page 176. "* ^' '■ "'
s re-
ally
Btuliotheca Americana. 140
Rffto of folio 65 :
nis Schoner: omnes Allrorum imagines
3 \n ■ continente : || aliquot verfus loannis Hilt-
'»), m ner.
Followed by eight lines of poetry and
lus ■ If ImprefTum Noribergas i excuforia offi-
ab ■ cina II loannis Stuchflen. Anno domini.
;a- 1 '^'^'
*** 5"i'-" '^'°' "''*^ °"^ ■♦" ^''^'y-five numbered leaves. On recto of
folio 16, another woodcut of a globe on a stand. It contains
two tracts; the first ends on verso of folio 14.
(Private Libr.iry, Washington city.)
We insert this title, not to convey the impression
'?•'• '• ^P^^ 1^ belongs to a work different from the above but
« simply becausf it is one of the forms in which the' Lu-
cuenttssma is sometimes found. This is only the above
INo. 80 but without the first title and without the eleven
unnumbered preliminary leaves.
82. REiscH (GEORGES)-^' U^rg^mh^. Philofophica
nova cui annexa funt fequentia Grecarum literarum in-
ftitutiones Hebraicarum literarum rudimenta Architec-
ture rudimenta Quadrantum varie compofitiones . Af-
trolabii novi geographici compofitio . Formatio Tor-
quet. . Formatio Polimetri. Vfus et utilitas eorundem
omnium . Figura quadrantis poliginalis Quadrantura
circuh. Cubatio fphere. Perfpectiue phyfice et pofitive
rudimenta . Cartha univerfalis terre marifque formam
neotenca defcriptione indicans. In fine: Accipe candide
^^^^'
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144 Bibliotheca Americana.
I ^ I ^, lector Margaritam Philofophicam jam denuo regnoni-
^^sss tarn. Cum qui te bene valere induftrius vir Joannes
Griiningerus operis excufor et optat et precatur. Ex
Argentoraco Veteri Nono Kalendas Februarias. Anno re-
demptionis nojire decimo quinto fupra mille quingentos . Sequi-
tur Appendix. Graecarum literarum injiitutiones, ^c. ut
fupra . 4.
" Gejner, p. 61 . Thott . vii . p . 159 . Collectio nojira"
(Panzer'.)
Our readers are doubtless aware that the present is
the well-known encyclopedia, first published as early as
1496^ by the Carthusian Prior Georges Reisch, who
lived at Freiburg and was the Emperor Maximilian's
confessor'. The popularity which that work enjoyed in
the early part of the sixteenth century, renders it neces-
sary to ascertain what geographical notions in regard to
the new world the Margaritha was calculated to convey.
There are editions of Strasburg, by Schott*, and by Grii-
niger', 4to, 1504; Basle, 1508, 1517, 1535, &c., but
we are unable to state whether all of these contain maps.
We found none in the Freiburg edition of 150J, but
there seems to be a very important map, in the edition
which heads the present notice.
" Auf der Karte bei Reisch, says Kunstmann', ist Amerika als Fesi-
land von 75° N. B. bis 55° S. B. gezeichnet. Die Kiiste vom 75^
N. B. bis zum 40° N. B. fuhrt den aufFallenden Namen Zoana Me-
la'," &c., &c.
' Annaltt Typcgr. Vol. vi, p. 69, No.
353-
' Hain, Repcrtorium, No. 13852.
* Weller, Attei aus alien Thtilen dtr
Gfsci., Chemnitz, 8vo, 1760-66, Vol. I.
* Libri catal., for 1 861, No. 61 7 1.
' Leipzig. Lift. Zcitung for Febr. 1804,
page lit.
• Die Entdeckung Amerikai. Nach den
altetten ^ellen geschichtlich dargeuelt ;
Munich, 4to, 1859, p. 131
' Anglicn : On the map in Reisch,
America is drawn as a continent from 75°
N. L. to 55° S. L. The coast from 75°
N. L. to 40° N. L. bears the remarkable
name Zoana Mela.
Bibliotheca Americana. \^t
O^, MONTALBODDO-DU REDOUER-Recto of the first leaf: I C I C.
J^f t na uigattDn^: fni i
ctes par iBmeric iie befpure jFlorentin. Beg II pags
r ifle» nouucUem^t ttouue^ au pauSt II a no' iii=
cagneu? ^Tant en leti)iope q avraftie II OTaKdjut pt
aultreg plufieurs regions eftraiDges s:raflate Ue
Jtalien en Hague Mcoife II par matfjurin tru re:r
trouer licencie e» \ts\x.
siJ^'^hf "h-" '^"'"^. '^\'"u °^ '"^^ P^g^' «"d representing the
signs of the zodiac; under which, we notice, printed in red : XIX
Verso of the fourth leaf:
<©n les bent a paris en la rue neufue no II ftre
iiame a lenfeigne tre lefcu tre jFranee. II
*,* Sm. 4to. sine .mm, title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves
+ Lxxxviu numbered leaves, the last of which is marked bv
mistaice lxxxx. ■
(Private Library, New York.)
This work is a literal translation, in primitive
SeTrheVol^^ing:^" ^^^ ^-^^"^^' '^^ ' ^i^er.
C org commence le quart liure tre (a nauigatia
faicte en la mer tre ^mzxiX par (Kijrlftofle colomb
geneuoiis.
Brunei is of opinion that the present may be the
earhest of the editions of Du Redouer's translation and
that It was printed " chez Jehan Trepperel ou sa veive^
But which of the two Trepperels ? One Jehan Trep-
19
146
Bibliotheca Americana.
1^15. perel died in 1502 {Lotiin') or after 1506*, or in 1508'.
--—59—-- Another Jehan Trepperel printed, also, " a lenseigne de
lescu de frame," as late as I53I^ As to the widow Trep-
perel, she continued her husband's business, first in
single blessedness, and afterwards in partnership with
Jehan Janot. Her name, according to Brunet', does
not appear after 1520.
At all events we ascribe to the present the date of
1515, simply because Brunet is inclined to consider
it the earliest of the editions, and that Galliot du Pre's
(infra) contains a privilege dated January 15 16. Leng-
let du Fresnoy^ however, ascribes to the edition before
us the date of 15 19.
Direct rtferences i
Camus, Memoiri tur de Bry, page 346.
Bihliothica Grenvilliana, — .
Brunet, Vol. v, col. 11 59, quotes also the De Bure sale or cata-
logue.
84. IDEM OP US— Recto of the first leaf:
SCnfut)t \i llDttiiiteau
ms par IBmeric tic befpuce jFlorcntinlJSesiipaijs
r iflc!3 nouuellcment trouu^j au pauSt a II no? Tcon=
gneu^ JTlit en leti)iope q aratie cali- II ri)ut|t aultrcs
pluficutfis regiais eftrages. xix ||
Then woodcut representing a circle in a square, with the signs of
the zodiac.
' Catalogue Chronol. dei librairei-impri- ' Marques Tyfi>graphi<juet,^.'^%,^o.';^.
meurs Je Paris { Paris, 410, 1 789. * See La vtngance nostre seigneur, fr'inted
' See the various editions of Tardif's " /an mil cinq cens trente ung."
I.ait de/aulconnerie ; and Le mistere de la ' Manuel, Vol. in, col. 1970.
passion, which was performed "/an mil ci'q
tens et sept.'
* Methode pour etudier PHistoire, Vol.
IV, page 407.
Bibliotheca Americana. 147
C ©tt leg benlr a ^ari» a lenfeiBne ^ainrt iefm 1 5 1 5.*
bap II X Ifle en la i^ue neufue i^^ofttc Jame pre«
^ainctc gene- II uiefuc tiesi arlrang. Jefian iannot.H
*^* 4to, title, printed in blacic and red, one leaf + three prelimi-
nary leaves + lxxxvii numbered leaves, thirty-nine lines to a
full page. Sine anno, but from its great resemblance to the
above, and the fact that Jehan Janot became the partner of
Trepperel's widowr, we give it a place close to the latter's
edition.
(British Museum and Private Libr., New yorlc, the Utter an
imperfect copy.)
" Cette edition ne porte, ni privilege, ni date, en sorte qu'il est
difficile de savoir si elle a precede on suivi celle de Galliot du Pre •
cependant Jean Janot ne vivait plus en 1522." '
(Brunet'.)
Direct references
{Bi,
Lv
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, — .
'ivres Curieux, No. 119.
Manuel, Vol. v. col. 11 60.
i
85. MAFFEi 0/ yoLTERR^-<< CommentAnomm urban-
orum Libri xxxviii. PartJ. 1510. f."
(M«U8«l'.)
8 6. IDEM OPUS— Recto of the first leaf:
J IB nouucau moT»e z\ nauigaciong faCntes p
-L'iEmeric Ire Uefpuce flor^tin | lies || pags et ifles
ttouuellemet trouue^ | au II parauat a nous mcong=
neuflCaten lelltl)iope q atatie (ffalictut r aultres
' Bihliath. Hislor., Vol. I, Part I, p. 281.
* We find under this date, in Maittaire
(AnnaUi, Vol. II, Part I, p. 267) .• Ru-
DoLPHi Agricola junioris [who, by the
way, should not be mistaken for the great
and genuine Rudolph Agricola or Rolef
Huysman, who died in 1485, and whose
name, in this instance, was assumed by a
Franciscan monk called John de Came-
rino], ad Joachimum Vadianum Epistola
de locorum nonnuUorum obscuritate cum
JoACH. Vadiani Epistola responsorii, 410
l^Basilea'] j but we are unable to state
whether the Epistle of Vadianus mentioned
in that work is the same which entitles
the various editions of Pomponius Mela
by Vadianus {infra) to a place In this
compilation.
t As a reference made by Hakluyt
(Vol. Ill, p. 6) might lead the reader to
consider Robert Fabian's Annals or Chron-
icles as a work belonging to the BiilioiAeca
i5i6.t
148
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1 5 16. |)ltt II fieurst tegions eftranges | JTranflate tre Ctallen
-=— en iiaguc II francogfe par iliilati)ttr(n tru tetiotict
Ucencie est loix. II
Then spirited woodcut' representing a vessel, with the motto :
voGVE LA GVALLEF and the words: galliot . dv . pre, followed by
atum priuilegio regis II
(T Jmprime a Paris pour ©alUot tru pre j mavi
rijant U- II traire tiemourant fus le pont noftre trame i
a (enfeigne tKelllagalleelasant fa lioutique en la
granti falle tiu i^allass II au feconti i^illier. II
*^* 8vo, sine anno (but the privilege is dated Jan. loth, 1516);
title one leaf + five preliminary leaves -f- cxxxii numbered
leaves.
(Private Librar., New York, Providence, and Harvard Coll. Libr.)
" La Croix du Maine a indique' cet ouvrage comme imprime a
Paris par Galiot du Pre en 15 16."
(Camus'.)
Galliot Du Pre, printed at Paris, according to the
Marques Typographiques from 151 2 to 1559, yet we know
of a Palmerin d! Olive with his imprint, dated 1572. We
find the same woodcut both in the present Du Redouer
and in the edition of Alain Bouchard's Croniques, pub-
lished in 1 53 1, when Du Pre was in partnership with
Jehan Petit.
Direct references :
Ternaux, Bibliothejue Amiricaine, No. 17.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part ix, No. 3128.
Bibliotheca Brotuniana, No. 23.
La Valliere, Aime Martin, Eyries and Essling Catalogues.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1159.
Americana, we must state that Pynson's
edition (15 1 6, five years after Fabian's
death), which is the first, reaches only to
the year 1495. That date is early enough,
we grant, to admit of at least a reference
to rhc New World ; but we failed to find,
either in that edition orin Rastall's (1533)
which contains a continuation, a single
line germane to the subject. Hakluyt's
reference to Sebastian Cabot's "first dis-
coverit of part of the Indies," seems to
have been taken from a continuation by
Fabian himself, mentioned by Stow, but
never published. (See chap, v, and appendix
A, in Biddle's Memoir of Sebastian Cabot.)
' Republished in the Marques Typogra-
phiques, Paris, 8vo, 1853, p. 24, No. 47.
' Bibliothiques fran foists, Paris, 1772-
73, Vol. II, p. 119.
' Memoires sur de Bry, p. 346, note.
>f-^
s
Bihliotheca /Americana. 140
O 7 , rESPUCCIUS (AMERICUS— Recto of the first leaf:
M\t \U\t mum,m\t
ixnmit in t{u\iu
htn m00i
• '^^T ,''^l-W°o'^cut which adorns the title-page of the second edi-
tion of the Dati poem {supra, page 30) en contre epreuve.
* 4to, sme anno aut loco, sixteen unnumbered leaves, forty lines
in a full page; text in Roman characters; signatures a. ii
a. Ill -f- three blanks ; b. i, b. ii, b. iii -^. three blanks; c. i,
c. 11 -f two blanks. The last three lines on the verso of the
last leaf read :
Data in Lifbona a di 4. di || Septembre
1504. II Seruitore Amerigo Vefpucci in Lif-
bona. II
On the verso of the eighth leaf there is a colophon :
C Finifce elprimo Viaggio. || ([ Comincio
el fecondo. ||
On the top of the recto of the ninth leaf, a rude woodcut repre-
senting two vessels with their crews. On the recto of the twelfth
leaf, a second colophon : '•wcmu
C Finito elfecondo Viaggio. || C Comencia
el terzo. ||
On the verso of the same twelfth leaf, a woodcut representing a
vessel at sea. On the recto of the fifteenth leaf, a thirdTolopEon^
C Quarto Viaggio ||
Beneath which a woodcut representing a vessel entering a harbor
adoT;:7hrt?tltteTiiL'' ^'^^' ^^ '""'^ ^ ^^P-^'^°" °^'^- ^
(British Museum.)
1516.
.■ %
150
Bibliotheca Americana.
1 516. From the fact that the present was printed with the
. same type as the Corsali letter of Stephano di Carlo da
Pavia, Florence, 15 16, and is of the same size (but
with some difference in the texture of the paper), and
that a copy of this Corsali letter was once found bound
in its original binding with this VespucciuSj we ascribe to
the latter the date of 15 16. It is this work which we
quote {supra, page 62) under the title of Grenville codex.
" Ouvrage excessivement rare, qui, m'a-t-on assure, ne se trouve
point a la bibliotheque imperiale de France [i8io] Les bibliographes
n'en font point mention ; il n'a ete tire, dit-on, qu'a dix exemplaires
pour les dix souverains de I'Europe [?] J'en ai vu un chez M. I'abbe
de Billy, amateur tres-eclaire, qui possede un cabinet infiniment
curieux a Besan9on ; cet exemplaire, bien conserve, est superieure-
ment relie en maroquin rouge [like the Grenville copy], par Bozerian ;
son possesseur le croit UNiquE. La derniere lettre de Vespuce est
datee du 4 Septembre 1504. La suivante qui termine ce livret, est
d'Andre Corsali,' adressee a Jules de Medicis. Ce Corsali, lieu-
tenant d'Amerique Vespuce [ ? ] prit le commandement de la flotte
apres le deces de celui-ci, a I'ile Tercere [ ?], en 1514 [?]. Cette
lettre est datee de 1515, et elle a ete imprimee, ainsi qu'il est dit a la
fin, le II decembre de 15 16, a Florence, par lo. Stephano di Carlo
da Pavia. L'ouvrage tout entier parait avoir ete imprime en meme
tems." (Peignot'. I
Direct refireticet :
' Repertoire, page 139.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 764.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part vi, No. 3848.
Napione, Appendix to the Ragionamento, pp. 107-11 5.
Ebert, Dictionary, No. 23542.
Ternaux, Bibliotheque Amiricaine, No. 5.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 54.
' It is scarcely necessary tu add that
these Corsali letters do not refer in any
manner to America ; they belong ex-
clusively to the Bibliotheque Atiatique.
Andrew Corsali may have known Vespuc-
cius, as he was also a Florentine by birth,
and in the employ of King Emanuel of
Portugal, but he never visited the New
World, nor did he ever hold the position
of " Lieutenant d'Amerique Vespuce."
Corsali's letters are addressed to Julian
and Laurent de Medicis, but describe only
the East Indies, China, Cuchin-China, &c.
The only copies known, we believe, are in
the British Museum, and as we happen to
have a faithful transcript of one of them,
we beg leave to insert in this place a
literal copy of the title :
LETTERA DI ANDREA CORSA |{ LI ALLU
ILL. PRINCIPE II ET SIGNORE LAV- || RENTIO
DE ME II DICI DVCA || OVRBI- || NO. || EX
INDIA.
In fint :
Ex India quintodecimu kl. octob. M.n.
XVII. II r. D. 111. Ser. An. Corsalius.
*^j* 4to for size, signatures a, b, c, each
in eights, d, in four; which, with the
title, make twenty- nine leaves; although
t
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88. MARTYR (PETER)-mthin a border:
loannes ruffus foroliuienfis Archiepus
Cofenti||n9: legata9apo. ad lediore de orbe
nouo.ll Accipe non noti praeclara uolumina
mundi || Oceani : & magnas nofcito ledor
opes. II Plurima debetur typhis tibi gratia :
gentes || Ignotas : & aues qui uehis orbe
nouo. II Magna quocj autori referenda eft
gratia noftro : Qui facit haec cunctis regna
uidenda locis. || Autor. || Sifte pedem ledor :
breuibus compada libellis|| Hsc lege: prin-
cipibus uariis de cimocj leoni || Pontifici
fummo infcripta. hie noua multa uidebis. ||
Oceani magnas terras : uafta squora : hn-
guas II Hadenus ignoftas: atcg aurea fecula
nofces : || Et gentes nudas expertes feminis
atri : Mortiferi nummi : gemmifcj aurocR
feracem || Torrentem zonam : parcat uene-
randa uetuftas. ||
§t n\t mm §mh%\\
Colophon :
Cura & diligentia uiri Celebris Mamftri
Antonii Ne- || brifTenfis hiftoriciregii fue-
we have seen it stated that there should
be thirty : « an invaluable blank leaf"
(which, however, we cannot, at such a
distance, connect with the last signature)
being, we suppose, that great Jeiideratum.
The text is in Roman characters, with-
out catchwords. It is the other let-
Medic, which bears Stephano di Car-
os colophon, and that was bound with
the above Italian Vespuccius in the He-
oer collection.
I516.
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152
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1 5 1 6. runt has tres protono || tarii Petri martyris
decades Imprefls in || contubernio Arnaldi
Guillelmi in || Illuftri oppido carpetans
pui II ciae copluto quod uulgari || ter dicitur
Alcala pfe || du eft nonis No || uebris An. ||
1516.*
*^* Folio, title one leaf + sixty-two unnumbered leaves -f- one
unnumbered leaf-f one blank + three leaves for the yocabula
barbara + sixteen leaves for the Legationis Babilonicie. Text
in Roman characters.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
The edition of the first decade of Peter Martyr,
printed at Seville in 151 1 {supra. No. 66), had been
published, as it seems, contrary to his wishes', and con-
tained only the first nine books of the first decade (the
portion which, on the recto of the forty-first leaf, bears
the title of Occean. decadis libri Decimus, is only a short
dissertation De superstitionibus insularium solutum per se
libellum). In 1508, he wrote for Mendoza de Tendilla,
a genuine Lib. x, which completes the first decade
in the edition before us, while the xth of the edition
of 1511 is added to the ixth. We know that Pope
Leo X was so charmed with Peter Martyr's Decade
* Anglici : John RuAis of Forli, Arch-
bishop of Cosenza, apostolic legate to the
reader, touching the new world.
Accept these exquisite volumes concern-
ing the new world, and learn, O reader !
of the great treasures of the Ocean. The
greatest gratitude is due to the pilot
[Tii^vf .']; Thee who carriest unknown na-
tions and birds to the new world. Great
thanks are also due to our author, who shows
all those kingdoms in their places. The
Author. Reader, stop, read what is con-
tained in this short work, inscribed to
different princes, and to Pope Leo X. Here
you will see many new things of the Ocean,
great countries, vast seas ; you will learn
of hitherto unknown languages, and of
golden ages and of nations free from the
corrupting influence of money ; of the tor-
rid zone, fertile in precious stones and
gold, respect the venerable antiquity.
Decades of the new world.
By the care and industry of the cele-
brated master Anthony of Nebris, these
three decades of the historian and pro-
thonotary, Peter Martyr, were printed in
the office of Arnold William in the cele-
brated city, which is commonly called Al-
cala. Finished, November 9th, 1516.
' " Duas decades addidi primae qua; me
inconsulto praflis fuit impreHorum expo-
sita." Epistle to Charles V, dated Sep-
tember 30th, 1 516, in the present collec-
tion of the three Decades.
i
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that he read it to his sister and to the cardinals " after I CI 6.
supper,^ Serena fronte, and to satiety, until late in the ^
night, and are not surprised, therefore, to learn that
this enlightened Pope instructed Bottrigari, his Em-
hassador to the Court of Spain, to request the inter-
esting annalist to continue his Oceanics. It is in con-
secjuence of this request that the second decade was
written, December 14th, 1514, and the third, partly in
March, xs^s, remitting the manuscript to the printer
only on the 14th of October, 1516, owing to his wish
o insert the news which had just been brSught to him
by one Roderick Colmenares. The present No 88 is
decad«'"°" '' ""*''"'' ''''' '°"''^"' '^^ ^''' ^hree
vol V, ^o. 284,9] as being noticed in the Catalogue of the Collet
^ion to"ch" 1' "'v'J " P^^'.^'y '"'^ -^^'"^ book af this Je dedica!
t.on to Charles V. be.ng dated from Madrid, pridie kl. Deto. ,5,6 "
( Bibliotheta Grei. ■■•ilUana.)
It would prove interesting to compare these three
decades with the letters of Peter Martj),-, which treat of
the New World, and dated to the year 1516, for the
purpose ot ascertaining whether there' are any Variations
in the statements of facts Peter Martyr has been
charged with antedating his letters for the" purpose of
acquiring the reputation of a sagacious seer ; ^but as
-according to Juan Vergara'-our author wrote with
such rapidity that he had frequently been seen to pen
two episdes while the table was being set, he mav have
given different versions of the same occurrences ^
Direa .,/>,.,«,.■ , T.knalx, B,hlh,he^u, Amcncain,, No ,8
Brunet, yol. I, col. i<)2.
Graesse, Vol. I, pjge ,2y
Bihlh.htca Grtnvilliana, page- 26
BMoihca Htbiriana, Part 1, No. 5558
Btblioiheca Browniana, No. 24.
ter No. s6z, page j,o. "«' °)- ^"- «/'«-/ Antonio, Bihlhthrca Hnpar..
' '^^•^•', Vol. II, page 372. '^
20
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I 516. 88. arrSTINIANI i^AUG.)— Within a highly ornamented border.
Pfalteriiim, Hebr^-um, Gr^cu,
Arabicu, & Chald^u, cu tribus
latinis iterptatoibus & gloflis.
■\aXTTipi,ov ktftaiKov iyrjviKbv, dpa
61K bv Kal \;aAdoi«6v ^eto, rpiov Ip
HTfvduv Xariv iKUiv Kal •yAway7/juaTtjv.
o
■Jjj ^ ^ f >^
f j^-
Aj
O
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In jint :
ImpreiTit miro ingenio, Petrus Paulus
Porrus, genuae in aedibus Nicolai lufti
niani Pauli, praefidente reipub. genuenfi
M
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pro Sereniflimo Franco^ Rege, preftan || ti 1516.
viro Odauiano Fulgofo, anno chriftia || ne
falutis, millefimo quingentefimo fexHtode-
cimo menfe. Vllllbri.
Colophon, under a letter P on each side of an onion:
Petrus Paulus Porrus Medio || lanenlis,
Taurini degens.*
V ^°!.'.of°^.s.'ze, but the signatures read: one blank, then A ii.
Am Ann, A ij. then five blanks, B, Bii, Biii, Biiii, then
tour blanks, and so on through the register, which does not
contain a single folio signature. Title one leaf + four leaves
containing an epistle from Jacobus Antiquarius addressed to
Giustiniani, dated Milan, viii kalen. aprilis 1516 ; a preface bv
Giustin.an, addressed to Pope Leo X. dated Genoa. C^/. Aul
1506 ; which preface is repeated in Hebrew, Chaldean. Greek,
and Arabic Then the text in one hundred and ninctv-nine
unnumbered leaves.
(Private Libr., New York, Brooklyn, Providence, Owl's Head,
and in many other American libraries.)
Agostino, or Pantaleone' Giustiniani, was born in
Genoa in 1470.' When only fourteen years of age he was
kidnapped, notwithstanding his aristocratic ptrentaee
and sent to Valencia, in Spain, from which place he Re-
turned to Italy ,n 1488, to join the order of the Domini-
cans. He soon acquired an extensive reputation for his
great learning especially in the Oriental languages, which
he taught until he was made Bishop of NebbiS, in Cor-
sica, November 15th, 15,4.. At the request of Francis I
* Anglici: The Hebrew Psalter, to-
gether with three Latin interpretations
and glosses.
Printed with wonderful skill by Peter-
Paul-Porrus of Genoa, in the house of
Nicholas Justinian Paulus, under the ex-
cellent Octavius Fulgoso, President of the
Republic of Genoa in the name of the
most illustrious King of France. In the
year of the Christian Salvation ici6. Oc-
tober 9th. Peter Paul Porrus of Milan,
residing at Turin. '
' Zeno in FoNTANiNi, Bibliotheca hal-
lana, Vol. 11, p. 231.
^' Ughelli, Italia Sacra, Vol. iv, p. 4, ,
QUETIF & ECHARD, ScHptore, trdini,
rradicatorum recemit , Paris i,,,,,.
Vol. II, p. 56. ' 7 >
mgmm
156
Bibliotheca /Americana.
I C I 6. who had lately founded the literary institution since so
I t'-iiuMMc under the name o\ doUege de France^ Giustiniani
removed to Paris to fill the chair of Hebrew^ which he
occupied four or five years, visiting, occasionally, Hol-
land, where he acquired the personal friendship of Eras-
mus, and England, where Henry VHl and Thomas
More bestowed upon him Hattering marks of attention.
He died before 1530' or in 15,16'', at sea, but whether
by the hands of pirates" or by shipwreck is not known.
Giustiniani is the author of a number of valuable works",
which should not be ascribed to the Genoese prelate of
the same name mentioned by Soprani''.
Benevolent, patriotic, and disinterested, Augustine
Giustiniani yet suffered persecutions at all hands'". De-
voting all his energies, means, and talents to the prose-
cution of a work which was destined to redound to the
credit of the community in which he lived, his efforts
were neither appreciated nor rewarded. The circum-
stances connected with the publication of Giustiniani's
Polyglot Psalter are fraught with wholesome teachings.
Prompted by a desire to promote learning and conscien-
tious investigations, Giustiniani, after elucidating the
texts of Job, Plato, Xenophon, and Maimonides, con-
centrated all his powers on a laborious, difficult, but
necessary edition of King David's Psalter, in the He-
brew, Chaldean, Greek, Arabic and Latin languages.
It was the initiatory step towards the first publication
* Giustiniani is still gratefully remem-
bered by the Paris students as the firn
professor appdinted to the profi-.ssorship of
Hebrew in their favorite college. But our
impression is that Paolo Paradisio, other-
wise called Lt Canosie, received the tirst
appointment. (See Goi'Jkt, Mim. siir It
Cotl'ege de France, Vol. I.) The Di'xh-
nario S. Jfg/i aut. eccles., Venice, Svo,
1769, Vol. 11, p. ^23, states, however,
that Giustiniani was the first incumbent.
' Vossius, de Hisiiricis Latinis, L\b. Ill,
p. 681.
* Michael Giustiniani, gli Scriitori
Liguri [Rome, 4to, 1667], p. 18, quoted
by Bavie, Diclionnaire, Vol. 11, page 906,
note.
' Govio, de gli Hvomi Famisi, p. 144.
(We must apologise for quoting so fre-
quently Paul Jovius' Eulogies in Orio'i
version — V^enice, limo, 1558, — but we
have not yet succeeded in securing for con-
stant use a copy of the original.)
" TiRABoscHi, Sioria della Lett. Italiana,
Vol. VII, pp. 344 and 4-;3.
" Strittori della Liguria ; Genoa, 4to,
1667, p. 6.
'" The Psalter was prohibited and ccn-
tiscated by the civil ( ? ) authoritiei of
Genoa.
M
Bibliotheca /fmericana. 157
of a polyglot edition of the entire Bible printed with I 516'
the types uelonging to each version In a community
abandoned to the lust of lucre, it is scarcely necessary to
say that the undertaking was viewed with supine indif-
ference. Giustiniani persevered, but there were ob-
stacles which it was beyond his power to surmount ;
and although all knew that he wished nothing for
himself, his appeals remained unheeded". He caused
two thousand copies of the Psalter to be printed on
paper, and fifty on vellum". Not one fourth of the
edition found purchasers". His exertions, his sacrifices,
his solicitude even, so far from commanding respect,
were treated with taunts and sarcasm'*. Centuries nave
now elapsed ; and although the egotism and bigotry
exhibited by Giustiniani's contemporaries still find apol-
ogists and imitators, his polyglot Psalter remains — a
great monument of his learning, perseverance, and
devotion !
It is this Psalter which entitles the unfortunate Bishop
of Nebbio to a place in our American gallery. Remem-
.6,
I
on-
" Two scholars, Jacob Furnius and
Baptista Cigala, aided him, however, to
the extent u( their abilities. See note to
Psalm i.xxviii. We feel tempted to
think that the well-known verses of" Vir-
gil : •* Non ignara malt mrttrii tuccurrere
diiiO," may be quoted as an explanation
for the prortered assistance. Withal, let
it be said that Giustiniani was not com-
pelled to go begging from door to door,
almost always in vain, for permission to
consult books which remained un' uched
and uncut in the hands of their owners.
One of his ancestors, Andreolo Giustiniani,
had left him a valuable library, which he
afterwards bequeathed to the city of Ge-
noa. It has since disappeared.
" Lelong, Diuourt hitloritjuf tur In
Bibles polyg/ollei f Paris, l»mo, 1713,
pp. ]l and 319
" The following passage is really touch-
ing ;
" Feci stampar in Genoa alle mie spese
con quel trauaglio, & c6 quella spesa, che
ogni literate puo giudicare doa millia vol-
umi del Dauidico psalterio in le predette
cinque lingue, paredomi di questa opera
doner acquistar gran laude fi no mediocre
quadagno, il quale pensauo di esporre en
la suuentione di certi miei parcnti ch'erano
bisognosi, crcdendomi sempre che I'opcra
douessi haucre assai grande vscita, Ic che i
prelati richi, o i Principi si douessrro mo-
uere Sc mi douessero aggiutare i la spesa di
fare imprimere il restante della biblia in
quella varieta di lingue, ma la credulita
mia resto ingannata, p che I'opera fu da
ciascaduno laudata, ma lassata riposare ie
dormire, p che a pena si sono venduti la
quarta parte de i libri. come che I'opera
sia p valent'huomini, Sc p ingegni eleuati,
che sono al mondo rari, & pochi, & c6
stento puoti ricauare i denari, ch' aueua
posto in la stapa, che furono bona quan-
tita, p che oltra i dua millia volumi sta-
pati in papero, ne feci imprimere cinquata
in carte vitelline, ic mandai di essi libri a
tutti i Re del mondo, cosi Christiani come
pagani." See Cailigalisiimi Annali de la
Republica di Genoa (infra), page ccxxiv.
158
Bibliotheca Americana.
ICl6. bering that Christopher Columbus frequently pro-
claimed that he had been chosen by God to exemplify
the thought or prophecy expressed in verse 4 of Psalm
xrx :
Laudatoria Dauidis.
^ijujpiciunt celos enarrant
gloriam DEI^ £ff opera manuum eius
annunciant qui Jufpiciunt inaera,
he inserted in the margin, close to the verse, a lengthy
biography of the bold navigator, his countryman and
contemporary.
This untimely note, which may have been the cause
of the persecutions suffered by our author, is frequently
quoted. Fernando Columbus devotes an entire chapter
to a refutation of what he mildly terms'' the "twelve
lies uttered by Giustiniani."
The text of the note has been republished by Von
Murr"^, and, with a translation, in the Notes on Colum-
bus. There is an English version in the Christian Ex-
aminer'', and, we believe, in the N. T. Historical Mag-
azine.
1
Direct reftrtKcrs : | GisNiR, Bihliothtca uni'versalh, p.ige 91.
I Maittaire, /Innales Tyfogr., Vol. u, Part I, pagfS 276-7.
I Panzer, ./Innales Tyfogr., Vol. vii, page 63.
Lelong, Bihliolheca Sacra, Part i. page 400.
FabrI' us, Bihli(,theca Kat. Med. et Inf., Vol. IV, pages 610-14.
AuniFFRFni, Bihiiolheca Camnata, Vol. 1, page 625.
Van Praet, Catalogue drs li^vres sur velin, Vol. r, page 8, No. 4.
Bihliothecj Bar/owiana, — .
Bihliotheca Breivortiana, — .
La V'alliere Catalogue, Vol. 1, page 3, No. 7 ; McCarthy Cata-
logue, Vol. I, page 2, No. 3; Bihliotheca Susiexiana, \o\. i.
Part 11, pages 107-112; and Bihliotheca Broivniana, No. 25,
all for copies printed on vellum.
'* See the indecorous remarks otjovius, '" Histoire Diplomatique du :kevaher
as noticed by Bavle, loc cit. Bchaim^ pp 150-156.
" •• dodicie hugie" Hislorie deir/immi- " Boston, for September, 1858.
raglio (ed. of" I57l)' ^'^V- "• '^°'- i-
■
^
Bibliotheca Americana. j rg
89. SABELUCO ^MARK-ANT.)-^< K^^{od\r£ hiftoria- I IT I 7
rum Enneadum ab orbe cond. P. I quinque compl. En-
neades, praem. earundem repertoriis audis et recogn.
ab Afcenfio cum auth. epitomis. In aedd. Afcens ad
nonas Novbr. a. 1516. in-fol.-Pofterior pars ejd. Raps,
hift. cont. fex enneades relig. c. earundem repertoriis et
epitomis. Rapfodia hiftor. ab o. cond. in a. ufque fal
noftraeM.D.IIII optatum iterum recepit finem in
aedd. Afcens, ad Idus Febr. 15 17. in-foJ."
(GnAtsst',)
90. MONTALBODuo iFR. !>£)-<' Paef, nouamente retrou-
ati per || la Nauigatione di Spagna in Calicut. Et da
Alberlltutio [.?] Vefputio Fiorentino intitulato Mon ||
do Nouo: Nouamente ImprefTall [a/.;,^.«] C Stampara
m Venetia per Zorzi de Rufconi milla- || nefe • Nel
M.ccccc.xyii. a di. xyiii. Agofto. || 124 unnumbered leaves,
with woodcut of the City of Venice on the title ; the reverse
of the last leaf blank ; signatures A in four, b to q in
eights!' ^
(Historical Nuggets''.)
9'. Pomponius Mela. || Ivlivs Solinvs. ||
Itinerarium Antonini Avg. || Vibivs. i| P
Vidtor de regionibus urbis Roma^. || Dimv-
Jus Afer de fttu or bis Prefciano Inter brete.
Colophon : '
VENETIISIN AEDIBUSiiALDI, ET ANDREAE ISOCFRI
MENSE OCTOBRI M.D.XVIII. 11* ^'
I518.
' Vol. VI, p. 20I
Anphi : Pomponius :ieU, Julius So-
'Page 752, No. 1747, -Jad BRtNtr liiMKr" "'"-'"'"'"'''''=''• J"""^ So-
Vol. V, col. 1,58 '*^ BKi-Nir. Inius; Itinerary ot Antoni.ius Aug Vi-
5 b.us. P. Victor on the vicinity of the
i6o Bibliotheca Americana.
J ei8, *#* 8^°' '"'° hundred and thirty-three numbered leaves + three
J * unnumbered : no mao.
unnumbered ; no map.
(British Museum.)
" Ed. prima collect."
(Kloss Catalogue.)
We insert the above solely on the authority of Bisnop
Kennett's valuable Bibliotheca America Primordia. We
failed to discover in this edition of Pomponius Mela >^
and its suite of the " lesser geographers" anything re- '^
lating to America. Although Bishop Kennett cites the
Aldine edition, we are of opinion that he had in view
the following, which is of the same date, and contains
the well-known epistle of Vadianus to Agricola.
92. POMPONIUS MELA— Within a highly ornamented border:
POMPONII MELAE Hif-||pani, Libii
de fitu orbis tres, || adiedlis lOachimi VA-
diani || Heluetii in eofdem Scho- || liis :
Addita quoc^ in Ge- || ographia || Cate-
cheli : II & Epiftola Vadia- || ni ad Agrico-
la II digna le- 1| dtu. || Cum Indice fummatim ||
omnia compledete. ||
Mn lu II (rjTtt^ |rt:0xima ttxtmt^ im-
jrttoto* II
city of Rome ; Dionysius Afer, on the site Venice, in the house of Aldus and An- -%
of the world; translated by Priscianus. dreas, his father-in-law, Oct., 1 518.
'SI
Mj^^
Bibliotheca Americana. \ 6 1
Colophon on verso of the last leaf :
IMPRESSVS EST POMPONIVS|| VIENNAE
PANNONIAE, EXPENSIS LVCAE ALAXTSE||
CIVIS ET BIBLIOPOLAE VIENNENSIS, PER||
lOANNEM SINGRENIVM EX OE. || TING
BAIOARIAE . MENSE || MAIO, ANNI. 11 M D
xyiii. II*
Then large printer's mark, and LVCAE ALANTSE.
*** f°''j°' j"'^ °"\ 'eaf + twenty-two unnumbered leaves + one
hundred and thirty-two numbered leaves + one unnumbered,
with colophon on the verso. No map,
^Private Library, New York.)
LIB. PROHIB & EXPURG'.
See on verso of folio 124, and recto of 128, in the
epistle of Vadianus to Agricola, the passage relating to
America : '^ o &
"... nondimeno sembia che il l^adiano, celebre pe'suoi Comenti
a Pompomus Mela sia stato il prime a chiamare il Coltinente OuLhn
<iu Tcperiam. (Cancellieri'.) •'^
"JoACH Vadianus. Suisse de S. Gal. mort en icc, fstatis i3rv.»l
Monsieur Vossius le lils dit [/>,-./.,. ^„ Mel. G^V./ que es Re^
marques que cet homme a faites sur Pomponius A/./-.1entemla chariTe"
Direa reference, ; ( PA^^.R, ^„,,/„ Tyfo^^., Vol. ,x, page 37
j Denis, men, Buc>.druckerge,chich,e,-f:s^:\%6-i.
(. tjRAEssE, Vol. V, page 401.
1518.
* Anglice : Three books of Pomponius
Mela the Spaniard, on the site of the
earth, together with the scholia [annota-
tions] of Joachim Vadianus, a Swiss, and
also the guiJe to the geography, and let-
ter of Vadianus to Agricola, worthy of
heing read, with an inJex, containing, in a
concise form, everything. It is provided
by Imperial privilege that this work can-
21
not be printed within the next six year.
Pomponius is printed at Vienna in Austria.'
tor Lucas Alantse, by John Singreniu, of
Oettingen m Bavaria, May, 1518.
' Index Librorum Proiiiiiorum , Mad-
rid, fol., 1667; I. C/ais.. p. 557.
' Dissertazhni, p. 46.
' Vossius, De Natura Artium, p. 148.
Jugemenu det Savants, Vol. 11. p. 4.6
^wrrvw"
162 Bibliotheca Americana. *
I ^ I 8. g^. DlONrSlUS PERIEGETES— Recto of the first leaf:
^itu0 <»rbt0 piiioniflj Huf-
f0 mx II ma int^ rprdf . «
Then woodcut of a cardiral's arms in a border.
Colophon :
VIENNE II (ttufpittianuis neuos r bcrtucag
fuftulit II SlHintcrturger impremt anno natixhiiill
(natibiir ?)
*^* 4to, twenty-six leaves, text in Roman characters.
(British Museum.)
On the reverse of the title there is an address contain-
ing the following slight allusions to the Oceanic dis-
coveries :
" Tfi pl'ima feculo nto fiit & inueta ||
loca prius ignota & a fcriptorib^ uetuftifTi-
mis negle/ || da : q prope die tuae R. P.
mitta.
As to the work itself it is only Rufus Festus' Latin
paraphrase of the well-known hexametrical description
of the earth, written originally in Greek by Dionysius
Periegetes, Lybicus or Africanus, toward the latter
part of the third century.
Direct references : f Hoffmann, Bibliogr. Lexicon, Vol. 11, page 106.
\ Brunet, Manuel, Vol. 11, col. 751.
' See Denis, H^ieni Buchdruckergeschichte, p. 19, No. 10.
ijt. 'i| J^WWI <l *WfiiP'ii.^^i.'W|,»
Bibliotheca Americana. 163
94. MONTALBODDo (FR. DEy-Paefi nouamentc 1519.
retrouati. & Nouo Modo da Alberico Vef-
putio Flo- II retino intitulato. ||
Then vignette representing the king receiving Vespuccius.
C Stampato in Milano con la impenfa
de lo. lacobo & fratelli da || Lignano : &
diligente cura & induftria de loanne An-
gelo fcinzen || zeler: nel. Mccccc.xix. a di.
V. de Mazo. II
*
P.
Sm. 4to, title one leaf + three preliminary leaves + eighty
unnumbered leaves for the text, which is in Roman characters.
(Private Library, Providence.)
This edition seems to be the best known, as it is
almost exclusively quoted by the early authors, who
frequently ascribe the work to J. M. Angiolelo', and
even to Vespuccius'.
" Level, porte dans le catalogue de Floncel fParis. 177^1 No
S+27. sous le t.tre de Prima navigatione . . . Milano, .5.9. est toui
quT:7 p^iLv' "''"" '' '^ ''^"^"" ''•"°"' '' ■' -nq-it fes
Direct referemes: { Lkon Pinelo, Epiiome, page 131.
\ Havm, Bihliotheca Italiana, Vol. i, page 179, No. g
I Camus. M.moire tur Dc Bry, pages 6 and Jc
Navarrete, Colecckn, Vol. in, page 188.
Ternaux, No. 21.
" Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 158.
La Valliere Catalogue, No. 4541.
Historical Nuggets, No. 2748.
Bibliotheca Broivniana, No. 28
^'fvt'fr "''"ZT' ^'" "■'' ^°- 599. in describing the Dal-
rj^mple copy, adds a curmus, although very common memoran-
" In the old wrapper, -----....... cj
1812, Hering, binding, washing, and sizing, 2. 7!' o. '
£2. 8. 6.'
Pinwo-Barcia, col. 907. « Lion Pin.lo, /»<-. «>., p. 6a.
tf IHIllli
I 11 laMVii I fwjpiiL' (w^fw
!if^
164 Bibliotheca Americana.
1^19. g^. srOBNICZ/i (JOHN DE)— Recto of the first leaf:
Cafmagrapbiam (wxi \\
longitudinibus & latitudinibus regionum
& II ciuitatum celebriorium || C Epitome
Europe Eneae Siluij. || C Situs & diftindio
partium totius Aafiae per brachia Tauri
mon/ II tio ex Afia Pij fecudi || C Particu-
lalior minoris Afiae defcriptio ex eiufdem
Pij alia. II C Sirie compendiofa defcriptio
ex Ifidoro. || C Africe breuis defcriptio ex
Paulo Orofio. || ([ Terrae fadti & urbis
Hierufalem apertior : fratris Anf- || helmi'
ordinis Minorum de obferuantia. ||
([ Magifter Paulus Crofnenlis. Ledori
Studiofo. II Qui freta, qui frontes populos
ac moenia colles || Quic^ cupias uafti nofure
regna foli || Hue praecor hue uultum paulif-
per uerte benignam || Exiguumcp legas can-
dide ledor opus || Omnia quo magni clau-
duntur climata mundi || Quodc^ ponet
uariis terra rotunda locis || Quo populos
urbes mirabere flumina montes || Et qua
funt oculis non bene uifa tuis || Quo Pto-
lomei fubito (mihi crede) uidibis || Et re-
' See infra, p. 1 66, note i.
-^fPWP-"M>«Wi|P-
Bibliotheca Americana. 165
leges fparfim grandia fcripta libri || Et 15 19.
quod mille alii dodi fcripfere libellis|| Hoc ^
paruo inuenies confpiciesc^ libro || DIS-
TICHON li Afpice quam paruo ledor
lludiofe libello || Claufa fit immenfi ma-
china magna poli. ||
Colophon :
ImprefTum Cracouiae per Hieronymum
Viaorem || Calcographum. Anno falutis
humanae. Mille/ 1| fimo quingentefimo de-
cimo nono. Deci/ |i mo feptimo kalendas
Maii. II
V fo, two r-eliminary leaves, including the title, + forty-four
leaves. No map or maps.
(British Museum.)
On the verso of the title, in the Dedication inscribed :
C Reuerendifftmo in Chrijli patri ^ Domino loanni dei
gracta hpijcopo Pojnanienfi Joannes de Stobnicza. Salutem
dtctt,
There is the following :
Et ne foli Ptolomeo laborafTem, curaui
etiam notas face requafdam partes terrce
ipfi Ptolomeo alijfcj uetuftioribus ignotas
q Americi Vefputij alio^ r^ luftratione ad
noftra noticia puenere.
Upon the verso of folio 5, in the chapter De Meridi-
. ants Stobnicza speaks of the discovery by Vespuccius of
parts of the earth unknown to Ptolemy/ and adds :
" Similitu in occafu ultra Affricam &
Europa magna ps terroe quam ab Americo
1 66
Bibliotheca Americana.
1 519. ei^ reptore america vocai, uulgo aut nouus
mundus dicit," &c.
See also on the reverse of the folio 7, in the ninth
chapter, what seems to be a repetition of the famous
passage in the St. Die dsmographia :
" Non folu aut pdid^ tres ptes nuc funt
latius luftrate, veru & alia quarta pars ab
Americo Vefputio fagacis ingenii viro,
inuenta eft, qua ab ipo Americo eius inu-
entor amerigem quasi americi terrain fiue
america appellari volunt, cui latitude eft
fub tota torrida roua," 8cc.
Since our No. 69 was in print we have discovered
the following note in Meusel' :
" ANSELMi, ordinis Minorum de Observantia, apertior descriptio
tcrrae sanctae et urbis Hierusalem (facta 1509) ; edita una cum Pto-
lemaei Cosmographia, a loan de Stobnicza. Cracoviae f. a ( circa
1 J I ) ) 4.
tiircci referemti: ( Vossius, lie Natura Artium, Lib. HI, page 148.
i Pinelo-Barcia, Epitome, col. 1227, seems to refer to a reprint of
( Ptolemy itself, and not to a mere introduction.
q6. albertini {FRANCIS de)-^^ OT^\x(c\x\um de mira-
bilibus novae & veteris Urbis Roma: induftria & im-
penfa THOM^^ WOLFF" Chalcographiee gnari exara-
tum nuper. j\.."' ex propria OJficina Urbis Basileae. 15 19"
(Maittaire'.)
" Ed. III." (Kloss Catalogue'.)
• Bibliiiheca Historica, Vol. I, Part II,
p. 81, referring to " Caniiii Lcctt. antiqq.
[Tkeuiurus monument, eccletiast. Amsterd.
4to, 1725?], T. IV. p. 776. edit. Bas-
nagii," and " Ianozki -von der Zalutkischen
Bibl. [Dresden 8 vo, 1747], T. 11. p. 124."
The reader who has access to Bononia,
Biblioth. Scriftor. Ordinit S. Francitc.,
Venice, fol., 1747 or to Bove«o, Anna-
Hum, Lyons, fols. 1632-76, will perhaps
find some additional details under the head
of Anselmus or Polonia. Vossius (de Hit-
tor. Latin. Lib. in, p. 648) mentions An-
selm, but does not state that he ever edited
Ptolemy's Coimographia.
' Annalei Typogr., Vol. il, Part i, p.
335, and Panzer, Vol. vi, p. 116.
• Page 7, No. 71.
Bibliotheca Americana. 167
97. ENCISO (M. F. DEy-Under a large sphere held by a hand:
Suma He grograptia q lltrata Ire fotras la» par=
tiUas r prouin- 1| cias Uel munlro : en efpecial tre las
inUi- II as. r ttata largam^te trel arte tiel mare II ar :
Juntamfte con la efpijera en romare: con el regb
mifto Ijel 3ol r nel norte : nue II uamente ijerfja. II
ilSTon preuilegio real. ||
Ferso of the title-page:
IreuUegioreal. || m roj. || por pato por parte
Die bos el f)acf)iller Hdartin ferndliet tre || enrifo al-
BuaHl mapcr Ue rartilla trel oro me fue fecf)a rela=
cia II iejienlro q nos aueps f)eri)o bn liftro tre eofmo-
^t^^J\ #eci)a en la
ciulralr Ue laragoja a rinro Irias Jrel mes ire fette ||
bre ire mil r qninictos r trejioff)o anos. |?o el rep
Por mantralro irel II rei). (ffaftaneira. ||
Colophon :
jFue impreffa cnia nobiUmma x muj) leal duirair
Je 3cuilla por Ja- il cobo croberger aletiia en el anc
B la encarnacion tre nueftro feftor. II tre mil r qumb
entos r triej r nueiie. ||*
1519.
.«.)
\* Folio; title one leaf+ seventy-five unnumbered 1
in Cjothic.
(Private Librar., New Vork and Providence.)
eaves ; text
* Anglici : Compendium of Geography,
which treats of all the parts and regions
of the world, and especially of the Indies;
also at length of the art of navigation and
of the sphere in the vernacular [language],
together with the regulation of the Sun
and North. Xewly composed. With Royal
Privilege.
Royal Privilege. The King. Whereas
you, the Bachelor, Martin Fernandez de
t^ncxzo, Alguaail Mayor of the Golden
tastil, have mformed us that you have
made tor us a book on cosmography
iZ l\h''V-'- °^„Saragossa, Sept. 5th;
r , ', '. 5'"^- ^y °"^" "f ''"= king.
Castafieda. Was printed in the very noble
and loyal c.ty of Seville, by James Crom-
berger, a German, A. D. 1519.
m
i68
Bibliotheca Americana.
4
'|li'
4 tt t
I C I Q, " Apparently the first book printed in Spanish relating to America ;
^^^.^—.—-^ — unknown to Robertson. Enciso having gained a considerable sum
" in St. Domingo by practicing law, was induced by Ojeda to join him
in an expedition of discovery and conquest to the continent of Amer-
ica. After suffering great hardships and hairbreadth escapes, which
are related by Herrera, he returned to Spain, and published this work
• for the instruction of Charles V. The account of America is prin-
cipally from his own observations."
(Rich'. I
We must add that Martin Fernandez de Enciso first
came to the New World with Rodrigo de Bastidas*, was
Alguazil Mayor of the Golden Castil, and the owner
of the vessel as well as the planner of the expedition in
which Vasco Nui'^ez de Balboa' acquired so much fame.
A great hydrographer and explorer, his work is invalu-
able for the early geographical history of this continent^
Speaking of the supposed edition of 1482, mentioned
in Spicilegium veter. Secul. xv. edit., Mendez is very posi-
tive': " Dudo 6 niego que haya tal edicion, pues segun
D. Nicolas Antonio, no pudo alcanzar el Autor a este
tiempo."
Judging from the following passage'', Enciso wrote a
disquisition, which entitles him to a place side by side
with Las Casas', Francis of Vittoria", Julian Garces',
and D. de Avendaflo'°, or perhaps only with J. Gines
de Sepulveda" :
" Escribio Enciso un papel muy curioso sobre si los conquista-
dores espanoles podian tener y poseer indios encomendados, contra
.4
' Bibliotheca Americana Velus, No. 4.
' Herrera, Dec. I, Lib. vii, cap. XI.
* Navarrete, Disertacion sobre !a Hist,
it la Nautica i Madrid, 4to, 1846, page
• 46.
* Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. IV,
p. 306; and De la RoiyiETTE in Nowv.
/Innales Jes Voyages, Vol. IV, p. 5.
' T^yf''£''''J''' EspaHola ; Madrid, 4to,
1796, Vol. I, p. 170.
* Navarrete, he. cit., p. 147.
' 1°. BreuiJJima relacion ; Seville, 4to,
1552, 50 11. 2° Lo que se sigue es vn fe-
Jafo ; id., 4 11. 3° Aqui se contiene una
di sputa ; id., 61 II. 4° Aqui se contienen
treynta frofosiciwes; id., 10 11. 5° Este
es un tratado ; id., 36 11. 6° Enire los
remedios ; id., 53 11. 7° Aqui se contienen
unos auisosf id., |611. 8° Tratado comfri-
batoria; id., 1553, 80 11. 9° Princijia
qued. ex quibus. proced ; id., 10 11.
10° ResolucionaizduJas, MS. 11° Singul.
tractatus, MS.
' De Indis et jure Belli, in Tieo/. Relec-
tionesf 8vo, 1565.
' Letter to Paul III, in Padilla, His-
loria de lajundacion de Santiago ; Madrid,
fo\. 1596.
"• Tiesaurusindicusf Antwerp, fol. 1668.
" Apologia pro libra de justis belli
eausit contra Indos suscepti } Rome, 8va,
'5 SO-
Bibliotheca Americana.
a este
Gines
169
los frailes dominicos que decian que no, y se opusieron al despacho
de la expedic.on de Pedrarias Davila, so pretexto de quel cl Rev no
podia enviar a hacer tales conquistas."
Direct reftiencei ;
I-EON PiNILO £j»,>o,«,p. ,7,,,„J PiNELO-BARClA, Col. I ITO.
Antonio, B.hlmhca Hhpania No-va, Vol. .,, page loi.
Bihliclheij liehenana, Vol. vi, No. 1525.
Bihlioi/ieca Browniana, page 9, No. 17,
'I'ernaux, No. 20.
Bhunet, Vol. 11, col. 973.
Graesse, Vol. II, page 473.
98. /'^/?n/A.i/^c^/)/^^iTlNERARIO II DE LV-
DOVICO DEllVARTHEMA BOLOGNESE || ncl-
lo Egitto, nella Soria, nella Arabia de ||
fetta, &' felice, & nella Perfia, || nella India,
& nella Ethyopia || Le fede el viuere/ &
coftumi delle pre/ 1| late Prouincie. || et al
PRESENTE AGioNTovi || alcune Ifok nuoua-
mente li trouate. II
Then large woodcut, with the in
I.HVOM. FASST.
SCriptlOn BIBELLO. SENZA. DIME.
Recto of/eafig:
C Qui iinifTe lo Itinerario de Llidouico
de II Varthema Bolognefe/ de li paefi &
Ifole II la Fede el viuere & coftumi loro. ||
Nuouamente per lui vifti || in piu parte.
C Qui comincia lo Itinerario de Lilola
de luchatan || nouamente ritrouata per il
fignor Gioan de !| Grifalue Capitan Gen-
erale de L'annata || del Re de Spagna &
per il fuo Ca- || peliano copofta. || Ludo. ||
Colophon {swWich in this copy, is somewhat crooked, as the letters
in two of the words are transposed) : ' "
22
I5I9.
520.
Mi
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Bibliotheca Americana.
H
1520. C In Venetia per Matthio Pagan II in
--' - Frezzaaa (j/'c), al fcgno || dell (sic) Fcde.H*
*^* Sm. 8vo for size, with signatures in fours, sine anno. Title
one leaf + one hundred numbered leavts -\- three unnumbered
leaves for the index + o"^ inestimable blank leaf.
(Private Library, New Yorl<.)
This extremely rare volume contains two distinct
works. The first, by Ludovico de Varthema, sometimes
called Ludovicus Patricius Romanus, Varomicer, Var-
rommicer, Barthema, Vartomanus, Varibemo, and Varon-
miser ; the second, which alone entitles the book to a
place in our Bibliotheca, by Juan Diaz. The latter is a
description of the memorable expedition to Yucatan
under Juan de Grijalva, from March ist to November
15th, 1518. Grijalva wrote an account of the voyage,
which he presented to Velasquez, who intrusted it to
Oviedo to be remitted to the king. This full report is
now lost, but Oviedo has probably embodied it in his
Historia\ Bernal Diaz, who was a companion of Gri-
jalva, gave also an account* of the expedition. As to
Juan Diaz, he was the chaplain, and accompanied, to-
gether with the Dominican monk Bartolome de Ol-
medo, Hernan Cortes to Yucatan and Mexico. On that
occasion he was the first who said mass in Yucatan
(Feb., 1519, at the island of Cozumel). He baptized
* Anglice: Itinerary of Ludovico de Var-
thema ot" Bologna, to Egypt, Syria, the
Desert and Arabia telix, Persia, India, and
Ethiopia; the creeds, manner of life and
customs of the said countries, together
with the description of some islands re-
cently discovered.
Here ends the Itinerary of Ludovico de
Varthema, of Bologna, concerning the
countries and islands, creeds, manner of
life and their customs, recently seen by
him in several parts.
Here begins the itinerary to the island
of Yucathan recently discovered by Signor
Juan de Grijalva, Captain-General of the
King of Spain, and composed by his
chaplain.
At Venice, by Matthew Pagan, at the
sign of Mf Faith.
' Historia General de lat Indiai, Part I,
Lib. 17, cap. 8-18.
* Historia f'r Jii.tera i Madrid, fol. 1 632
(two issues of the same date). The reader
may also consult, concerning the Grijalva
expedition: Gomara, Prim, y leg. parte Je
la hist. gen. de las Indias ; Saragossa, fol.,
1 552-3; Herrira, Decade 11, Lib. 111,
cap. I; CoGOLLVDo, Historia de Yucathan;
Madrid, fol., 1688; Lorenzana, Hist, de
Nueva EspaHa i Mexico, fol., 1770; Cla-
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171
1632
reader
Irijalva
•)jrtt lie
;sa, tol.,
ib. Ill)
Wit. dt
Cla-
M
the famous Malinche, and is said by Diaz de la Calle' I 52O.
to have been the first priest who said mass in the city of _ . ..nii
Mexico, although Gonzaga^ asserts that this mass was
said by Olmedo, and that Diaz only assisted him.
Diaz wrote a short itinerary in Spanish of the expedi-
tion of Grijalva, the original of which has never been
published, nor is it known to exist. Wc find the first
version of it in a translation into the Toscan dialect.
It is the present No. 98. This version was republished
in the editions of 1522 [infra), 1526 [infra) and 1535
[infra). It is not in the Varthema of Scinzenzeler,
Milan, 1523, nor has it been added to the reprints of
Varthema in the various editions of the Novus orbis and
of Ramusio. We doubt whether it is inserted in any
of the French, German or English editions of the Itine-
rario which were published towards the middle of the
' sixteenth century. We had the rare Spanish translation
by de Arcos examined, hoping, as it bears the date of
1520 (Seville) that it might contain the original text of
Diaz, but we regret to say that Grijalva's expedition is
not inserted. Brunet and Graesse mention, as contain-
ing it, an edition by Rusconi, dated Venice, 1520.
This assertion seems to be based upon the Hibbert
Catalogue No. 8793. The copy seen at the Hibbert sale
was an imperfect one, lacking, we think, the leaf with
the colophon ; and which was mistaken for the edition
published by Rusconi in 1522 [infra). We ascribe to the
present the date of 1520, but with no better reason than
that // seems to be an earlier impression than any of the
dated editions which have come under our notice. This
date is arbitrary altogether, and might as well be 1521.
There is a valuable translation into Spanish of Diaz'
account in Seflor Icazbalceta's important, trustworthy
victRO, Sloria antica Je/ Messiio f Cesena, ' Memorial de las ItiAidi Occident, f Mad-
4to, 1 780- 1 ; SoLis, Hist, de la conjuisia rid, 4to, 1644.
de Mexico; Madrid, 4to, 1788; Navar- * De origir.e Serapkica Relig. Fru'cisc. f
«iTi, Coleccion, Vol. Ill, pp. 55-64; Pres- Rome, tol., 1587.
COTT, Inc. cit. • Coleccion de documenlos para la hiitoria
j
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1520.
lya Bib Ho thee a Americana.
and too little known Coleecion\ The late M. Ternaux
has given a faithful version in his Recueil^.
" The most circumstantial account of Grijalva's expedition is to be
found in the Itinerary of his chaplain above quoted [under the title
of Itinerario del Capellano, MS.] The original is lost, but an indif-
ferent Italian version was published at Venice, in 1522. A copy,
which belonged to Ferdinand Columbus, is still extant in the li-
brary of the great church of Seville. The book had become so ex-
ceedingly rare, however, that the historiographer Munoz [and even
Navarrete], made a transcript of it with his own hand, and from his
manuscript that in my possession was taken."
(Prescott'. I
Direct references i
C. R. (Riva of Milan) Catalogue,
Hanrott Catalogue, — .
Bb'JNEt, Vol. y, col. 1094.
Uraesse, Vol. I, p. 301.
N i'
99' ANONYMOUS— Recto of the first leaf:
Then woodcut filling the rest of the title-page, and representing
vessels, islands, and a sea-port.
*^* Sm. 4to, sine anno aut loco ; title one leaf -|- two unnumbered
leaves -f one blank. Neither colophon nor water-mark.
(Private Library, New York and Providence.)
This extremely curious and interesting plaquette pur-
ports to be a translation into German of a letter describ-
ing the arrival of a vessel from Brazil to a port not
mentioned, October 12th, of a year also left blank, but
which is supposed by Humboldt' to be between 1525
and 1540, while de Varnhagen" ascribes to the expedi-
tion the early date of 1508. The letter describes an
exploration coastwise of nearly two thousand miles,
de Mexiio ; Mexico, 4to, 1858, V'ol. I, * Anglice : Copy of a late letter from
pp. 2l{ 1-308. the Land of Brazil.
* Recueit del pieces relatives a la Conjuete ' Examen Crilijue, Vol. v, p. 249.
du Mexijue; Paris, 8 vo, 1838, pp. 1-47. ' Historia geral do Brazil i Madrid,
' Conquest of M»xico,Yo\.\,f.^^<),note. 4to, 1854.
Bihliothecq Americana. 173
undertaken with two vessels belonging to one "No- I520.
no" ( ? ) and to the well-known Christopher de Haro',
with the authorization of the King of Portugal. Hum-
boldt is of opinion that this was a voyage to the Straits
of Magellan ; Varnhagen, on the other hand, attempts
to prove that it is only the well-authenticated Spanish
expedition of Solis and Pinzon. Ternaux seems to
value the work only in so far as it " prouve d'une ma-
• niere authentique, I'anciennete des relations de la France
avec le Bresih." This assertion rests upon a single line
containing a statement to the effect that " les habitants
disent qu'il vient de temps en temps d'autres vaissaux,
et que ceux qui les montent sont habilles comme nous ;
d'apres ce qu'en disent les habitants, les Portugais pen-
sent que ce sont des Fran9ais. lis ont presque tous la
barbe rouge' " We are inclined to think that the early
date of the visits of the French navigators to Brazil
rests on better authorities. Even if we leave aside the
interesting documents produced by Des Marquetz'^' and
the ingenious arguments urged by M. Estancelin" con-
cerning the supposed expedition of Cousin of Dieppe
to Brazil in 1488, we have authentic deeds and deposi-
tions proving beyond a doubt a French expedition to
Brazil as early as 1503, by Binot Paulmier de Gonne-
ville^ The anonymous Enforma^ao do Brasil et de suas
e letter (roin
* " J' obscrvcrai d'abord que ropuscule allemand,
oini sur Ic litre d'une gravure en bois q'-i rcpre-
seiite mi pnrt de mer et deux ilots rocheux, est
crtaincmeiit tradiiil de I'italien el non du poiiu-
gais, comme on puurrait Ic supposer La
maison de Christobal >le Har ■ et de ses deux
frcrcs etaii eiablic i Anvers ; elle tournissait,
comme jalis ccllcs de Bcrardi et de Marchioi]i ^
Seville el Lisboiiiie, des tniids pour dc grJiidcs cii-
Ireprises mcrcantilcs ou des voyages de decouverles.
Haro sc plaigliant comme Magellan des
preteiidues injuituet dc la cour de I.isboriue, pril
une part si ac;ive au '■ projct du detroii,' qu'il
otfrit d'avancer a lui scul tous les frais dc I'arnic-
nieut. La cour d'Hspagne tie voulut par accepter
des otfrcs si genereuses en apparencc, mais Haro
Unit par s'engagcr pour la ciiiquieme panic des
frais de rexpeditioiif ou pour 4000 ducats. Aussi
ail retour dc ta faineusc nja riVrorij, toute la car-
gaisoii dc ctoux de girotfe lui fut remise." ITi'm-
BOLDT, toe. cil.
* Ternaux, .■Jrcii-ve> des f^ofages ;
P.iiis, 8vo, n. d (1841), Vol. II, p. 306,
notr.
' Ternaux, /o. . tit., p. 309.
* Mcmoirti chromlogiifues pour seri'ir a
l^/iisloiri (it Dieppe; Paris, i vols., Iimo,
178;, Vol. I, pi). 93-98.
' l^ogtiges et Jiouvertes Jet Norman Ji ;
Paris, 8vo, 1832, pp. 37, .ind 332-61.
" P. De GosNEvii.t.1, Ali-moires touchani
titabliaement dune mission chrrtienne dans
la troisieme monde; Paris, i2mo, 1663; De
Bkosses, Hist, des Navigations aux terres
ausrrales f Paris, 4to, 1756, Vol. I, pp.
104-114; D'AvEZAC, in Bulletin de la
Societe de Geographie, Vol. xiv. p. 172,
k
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im
r
I C20. capitamaf>, also mentions the arrival of French vessels
■ into the port of Bahia in 1504, which date is corrobo-
rated by another account published by Ramusio'°, and
mentioning the discoveries made by Jean Denys, a na-
tive of the hospitable and ever gratefully-remembered
town of Honfleur, in Normandy.
This curious and enigmatic account was probably writ-
ten originally in Portuguese, then translated into Italian,
from which the present version seems to have been
made. Humboldt gives" an excellent analysis of the
plaquette, made from a copy in the Dresden library.
There is a French translation in Ternaux' Archives des
Foyages", and extracts in the Portuguese language have
been inserted by Varnhagen in his valuable and too
little known History of Brazil".
The date of 1520 is altogether arbitrary, and rests on
no other foundation than mere inferences tending to
show that the r.ccount may have been written soon after'*
the expedition of Magellan, and the fact that this date,
having been given already in some catalogues, it may
facilitate researches.
Direct reference:: ( Zapf, ylugsh. Buchdruckergeichichte, Vol. II, page 20», No. ix.
i Bihliotheca Grer.villiana, pjge 835.
( Bihliotheca Brotvniana, page lo, No. 30.
100. IDEM OPUS— Recto of the Jirst /eaf:
S^o^ia brr 9lrtiieti ^e^tuitg
m^ ^refiKg Sanbt.
Then, instead of the above-described vignette, a large woodcut
representing the royal arms of Portugal.
Colophon :
G ^etruift ju 9(ugf^ttr(} bnri^ @rl)art ogliit.
'^^* Sin. 4to, sine anno; title one leaf-j- three unnumbered leaves,
the third containing only ten lines, including the colophon.
For water-mark, a cup,
(Private Library, New York.)
• Reviita trimemal ; Rio de Janeiro,
Vol. VI, pp. 411-414.
" Discorio (tun gran capilano di mare
Franceie, Vol. in, foil, 423-432.
•' Loc. cit.. Vol. V, pp. 239-2^8.
" Vol. II, pp. 306-310.
" PP- 434-43 Si x""-
'* If' not btj'ore ! See infra, p. 175.
1
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Bibliotheca Americana.
175
woodcut
ed leaves,
colophon.
This edition presents differences in the orthography I520.
throughout, but not to such an extent as to give new ---—-99
readings, especially of the mysterious passage :
^' Uitb mottett bie ^rfamen ^ortngafefer faseii re feien
(^ejtiner, fo genajlolnguc nabigierett/' and of the expres-
sion "Slort %|frll," which so greatly perplexed von
Hagen and Humboldt. Yet, had Humboldt and de
Varnhagen enjoyed an opportunity ro consult it, they
might have modified their views. The reader will no-
tice that this bears on the title-page a large woodcut
representing the royal arms of Portugal. This must be
viewed as one more indication that the translator or
printer considered the plaquette as giving an account
of a voyage undertaken under the auspices of Portugal,
and not, as Varnhagen is inclined to think, of a Spanish
expedition under Solis and Pinzon. On the other
hand, the plaquette was printed by Erhard Oeglin,
which militates against the conjecture of Humboldt
that the events it relates transpired between the years
1525 and 1540. This Erhard Oeglin or Oglin, some-
times called Erhard Ocellus of Reutlingen, was already
in partnership with John Otmar in 1505. Judging from
a careful examination of Zapf's Augsburgs Buchdrucker-
geschichte\ Oglin does not seem to have printed after
1 516, when he enjoyed the then uncommon title of Im-
perial Printer. Nor should we forget that there are
internal evidences^ tending to show that the translation
was made from an Italian version, itself probably taken
from the Portuguese. All these transformations im
ply a certain lapse of time, which, when added to the
probability that the German printer had ceased to
print after 15 16, present materials for a new history
of the voyages to the southern seas, which mav yet
prove that what is now termed the Straits of Magel-
lan was visited before 1519, and that Christopher de
P '75-
' Augsbuig, 4to, 1788, Vol. 1, page ' Nutc B to Voi. v of the Eramtn
XLiii, and Vol. ii. p. 102, No. ix. Critique, page 245.
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1520. Haro, imparted to his intimate friend Magellan the
indications which led to the memorable voyage of the
nao Victoria.
• We must also be permitted to remark that this wood-
cut adds weight to our assertion when describing the
escutcheon of Granada in the second edition' of the
Columbus letter {supra, p. 11), that armorial bearings
are no sure tests to determine where the book was
printed, as in the present instance we have an Augs-
burg edition, which, instead of the well-authenticated
vignete of a pine-apple, contains the arms of Portugal.
Had the present copy of this Augsburg plaquette lacked
the colophon, as is frequently the case with those early
printed sheets, it might have been ascribed to a Lisbon
or Evora printer by the bibliographers who accept the
theory that a coat-of-arms on the title-page indicates
that the book was printed in the country which assumes
the inserted escutcheon.
'I
If
'
10 It ANONYMOUS— IVithin a border:
C PROVINCIAE SIVE || REGIONES IN INDIA |1 OCCI-
DENTALI NOViyTER REPERTA IN|1VLTIMA NA- 11 VI-
GATIO- II NE.-.
In fine : .
Et Vallenletti feptima || Martij. Millefimo Quingentefimo vigefimo.\\*
*^* Very sm. 410, fourteen unnumbered leaves, including the title.
Private Library, New Yorlt.
Account of the conquest of Cuba by Diego Velas-
quez ; and is a translation into Latin of a Spanish ac-
count, as yet unknown".
' We use the words second edition on * Anglice : The provinces or regions
the strength of the following endorsement in the West Indies recently diocovereJ in
hy such a high authority as M. D'Avezac: the last navigation. Valladolid, March
•■ ye partage ccnpletement -voire opinion sur yth, 1850.
rordre chrono!ogi(jue des six editions de i^^l ' On the verso of leafc-iiij there is a
par vous decrites." letter from Peter Acosta.
Bibliotheca Americana. ly^
1 02. PETER MARTYR (T)-fVithln nn ornamented border:
X)ief(l|lffttttf|mm||bem Sannbt ber||@ttOien %Xi\t%t=
funb^ bttrd) || ^crn Slogan bd WttgUcro || ^ato^tman bed
«r(fiett||Ud|eii ^uitigd bo -^IflHioiiItt, gar ^ulifdi || bitto
|fl %nl mit II atten t|ren (eben li bnb fit- 1| ten. || ^ ||
%* Sm. ^10, sine anno aut /.r«. title one lear+ two unnumbered
leaves. No water-mark.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
A foreign catalogue' ascribes four leaves to this work,
and adds the following notice :
"Premiere edition allemande de la premiere lettre de Pierre Mar
tyr/sur la decouverte du nouveau continent, tres-rare."
Pinelo-Barcia, Antonio, Meusel, Jocher, &c., are all
silent concerning this or any other "Johan von An-
gleria. Peter Martyr is probably intended ; but what
IS meant by his "first letter concerning the discovery of
the new continent," we have failed to discover\
Dirut «>,«„.. J Gha«se. Vol. ,, page ,jo. on wi,ose authority (in tl,e absence
i BA/ 7 ""i"^ *' "'"''"= ""= -^^'^ Of" vers ,s2o."
I Bibliotheca Broivniaita, page 10, No. 30.
103. ALBER Tim ( FR. DE)~Recto of the first leaf ■
mSxmXx^ Home
©pufculfl tre ittiraijiliijus
j^oue et ©eteris urliis
Motne ctiita. a jFran
cifco aitmino
JPlorentino
€um ^riuilesio.
(infra) ^iniNotu on Columhu, Dp 120 i,c ,1, , """,.'" *^"" Martyr mentioning
ror the Ep„t. exxx to Jose'p'lT^Bo^rUL': l^.^rs^My'fite rn«.'- ^'^ ^"-'^''-
1520.
I "■»"WL.lii-'^RTTS1""W»'^«51»^"fl^"l"W* ' *
178
Bibliotheca Americana.
I ')20> The title is within a highly ornamented border, surmounted by a
■vignette representing the gates of a city, and terminating with two
woodcut portraits, which we have failed to identify.
Colophon :
ImpfTu Lugd.9 p loan, mario fuptib^
& expefis F mani morin bi- || bliophile
eiufde ciuitatis. ano dni m.d.xx. die vero.
xxviii, martii. ||
%* 4to
title one leaf -J- sixty leaves numbered in Arabic nu-
merals on the recto, repeating 56 twice ; on the verso of the
last leaf two woodcuts, the lower being a papal coat-of-arms.
(British Museum.)
This editioii reproduces, without any alterations, 'the
passage referring to Vespuccius, which we have inserted
supra, in describing the edition of 15 10 (No. 64).
Clement ascribes to the present, " Feuillets 57."
Direct rtferencii :
Bibtiothtca Sarraaiana, Part II, p. II 7, and Bihlioth. Anonym.
Hagae-Com. ap. Beavkigard 1744, p. 161, cited by :
Clement, Bihliothequt Curieutt, Vol. i, page 121.
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104. PT0J.EMr-E5sLER-UBEUN>-"'Pto\tmvie.\xs auctus
reftitutus emaculatus, cum tabulis veteribus et novis
[opera Georgii Ubelii]. Am. E. von Buck 8 : loannes
Scotus Argentorati Uteris excepit mdxx. — Diefe Aufg.
enthalt xlvii Tabulae, Geographicae in Holfchn. Bern-
har, Aretins Beytrage Bd. V. p. 535 fagt, dafs in der
Bibl. zu Munchen zwei Exx. seien mit roth, und eins
mit fchwarzegedr. Titel."
(Meusel' and HorrMANN*.)
Reimpression of No. 74, which see.
" Dans le texte les noms propres en grec sont omis : I'atlas y est de
meme double comme dans I'edition de 1513."
(Lelewel'.)
' Annal. Tyf., Vol. v. Part li, p. l88. ' Giographie du Moycn Age, Vol. ii,
' Biblhgr. Lexical, Vol. ill, p. 319. Appendix, p. 108.
\
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1 05- ANONriaous— Recto of the first leaf:
179
fenblirieff bent aOer kitrd)lrttil|HQiftrn || gro^med)tigi|ie
f^itrften iinb ^erren ^erren Siad 9l(imifd)en bnb
f^anifdl^ ^onig &c tittfrrm onebiben §ern burdi ire ber-
orbent || §an)it(ettt | bott toegen einer neto gefunb^ ^tt
fein, ber felbl getegett || Ijeit bnb intvoner jitteit bn ge-
mon^eite inljiilteitb bor Attri^tterfi^i- 1| nen tagen sttge^
fanbt. II
Then woodcut representing the landing of armed men from a man-
of-war.
Colophon on verso of the s'venth leaf:
@etrttitt in ber feiferUi^en ^iai 9lttrmlierg buri^H
9rt)beriil|en ^ei)^u«|bnb feUgf(ii| bolenb II am. 17. tug
<0larcii|bed iarg bo ntan|| jolt nadj 6:^rifii unferl Hebenll
Ijerren gebbrt. iEUXX. H*^
*^* 4to, title one leaf + six unnumbered leaves + one blank;
thirty-eight lines to a full page.
(Private Library, Providence.)
This rare plaquette contains a relation of the expedi-
tions of Francisco Hernandez de Cordova, Grijalva
and Cortes to Yucatan, taken apparently from Peter
Martyr's Decades.
Direct rtftrtnct : BMhtktca Browniana, page lo, No. 19.
106. ALBERTiNi {FR. Z)£)— "Opufculum de Mirabili-
bus novae et veteris Urbis Romae.
Bononiae, 1520, 4to.
(Bibliotheca Heberiana^ .
* Anglici ! An extract from several
missives to the most illustrious and power-
ful prince and lord Charles, King of the
Romans and of Spain. Our gracious lord
tent through his appointed captains an
account of a recently-discovered island, de-
scribing its locality, the customs and
habits of its inhabitants. Printed in the
Imperial city of Nuremberg, by FfeJericlc
Peypus, and happily finished March 17th,
A. D. 1 5*0.
' Part VI, No. 118.
1520.
f"l
11
I' '
i
1520.
iRo Bibtiotheca Americana.
107. PIGGHE (ALBERT)-h\hQrtW% PI || GHluS
Campen || fis de oequinodiorvm fol || fti-
tioruque inuentione Ad. R. in Chrifto
patrem D Fra||cifcum Molinium Abbatem
S. Maximini, a Secretis & cofilio . R . Fran-
corum Chriftianifs. & pijs largitionibus
eius II dem proepolitum primarium ||
Eiufdem de ratione Pafcha || lis cele-
brationis/ Deque Reftitutione ecclefiaftici
Kalen || darij. Ad Beatiflimum Patrem
Leonem X Pontificem || Maximum. ||
venundantur Parifij/ in vico Diui lacobi
Tub fcuto Bafilienfi. ||
Cvm privile 1| gio ad Trien || nivm. ||
1
%* Sm. folio, sine anno (the second treatise bears the date of 1 5 20 ).
(Imperial Library at Paris.)
r
The above title has proved to us such a fruitful
cause of disappointments and vain researches in the
dusty garret of an old church, and in the damp cellars
of our dealers in second-hand books, that it is not with
unmitigated sorrow that we find ourselves constrained
to state that Albert Pigghe, frequently called Pighius
Campensis (1490-1542'), was frightfully homely*, a
Pelasgian', and probably a plagiarist.
A certain stress has been placed by Humboldt* upon
the following passage, which the reader will find on
page 28 :
' Niccno!!, Atfmoiret, Vol. xxxix.
' " la brucezzj J'un viso tanto spia-
ceuole," GoTio, Je gli Hvomini famou in
lentrt, p. 222.
• Calvin, Resf>ont. contra Pigiium,
Ofusc. Theot., p. i<).o, in Bayle, Dk-
tionnaire. Vol. in, p. 721, note.
* Examen Critique, Vol. iv, p. 145.
Bibliotheca Americana. igi
Terra etiam noua ChriftianifTimi hif-
panarium regis aufpiciis a Vefputio nuper
inuenta/ quam ob fui magnitudinem mun-
dum nouum appellant vltra oequatorem
plus35gradibusverputii obfervatione pro-
tendi cognita eft et necdum finis inuentusJ
" Fa 5tupore egualmente." says Canovai'. " che Alberto Pighio Cam
pcnse ndl' anno ,520 conservi i suoi diritti al Vespucci fdontadi
tutte le macchine che contro di lui eia cominrinJ j 1 ,
potente Famiglia del Colombo : ZI'l^TZlTic^^ '""'""" '"
Direct Ttftrtncn
M.CNE, Bncyclopidie Tiiologijue, Vol. xt„, col. 670
Cancelliebi, Disstriazioni, page 46.
Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, Vol. 11, col. 7;,
hX^r:! wlT.fV,:r'^ "T "" '-"^' ^ memorandum
naif eltaced, Wadler, B.blwiheca Auronomicr, page ,,0. p.„
ttt, Annalts Tybogr., Vol viii oa.., A„ >»"•«<: 339 1 rA"-
1520.
108. SOLINU&-CAMERS-W,thm an ornamental border :
lOANNIS CAMERTIS MINORI || TANI. AR-
TIVM/ ET SA- II CRAE THEOLOGIAE || DOCTORIS/
IN. C. IVLII II SOLIN IIOAVi'j:T12i>A || ENARRATIO- |i
NES. II "
Additus eiufdem Camertis Index/ 1| turn
hterarum ordine, turn re- || rum notabiliu
copia/ per- || comodus Studiofis. || Cum
Gratia & Priuile- j| gio Imperiali. ||
of-thc most Christian King o, fhe S Hn! .nH T ' "''" '^'"'^■^'' ''^6"" ''-
ha, been called che new .o.ld. ia known' • V,.,,,.";;";'^,, 3.. ^,,. .„^^
'^^w^^nvmr
iSs
.A
182 Bibliotheca Americana.
I C20. Cdophon :
■^ EXCVSVM EST HOC OPVS SOLINI- || anUIH CU
Ennerationibus egregii lacr^ The- || ologiie
Dodoris lOANNis ca- || meriis Minoritani,
Anno na- |1 tiuitatis domini. M.D.XX. ||
Viennae Auftri* per lo- || anne Singreniu,
im- II penlis honelli || lvcae alantsk, ciuis/
Bibli- II opolae Viennenfis. ||
*^* Folio, title one leaf+ seven preliminary leaves + three hun-
dred and thirty-six pages 4- two unnumbered leaves, with the
above colophon on the recto of the second, followed by a
woodcut representing two griffins supporting a shield, sur-
mounted by a tree + fifteen leaves for index, on the verso of
the last, Singrenius' mark. Text in Roman characters.
(British Museum.)
" Der Minorite Gamers (sein eigentlicher weltlicher Name war
Giovanni Rienzzi V^ellini', aus Camerino in Umbrien gebiirtig und
Lehrer in Wien [1468-1 546]^ datirt seine Vorrede zum Solinus Vien-
nae* Pannoni* VI. Calendas Febr. anno post Christi natalem
MDXX. Apianus (Peter Biencwitz, j'cb. 1495 zu Leissnig bei Meis-
sen), gibt folgenden Titel seiner Karte, auf der zuerst der Name
Amerika in dem siidlichen Theile des Neuen Kontinents eingeschrie-
ben ist : Typus Orbis universalis juxta Ptolomei Cosmographi Tra-
ditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes a Petro Apiano
Lcysn. elaboratus. Anno Do. MDXX. Der Isthmus von Panama
ist auf der Karte des Apianus von einer Meerenge durchschnitten,
was um so merkwiirdiger ist, als dieser, bis in die ncuesten Chines-
ischen Weltkarten fortgepflantze offene Isthmus sich auch auf dem
Globus von Johann Schoner findet, der dasselbe Alter hat. Dazu
fijgt die Karte des Apianus in der Ausgabe des Camers iiber den
am grossten geschriebenen Namen America die Inschrift hinzu :
Anno 1497 haec terra cum adjacentibus insulis inventa est per Co-
lumbum Januenscm ex mandato Regis Castillae."
(Humboldt*.)
• Clement, fi(W;oM. Car. Vol. VI, p. 146.
* There is another edition of Solinus
of the same date, supposed by some authors
to be anonymous, but which was also pub-
lished by Camers. As it is extremely
tare, we insert in this place a transcript of
the title, although our memorandum does
not state whether this edition contains
likewise the map which imparts so much
importance to the Vienna book.
Within a highly ornamented border :
C. 1 VLII II SOLINI POLYHISTOR, ||
SEV RERVM ORBIS ME||MORA-
BILIVM COLECTANEA.il
Bibliotheca Americana.
'8.7
This remarkable map. which, thu,, far. i, the earliest with the \ COrs
ame of Amenca inscribed, is inserted close to ." "-^ . ■ '520.
nam
eighth leaf. It is a woodc'ut", TCr^l iX, wit'h !.n'"'° "'' '^'
border, and bears the following inscTiptbn ' "^"■"^•'nted
n^IPvs ORBIS VNIVERSAI/S IVXTA
^ PTOLOMEI CSM^GRAPHI TRA
DITIO^EM ET AME URIC V.SPVCII
ALIO^QVE LVSTRATIONES A PE
TRO APIANO LEYSNIC" ELVCR^qii
AN. DO M.DXX^ II ■' "
The southern continent
tends just to the equator.
is separated from the northern, and ex-
Un the southern part, we read :
Anno 1497, hac terra cum adiaccrib^
infuhs inueta eft per Columbum lanuen-
fem ex mandate regis caftelle AMERICA
puincia.
North, several islands, one marked FSARPr r a j 1 ,
following queer inscription : '^^ABELLA. under wh.ch the
Spagnolla infula in qua rep/r guaicu
lignum. ^ °
Which would almost entitle the work of Ulrich de
Hut en on Gua.cum wood to a place in our Bibliotheca
The nor hern continent is termed Terra incoznta
rh,s valuable map was also inserted in the pZfomus
Verso of the title-page :
SOLINI VITA II PER lOANNEM
CAMERTEM EDITA. ||
Colophon ;
Colonia apud Eucharium Cen,icor Ij ,:,„
tn.U. II XX. mense Decern- \\bri. \\
*** 4to, ninety-two numbered leaves
It IS also stated that there is a Basle
edition of Gamers. Is not the Sclinu,
published in that city, folio, ,538, bv
Sebastun Miinster (as appears on p 46 of
this Basle edition) intended ? Sec Fkev
TAG, Apparat. Lilt., Vol. m, p. 649.
Anglui; Delineation of the entire
world, prepared according to the te.ich-
'ng of Ptolemy the cosmographer, and
the voyages of Americus Vespucciu.
and others by Peter Apian of Leiss-
nig [baxonyj.
184
Bibliotheca Americana.
I 520. Mela of 1522 (infra), and necessarily preceded the map-
pemonde bearing also the word America, and inserted in
the sumptuous Ptolemy of 1522 (infra).
The cartography of the sixteenth century is of such
importance to the student of American history that we
deem it necessary to devote more space to maps and
geographical works than has been heretofore the custom
in bibliographical compilations. We will, therefore,
describe all the maps contained in the works before us,
and add, at the end of il^e present volume, a Carto^raphia
Americana, or description of the geographical delinea-
tions engraved or printed separately, before 1550.
Researches have also been instituted in the Imperial,
Mazarine and St. Genevieve libraries at Paris, for the
purpose of bringing to light the manuscript maps of
that period which refer to America.
Direct itfertiiifi! I FABRjrius, Bihiiothtca Latina icd. 1711), Vol. i, page 415.
Maittaikk, Annales Tvf>ogr., Vol. v, Part 11, page 150.
I Ermsti, introd. to the Bipont edit, of Solinus, 8vo, 1794, page x.
Bihiiothtca lltheriana. Part x, No. 723.
Ebf-kt, Dictionary.
• Introd. to Ghillany, Geichickit Jet S. Behaim, p. 8.
I 5 2 I . I 09. MONTALBODDO (FRANC. DE)—Re(to of the first leaf:
i^aefi ttouamentc nttouati peril la Nauigatione
di Spagna in Calicut. Et da Alber || tutio
Vefputio Fiorentino intitulato Mon || do
Nouo. Nouamente Impreflb. ||
Then vignette representing Venice, filling the rest of the page.
Colophon :
C Stampata in Venetia per Zorzo de
Rufconi Milla || nefe. Nel. M.D.XXI. adi.
xy. de Febraro.
Bibliotheca //mericana
185
** Sm. 4to for si/.c ; title one leaf -|- one hundred and twenty I^2I<
unnumbered leaves for text -\- three unnumbered Icavci for ,,^,^^^
the table. Printed in Roman in two columns.
(Private Library, New York.)
Mr. Hanrott, in a note to the Grenvillc copy, states
that this edition, " though not so rare as the preceding
ones of 1507 (No. 48) and 1508 (No. 55), contains
more at the end." Per contra, Nodier says' that all the
editions, except these two, "ont eproiive, dans plusieurs
endroits du texte, des alterations sensibles, et pour des
causes particulieres," while Brunet' calls this number a
"simple reimpression de I'edit. de 1517" (No. t^o) ;
and then proceeds to reopen the controversy as regards
the original compiler of the Paesi, in these words :
" Ce nom dc Montalboddo Friuim. ou FrancAanzano) se lit cer-
tainemcnt dans toutes les editions de ce rccucil. Nous voyons nicme
que c'est celui sous lequel est placee I'edition de 1507, dans la Bih-
liotb. pinelL, qui passe pour ctre I'ouvrage de I'abbe Morcili. Ce-
pendant ce savant bibliothecairc, dans ses notes .sur la iettre de Co-
lomh'.dit que Ic recueil de voyages (A/o//</* novj) imprime a Viccncc,
en 1^07,3 etc donne par les soins d'un certain Friuanzi'j, ratif dc
Monte Albodo, dans la marchc d'.Ancone, et reprcnd ii ce sujet ceu.x qui,
d'apres la mauvaise le^on dc I'epitre citee, ont attribue ce livre a un
pretcndu Montalboddo FrancanZiino. C'est aussi ce que repcte Zurla,
di Marco Palo, vol. 11, p. 108."
This note of Brunet, together with the use which we
made of Zorzi's name in mentioning the preceding edi-
tions of the present work, and the alteration introduced
at the suggestion of M. D'Avezac (see supra. No. 70)
make it incumbent on us to state our authorities for
ascribing then the compilation of the Paesi to Alexan-
der Zorzi.
' Catalogue of 1844, Part i, No. 1041. di grande merito indotti turono a nomin-
' Vol. V, col. 1 1 59. are quel raccoglitore dalla guasta lezionc,
' " . . .per opera di un Fracaiizin, the il libro nella lettera dcdicatoria, con
che ivi prot'essava Lettere, ed era nativu da altrc niolte d'iinportanza, preicnta : le
Munte .AlboJdo, terra nella Maica .Ail- ijuali bene spesso vennero adottate da Fra
conitana ; non di un Montalboddo Fra- Arcangelo da Madrignano," &c. {Lettera
canzano Vicentino, siccome scrittori anche rarissima, pp. 45-46).
H
i86
Bibliotheca Americana.
U
■;l'
t I
I
I 52 1. In the first place, we had the authority of Hum-
, boldt*, and in the second place the explicit statement of
Baldelli, upon which it is based. Baldelli, in his ex-
tremely curious note' to the Milione, mentions his dis-
covery in the Magliabechi Library of a copy of the col-
lection of voyages known as the Paesi ot 1507, which
contained a transcript of a letter stating that when Bar-
tholomew Columbus visited Rome in 1505 he made a
present of the account of his brother's discoveries to a
certain canon, who afterwards gave it to " the compiler
of the said collection — comptlatore della raccolta pre-
detta." Not having the means of consulting that let-
ter, which, so far as we know, has never been printed,
we were constrained to accept Baldelli's version of it,
which we had no reason to question. At all events,
Humboldt was perfectly justified in making his state-
ment on the authority of Baldelli. It is only for those
who have had the good fortune of reading the contents
of the letter itself to state, if such is the case, that the
learned editor of Marco Polo's Milione misunderstood
its purport. True it is that the manuscript additions
to the Magliabechi copy contain notes, which are also
ascribed to Zorzi, and imply a date later than 1507, but
there is xii> evidence that Zorzi was not living as late as
1524. Zeno, Fontanelli, Tiraboschi, and nearly all
the historians of Italian Literature, whose works we
have been able to consult, ignore our Zorzi, but we can
• Examtn Critijue, Vol. IV, p. 80 {iJ.
lupra, p. 96).
* ** l-'na scopcrta tla me faita, reca alcuiii lumj,
r nccessita dcllc rettiticaziniii import..-'iIi, rclativa-
mcnte all* illustrazinne ill qucsto cciehrc mappa-
mnitilo [fra Mauro'sJ. KsiXc nrlla Dihliitlrcn Ntag-
liabrchiana iL'lass. xiii. var. Hatch. i<. Ccul. n. 11.
€84.) 1;. celcbrc Raccolta \'iceiitiru dcllr navig,i.
zioiir tlci Purtu^hcsi, dclla >uialc sara in accoticio
in altro lunpo il ra^ionarr^ ilivisa rsprcssamcntc in
Juc volumifUMo ctititcrifiite gli scuoprimciiti oricn-
talif I'altro gli occidciitali. V. il prime volume
itttitnlato Nicolo Coriti : e cio pcrche il viaggiu
del medesintu dclla dedatura originale del Poggio
i ill trnnte del volume. II sccoiido e intitotaio Al-
berico, pcrchtr coiitiene Ic naviga'zioni Ji Amcrico
Vespucci. Cii) che rende pregievoliss:m.. detta
raccolta i the vi sono ^taie aggiiintc k rrU/ioni
tnleteuantuiinie ed inedile di parecclii 'aggiaiuri
classate per ordine cronologico. Ho con diligenza
siudiata qucsti raccolta, ed ho scoperto chi iie fosse
il raccoglitore. Ncl volume sccondo, dopo la
copia d'uiia lettcra di ^imoIlc del Verde Kioreiitiiio,
scritta di ^pagiia a .Matteo Cirii mercante Fioren-
tltio in \'ene/.ia a di z. (.eniiaio 1498. 'Stil,
Fiorenttnoi nctia .quale lo ragguaglia della prima
navigazioiie del Ctdombo, segue: Mntorma^iotie
di Bartolommeo Colombo della iiavigazion di Ho.
neiite, e (jarbin ncl Mondo Nuovo' e si racconta
rhc iieir essere Bartolommeo in Roma iiel 1505,
I opo la morte di sun fratello Criatoforo la diedc ad
Uh *rale jeroniino Caiioiiii.o regolare in ^. (;iovaii
LatetAno, e .jue>ti e>sen.lo in Venezia diedc jui
carta ori dt-tti !>cuoprimenti« e la relazione di Bar*
loloniir.eo ad Alessandro Zorzi, suo amico 1 .'•«*
fiUtart ittUa raudtu prtJrttj (V. II. Intit. Alber.
p. 81." iVor/d Jtl MiliiKt i Klorer\ce, ^to,
1827, \'ol. I, p. XXXII, nttt.
Bibliotheca Americana.
187
find nothing in Foscarini* (who seems to be the foun- 1^21.
tain-head of all information concerning this viaggiatore
erudito) which precludes the possibility of his having
annotated his owh work. But we always defer cheer-
fully to che opinion of those in whose experience and
erudition we have been taught to place confidence, and
did not hesitate to substitute the name of Fracanzano
Montalboddo in the place of that of Alessandro Zorzi
us the author of this most valuable collection of voyages,
— which at no distant day we intend to reprint word
for word, without notes or additions of any kind.
Direct re/erencei : < Ternaux, Bihiiotheifue ^mericaine. No. 13.
< Bi/i/iol/ieca Grenii/iiana, page 765.
{ Hanrutt. Langlcs and Libri 1 1859) Cacaloguei.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 59.
I 10. MARTYR {PETER)— ff^ithin a bonier designed by Holbein:
DK NVPER II SVB D. CAROLO REFER/ litis
Infulis, iimulat(5 incolarum || moribus, R.
Petri Marty/ II ris, Enchiridion, Domi/||neE
Margaritas, Diui || Max. Caef. liliae || dicatum.
% BASILEAE, ANNO II M.D.XXL*
^erso of the title-page :
MAGNIFICO EQy( || TI lONM CATENAEO SALE-
DiEXsi RXBEi II naco, diui quonda Maxi-
miliani CaBf. Augufti, nunc diuze Mar-
ga II ritae Auguftae liliae medico clariflimo ||
Adam Petri deditiflimus. ||
' Delia Lrtiirnlura ^fnrziV/na, Lib. viii, CDncernini! the customs of their inhabit-
pagt ^I 5, «of/ 169. ants. Dedicated to I.ady Margaret [of
* Anglic'e : An abridgement cimccrning Flundfirs], daughter of the Empress Maiii-
the islan.h recently discovered under the milian Fand aunt of Charlei V]. Bade,
reign of the Emperor Charles; and also ijii.
ww^w^i^r^iw
i88
Bibliotheca Americana.
ill
h'
1521,
*^* 4to, title one leaf-f- twenty-one leaves; twenty-eight lines in
a full page ; Roman characters.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
Judging from the following lines (on the second leaf):
Ex MEARUM decadu libellis in uulgus
emiflis colligere licet, Pater fand:e/ fugi-
tiiios quofdam ad uicina Darienfis appuHos
noftrorum libellos admirantes dixiffe ....
the present is only an extract from the fo irth Decade,
made by Peter Martyr himself; and not, as it is an-
nounced in a well-known catalogue", " a rare edition,
scarcely known to bibliographers, which is neither con-
tained in the Decades of the same author, nor an extract
froiii them, but is the very interesting and curious Ori-
ginal Account of the Discovery of those isles."
This extract is inserted in all the editions of the
Novus Orl^is\ and added to the Antwerp reprint of
Brocard's Descriptio Terra" Sancta\ It was published in
French by Simon de Co lines*, and in German by Honiger'
von Konigshofen. We find Jiiany references to the
reprints of this abstract in the early writers on Mexico.
It mentions the Grijalva expedition, and, we believe,
the first voyages to Darien.
Direct rrferences : I Panzer, jinnales Typogr., Vol. vi, pagr 117.
■j Mazzi'cheli.i, G!i Siritt'.ri it lulia, Vol. i, Part 11, page 776.
I NiciRoN, Memnires, Vol. .V\ITI, p.igr 211.
TtRNAix, Bihlioth'tjur yimericaine. No. 24.
Bihliolheca Heheriarta, P.irt », No. 1 706.
Bihtiolhfa Brotviiara, p.»i;c II, No. 53.
Brl'Nf.t, Vol. I, col. 294.
Graessf., Vol. I, page 1 jo.
' nohn's, I.ond., 1S47, p. 455.
' E lit. oK B.isic, I 5^1, pp. ^70-584; ot"
"15 5' P- 497. iq-
' 1556, and not lS37i 'i' '» »tatrd
(!./•<», p. 115.
' Pjri?, I 532 {infra).
' <i/>ai Dfr Netven tVeldt und In-
diaxiichen Nidtrgangischen Konigreich\ j
Basil, J vols, fol., i;g2-8}, Vol. 11.
(Private Libr., N. V. and Providence.)
SI
Bibliotheca Americana. 189
III. MONTALBODDO-DU REDOUER—Recto of the first leaf: 1 C 2 I (
Sdl^nfnQt it 1l0niittf(iit nto-
))( ii na II m0att0n0 : /at- n
ftrs pat Emetic tre befpuce jFlotentin ©ess gaps
rt iacst nouueUem^t ttouue^ i au pau^lt II ano? irag=
ncujCant eu letijiope q attatiecallUriiut r aulttest
plufieut!8 tegtonet efttanges || Ctanflate tie i)talie
en langue ftancoiife pat || mattutin tiu reHourt
liccde est logfii XX'.
Then vignette representing a circle, with the constellations.
In fine :
C €b fittift Ic liute intitule le nouueau mfitie r
nauigation || He l&metic tie befpure lies nauigatids
faiftes p le tog He pot || tugal est pajia Hes motes et
aulttes tegionis et D(uet» paijs II Jmptime a ^atis
pat ^ijelippe le floit. ||
*^* Sm. 4to for size, signatures a i, a ii a iii -f- ""c blank, then
b i, b ii, &c. Title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves +
eighty-eight numbered leaves. Text in Gothic.
(Harvard College Library.)
Philip le Noir was the son of Michael Le Noir, who
printed at Paris as early as 1489. He succeeded his
father in 1514, and we find his name among the twenty-
four printers who exercised their art in Paris under the
enlightened rule of Francis I, in 1521*. We place this
' " Ces chlffres qu'on trouve tres-sou- cette marque au lieu d'imprimer un re-
vent, iur le titrc, et d'autres fois a la tin gistre." De Buitc, afud Nu. 4543 oi
du volume, indiquent le nombrc des sig- Catal. La Valliere.
natures qui composent la totaliti- de I'ou- ' Uidot, art. Tyftgrapkie, in Emcjfch-
vrage .... Les imprimeurs mettaient fiJii Afodirne, Vol. 16, p. 754.
190
Bibliotheca Americana.
1^
w
1 52 1.* edition under the latter date, solely in deference to
Brunet's remark that "d'apres le nom du libraire, elle
ne peut etre anterieure a I'annee 1521."
The passage, Chapt. cvii, f. lxviii:
" . . . . latimiral et fon Utxt lefquels furit mis
cs fcrsi X enuoije^ a la bolte IBefpaigne et tiesj cc
quiU futft acurtirfis Ic Mop tx la rojjne Uefpaigne
Ics enuoijcrtnt tieliutcr ft leg tiircut benir a Icur
court boulontairement en latiueHc au prcfcnt iout
lis fc trouuercnt"
might lea'^ to the belief that the work was written as
early as 1506, but for two similar assertions which we
find in the Itinerarium (ch. cviii.) and the Unbekanthe
Landte, {ch. 108), both of which were printed as late as
1508. We even read it in the Novus Orbis of 1532 !
Dirtii referincn : I Camus, Mimoires tur de Bry, page 346.
Li-vrts Curieux, No. no.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 60.
1522. 112. POMP. MEI.^-l^ADlAN.— Within a wide ornamented border :
^ POMPONII ME II LAE DE ORBIS SITV
LiBRi TREs. AccvRATis || lime emcndati, una
cu Commetariis loachimi || Vadiani Helu-
etii calligatioribus, & multis || in locis auc-
toribiis factis : id quod cadi || dus ledor
orbiter, 8c in tranfcurfu |1 facile depre-
* So much stress has been placed by
Foglietta( W(i75r/<*' Gtnueniium libri .\ii;
Genoa, (ol., I 585, fol. 1 10, republished in
Gb«vius Thesaurus anliq. Iial. Vol. 1)
on the untortunate voyage ot Dotia and
Vivaldi, the two Genoese navigators who
are supposed to have anticipated Colum-
bus toward the end of the thirteenth cen-
tury, that we must notice, at least in a
note, the earliest authority for the state-
ment. It is Petf.r n'ABANo, Conciliator
different, philosophor.} Mantua, fol., 1492;
many editions ( in that of Venice, fol..
I 521, the statement is on fol. 97). Ca-
son;, Annalei ; Genoa, fol., 1708, p. 18,
should also be consulted.
Bibliotheca Americana. ,g,
hendet. II ADiECTA funt praeterea loca ali- 1522.
quot ex vADiANi com II mentarijs fummatim —
repetita, & obiter explicata : in quibus ||
aeltimandis cenfendifcj doariffimo uiro
loanni camerti I| ordinis Minonim Theo-
logo, cum loachimo vadiano || non ad-
modum conuenit. || rvrsvm, Epiftola Vadi-
ani, ab eo pene adulefcente ad Ru||dolph-
um Agricolam iuniorem fcripta, non in-
digna Icdu, || nee inutilis ad ea capienda,
quae aliubi in Commentarijs luis libare
magis, quam longius explicare uoluit. ||
Cantem est priuilegio. ne alibi hoc opus proximo trienno imprimatur.
BASILEAH, ANNO.
M.D.XXII.
Colophon :
basilrae, APVD ANDREAM CRATAN' [| drvm,
MKXSE lANVARIO, ANNO j| M.DcXXII.
"* ' hS /'"'" T i""^."^ ".*""'"" preliminary leaves unnum-
bered + two hundred and twenty-two numbered pages + one
unnumbered leaf with verso blank + another title -f- fortv-
one leaves + one leaf- with recto blank, and verso comaining
the prmter's mark. »
(Private Library, New York.)
"Seconde edition de Vadianus [the first being dated iciSlfort
changee et corr.gee sur des MSS.. le commentaire contient bea.coup
de notices uti es. ma.s une foule de choses bizarres. p. ex il raconte
Tj.i::'''V' ''""'r '''"'' '' ''"''^' "' - -- ^-deliS
ci adjuurt.. (Graesse .)
We must warn our readers that the above is not the
only obnoxious passage in the present work. The InJex
' Tretcr, Vol. v, p. 401.
192
Bibliotheca Americana.
.'A
%
I C2 2. Libr. Prohib. Expurg. 6f Damn} gives a long list, in the
•——s!^-s- interesting passage, which begins on page 557, in these
words : " Post adhibitam notam Auctoris damnati,"
and ends with " — In tit. Epist. loach. Vadiani ad
Rudolphum Agricola, quae incipit. Grata admodum ifta:
gratia, dele, a Cajare laureatus."
This edition should contain the map described supra
No, 108, and which is thus described by MuUer* :
" America appears on it as a narrow strip of land extending from
jjth degree of southern latitude to about 65° N. A broad channel
traverses the isthmus of Panama. More remarkable still is the out-
line of Greenland, which bears here the same name as on the cele-
brated Zeni* chart, namely Engronelant. The configuration
also of the country is so much alike in both, that they must have
proceeded from the same source."
See on the recto of the first leaf following F-f4, the passage :
" Ex recentiorum autem inquiiitione, li
Americam a Vefpuccio repertam, & earn
Eoae terras partem, quae terras a Ptolemaeo
cognits adieda eft, ad longitudinis habi-
tatae rationem referimus, longe ultra hem-
isphaerium habitari terra coftat : Imo non
uic^adeo imenfum pelagus interefle inter
extimum ab America occides & oriens
Ptol. poftremum, quin fere toto globi am-
* Madrid, folio, 1667.
' Catalogue i Berlin, 1861, No. 86.
• In DE I COMMENTARII DEL ||
l^iaggio in Periia di M. Caierino Ztno il
K. II & deUe guerre falie netP Imperio
Periiano, \\ dal tempo di ysiuniiiisano in
7»d. IIlibri Dvr. II £r DELLO SCO-
PRIMENTO\\deir hole Fris/anJa, Es-
latida, Engrouelanda, Eslo \\ lilanda, £sf
Icaria, faiio toito it Polo Artico, da |! due
fratiUi zeni, M. Niioli, il K. e M. Anto-
nio. 11 UBIO VMO. II CON VN PliEGNO PAI-
TIcoLARt DI II lutte le Jette parte di Tra-
montana da lor tcoperte. |j con gkatia, et
PRIVILEGIO. II
VERI [woodcut^ TAS. ||
•" IN VENETIA il Per Franceuo Marco-
lini. MDLVHI.
%* i2mo, 58 lumb. tf.
(Private Libr.. Brooklyn.)
See also concerning the two Zenis, their
voyages and maps, Zukla, Di Marco
Polo a degli altri l^iuggiatori f'eneiciani j
Venice, 410, 18 18, Vol. 11, pp. 7-94.
Bibliotheca . imericana .
»9J
bitu terra habitationis trequentia culta fit, 1522.
quod ex Geographicae defcriptionis globulo '
perpulchre dinofci potert."
D/.., -./....:, F^.,„^ ;,„,,,,, ,_,,,^, ,^^^^^ ^.^ _^_^ ^^^^_ _^
Bihlioi/ieca Barlowiami, .
Ebirt, Diciionury, N». \%bu).
113. ANoNrMOVS^^ynhtn a wide ornamented harder ■
^ranifom flcmo Hi^tifo burd) H JBice Jtteij in Weo--
^laleillfroto »lor(|arftrii ^fr^ogift m JBur || dunJii tu
gefdjrilieit.*
Then a very unseemly portrait of the Emperor.
On verso of the title, a complicated coat-of-arms, repeated on
the verso of the last leaf, with this inscription on a scroll :
AH.
5»7i
<t«g vonAu.
%* Sm. 4to. sine anno aut loco, title one leaf + three unnumbered
leaves ; many woodcuts ; no water-mark.
The conquest of the city of Mexico hy Cortes is
shghtly alluded to on verso of A iij, in these words :
"9«t iueit ba bfr felben infel ^abeii || ft) erobert eiit
flat genaiit ^citufiitoii i in bemi gcjalt )lnb fadii^ig tfln--
entliorb ftattipn mU ei-|jnfr gutcit rinrftljmourfii iiige.-
(Private Libr.iry, New York.)
* AngUci: Tr.injiation froiii the Spinish
into Frencli "
t Anjlui : \,,t Ki
Kumiv. ""'«"^"' ""''•"» "f »''r- man, wlu-rem ^ixty thousand l>eartl,.s I,.
been loutired, within a goo,) incloiurc.
gundy
25
n
ti
1 94 Ribliotheca Americana.
1522. 1 I if. I'ARTHEM^.UIylS— Recto of the first leaj :
II
i
Jtinevano dc l£uil0tti(o de ^avii
t1)rma Uolognrfe nr lo ISgnptoue la ^ujltiai
nr la Hrabia Drfma r felircnr la |)ct || fiame la
^n)iia r nr la ]Stf)iopta. Ha frlic || rl biucrr r tfsU
tumi tie le pcefatr prouiurie. II I&t a( ptefente
agiontout alrt)unr Jfole no 1 1| uamente Mittouatte. II
Then (ine vignette representing a man hent on a globe.
Ctkpbon :
C Stampata in Venetia per li hcredi de
Georgio di l! Rufconi Nellanno della in-
carnationc del no||rtro fignor lefu Chrifto.
M.D.XXII. adillXVII. de Setembrio. Reg-
nado lo || inclito Principe Antonio || Gri-
mano. ||
•^* Sni. 8vo ; title one lear+ one hundred and one unnumbered
leaves, printed in two columns, in Roman characters.
(Private Library, New York.)
The Itinerary of Grijalva commences on the verso of
signature M. It is this edition which supplied the text
for Munoz*, Navarrete's and Prescott's transcripts,
made from the copy in the Columbian library at Seville,
once the property of Fernando Columbus, and then
supposed to be the 6nly copy in existence. The text,
together with a translation into Spanish, have been pub-
lished by Senor Icazbalceta'.
' In CtUccim dt DuuiKtnioi intditoi pur has been supplied with different readings,
Im Hiilaria dt MexiiO, Vul. I, p. 307, copied from an earlier edition, and which
If. The learned Mesican bibli<>^r.ipher will probably appear in his second volume.
Bibliolheca .fmericana.
lie. ANnNTMOVS— Recti of tbt fint Itnf :
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196
Hihliotheca Americana.
I C22. *«* 4'"> ^""' '""" ''*' ^"^"t c'8^" leaves, text in Gothic type.
VVatcr-mark, a large P.
""^^^^^"^ (Private LIbrar., New York and Ptuvidence.)
" Containing an abridged account ot' the voyages of Columbus,
and ot the conquest of Mexico down to the year 1522, was printed,
it is supposed, at Augsburg by Sigmund Grimm, about 1^22."
(;v. r. Syii<uh\)
'• Mr. Panizzi's MS. account of the book inserted in the volume
[Grenville copv] is very interesting: he thinks Tcrnaux had not
seen it, because he states that the account extends only to I $19,
whereas it extends to i$22, in which year it was probably printed.
At the end is the device of Augsburg, a pine cone, and no doubt it
was printed theic."
( Bihtiolheia (irenvilliana*. )
There is a full account of Sigmund Grimm in Zapf's
Aug^sburgs Ruchdru':kergeschichte\ and Pan/er* gives the
list of all the works known to have been printed
by this " Gelehrter und Doctor der Ar/neygelehrsam-
keit" from 1517 to 1524 the year in which Zapf sup-
poses him to have died, but in neither work do we
find a reference to the book before us. We infer that
it is ascribed to Grimm on account of a supposed
resemblance in the type.
Direil rtferencei : l Tehnaux, Nh. 11.
I Killiothfia Bi'iivniana, p.igr lo, No. ^1.
I 1 6. ytNONYMors H^ithin n border ;
C ©f tije ncujf Ultrcs aiiti of ij' people || fountre
b5 ti)e meffengers of ti)e Ivijn || ge of portggalf
nameli iSmanuel. || ^X t1)e .x. tiimer» narjons erpfs
teneti. || ©f pope Joi)n anli Ijis lanlres auH of tije
eofteln iteneg anti luontiets molo || tii)es t1)at in t1)at
lantie is. ||
* Ar.^Hii : Pleasant mw tidings, re- ' .A|i|iendix, p. LVii, from which we
cently cinie trimi India to His Iinpi-ri.il boriow thr preceding- wiMKJcur.
Majcst). Very lieautitul lonieining tlie ' P.irf ii, p 115.
new islands an. I their > ustoms, very ainus- ' Vol. 1, p. xi.iv.
ing to read. ' Annala T\pOj;r., Vol .xi, p. 105.
I
Hibtiolhec<i A merit ana.
•97
Then wnodcut representing a man decked with feathers, standing I ^22>
with a spear in one hand and an arrow 'n the other, a woman is seated _,^^.^.^_
nursing a child, whilst trom a tree hang the head and legs of a
man.
On the reverse of the title four woodcut?, viz. : an elephant, .i
griflin carrying otf a man, a pha-nix rising trom the flames, and a
man with one eye in the middle of his forehead.
Redo ef the first leaf after the title :
llk)rrr aforr tpmrg in t1)r ijcrr of our ILotTir goli.
Hjl.ccf.f..rcbi. r fo tr iwitl) fi))jppr!8 of ILaffrtonu
[Lisbon] faijleti oute of IJortijngaIr tJ)tougi) tije
ramanUcmft of t1)f Upngr iSmanuel *o1)auf U)r
1)ati out b5agri,lfov i)i» fortune nlantrs oucr tiie
grrat frr U)it1) great ii)argr anti tinftgrr fo 1)aur tor
at tijc laftc foflnlir oon [?] lortifliyp luijerr U)e
faijlfti torll. \x. r. m))le» ti; t1)r rooftr of 3flanlir»
t1)rrr lue at ij' laftr lurnt a lantir tut tliat latir is
not nob)r linoUir for t1)crr l)aue no maftrr^ U)rntrn
ti)rrrof nor it fcnoU)(t1)r anti it is namrT) ^rmrnira
[j/V]iti)crc IMC faU)r mrnn Uiolirrs of t)riftr» anti
folulrs K U)f f)auc nrurr frrn brforntiir propU of
x\^\^ lantir 1)aur no kpngr nor lortir nor tiirnr
goD Uut all ti)ingcs is romunr tljig proplc gortl)
all naUrti Uut tl)r mm anti luotnrn i)aur on tlinjr
i)peti ncrfecilrmrsiknrrgianti frtr all U)it1) frtrcrs
bontirn for t1>rrf tcUitynrs r faprrncs. ^\)tU folkc
lijurn lijlsp trftrs U)itl)0ut ann rrfonatlrnrg anli ti)r
luijmrn 1)r alfo as ronton. Hnti t1)r mm 1)at1) ron::
urrfanon toitl) t1)r toinnm i U)l)o tijat t1)nj t)m or
to1)o tl)n) fnrft mrtnis f1)r Ijis fnftrrljis motirr
ijis t)augl)tcr I or anij otl)rr fenrrtr. Hnti tl)r loimim
be lierij Ijootr antj tijjfpofcti to Icrijcrtinrg. Entj tl)rj)
I':
H
198 Bihiiotheca Americana.
1522. rte alfo on a nottet (!rf)e man (trH)e lib \usfe 1)i0
--^ - - ri)j)ltitcnc I a0 U)c alfo ijaue feen anW ti)C5 i}an8e alfo
tf)e totises ot perfons fleefd)e in t1)e fmottr as men
Ho tuiti) bi9 nusnris flcfl)^. ^n)i tfiat lanHe i% rsBtt
full of folke I for W^tj^ Inue romonlg .iii. c. sete r
more as in fsif'neffe t1)ej) H^e not Hie^ tafce mucf)
fsffi)e for ttes can goen bntier tte toater anH fecte
fo t^e f$fc1)e0 out of t1)e Daater. r t1)es tnerre alfo
bpon a notter 1 for t1)e oltie men br^nge tf)e gonge
men t^erto 1 t1)at tl)es gather a great company t1)eres
to of totoe parties 1 anti comette on asene ti)e otter
to ti)e feltie of bategllir flee on ti)e ot1)er toitf) great
f)epes. Enti totue toDxe t1)e fgltieittes tafce t|)e
otter prsfoners anH t^eg brgnge ttem to Hett an)i
ete ttemianti as t1)e oeeD is eten tten fleg ttej? t1)e
reftijUnti ttes been ttan eten alfo 1 or ottertosfe
Isue ttej) longer for t^es taue coftelg fpgces r
rotes I bitere ttes ttem felfe recouer toitl) 1 an)i t^ls
ttem as ttes be felte.
The work then treats of the black Mores, of the lande of Allagt,
Arabia, oi great Indyen, of Gutscbin that Kjngedtme, of /i»^ x dyuerce
cristened nations ; each subject preceded by an appropriate woodcut.
After the letter of Pope John, dated •• Written in oure holy f allays in
the byrtb of my selfe .v, bidred and seuen ,•" we find the following
colophon :
IBmprentec bg me Jop of Sefboroboe:
with a woodcut representing a crown surmounting the escutcheon,
three lions quartered with three fleurs-de-lys. On the last page is a
woodcut representing justice crowned, blindfolded, holding a sceptre
and a wheel, underneath which an unintelligible line in Greek.
*^* 410, sine anno aut loco, twenty-four unnumbered leaves,
thirty lines in a full page.
(BritUh Muteum.)
Bibliotheca Americana.
199
Thus far, the present is the first book in the English I 522t
language containing a notice of America (called therein — ^-^_
Armenica). Herbert' is of opinion that from mention-
ing Emanuel, King of Portugal, and exclaiming against
Luther, this work may have been printed "about 1521
or 1522," when King Kmanuel died, and Luther was
burnt in effigy. As to the printer, John of Does-
borough or Jan van Doesborch*, he printed at Antwerp,
perhaps as early as 1502', but as late as 1525*.
Dirid rtftrtntil
1
' HiiiEiiT, Tyfograpkical ylniijuitiei, Viil. ill, page I53).
Bihiitlhtca Grinvilliana, pjge 24.
LowNiiM, Manual, Part v. page I )o6.
r
117. ProLF.Xtr-FRlSlVS—if'iibin an ornamented border:
CLAVDII PTOLEM^:i || alrxandrini
Mathematicoi^ principis/ opus Geographic i|
nouiter caftigatu & emaculatu additioibus.
raris et iuuifis. necnon || cu tabularum
in dorlo iucunda explanationc. Rcgiltro
quocp totius II operis. tarn (leographico. cj
etia hilloriali. facillimu introitu prebeti. ||
ORDO CONTKNTO
RVM IN HOC LIBRO TOTALI.
ocTo libri Geographii^ ipi'ius Autoris ad
antiquitate fuam in- || tcgri & finevlla cor-
ruptioe. cum collationc didionu grccaru
' Pan/ek, Anniilfi 'ipo^r.. Vol. v, p. .T/ji.uj/, Vol. i, p. 42, jnJ \iiiirt\i^. Library
46X, Vol. XI, p. 101. Companion, p. 174 (ei, \i^^).
' See the first edition of J'^f Bjmf I o/'Mf ' PANtfcK, Annalet Typograptid, Vol.
Bay. Hi, Cuitot Maytri and ^hertfi (9A(.\i- xi, p. 155, .ind Bihiiophilt Beige, Vol. v,
ard Arnold's Chnmitlesl; cf. Lowndii. p. ill.
' ■ (
''I
i
iv^H
200
Hibltothecu Americana.
1522. e rcgioc II ad latinas. ccrliflima graduu cal-
■■" — ^ — culatioe cxaminati. ||
RKcisTRVM Item alphabcticu omniu re-
gionu. prcfcc^tururu llciuitaru. l^'luuio. ma-
riu. laciiu. portuu Siliiai*. oppidoi^. villayt.
gen II till & hilloriarf) i'lngula ccrtiirimo in-
dicc monllrans.
POST hoc Scquutur tabulc. qiiaij nCicro.
xxvij cTut. Prima tcz CicncralC orbis dc-
fcriptionc tradcns iuxta mcntc Ptolcmyi.
B'uropy II pol^ hie tabule. &. Aphriey . iiij.
afiy. \ii. et vna corpors fperici inplao |i
HAS fiieeedut iieoterieoi^ perluitratioes. ea
que a''andic]s. emitia || w. tabulis ad im-
plentes. Vx in haru omnium, ta vetultioij
cp reeen- i| tioHi tergis expohtoes vni hiteri.
alteri \ero hicubratioes ineudifiime || rituu.
ealda plagas habitantiu (cu varijs mirabilib''
mudi) ineubut. ||
I'ANDiivi breuis lul) oritur doctrina. igno-
ratibus \'iam pry || bens frudu auieultandi
Cieographieu/ Qiiy hue vlcjj multis in- ||
eognita/ &: lepulta de lituit (iaudcwt igit
Led or optimus.jl
UKC bona mente Lauretiiis l^hriiius artis
Appolline(j" doctor x|| mathematical^ artium
dientui 111 luecm iuillt prodire. || Agam-
memnonis piiteoli phirimu delieati : ||
I
I
Bibliotheca Americana.
20 1
Colophon :
Joannes Grieninger ciuis Argentoraten ||
opera et expenris proprijs id opus infign. .
(^Teis II notulis excepit, Laudabilicp fine per
fecit XII. die || Marcij Anno. M.D.XXII. ||
♦^* Large foiio, title one leaf -|- eighty-five unnuml .'cd leaves -f
onc leaf for iphera in piano -j- forty-nine maps, with descrip-
tions un the reverse. Many well-executed woodcuts.
(Harvard Cull. Library.)
This Ptolemy deriVcs its importance from the preface liv Thonus
.\iicuparius, who praises Vcspuccius extravagantly, but more espe-
cially from the following maps :
ORBIS . TYPVS . VNIVKRSALIS .
IVXTA . HYDROGRAPHORVM .
TRADITIONEM . EXACTISSIMK .
DKPICTA . 1522 . L . F . [Laurent Fri-
ll us J
rhis c :hiliits a kind of promontory advancing from the border on
the left of the reader, which bears the names of liatOia^ Oam-
bales. Caput. S. cru., and the long-sought word Hiucr^
ira. The islands of Ysabclla and Spagnola are also
ill sight.
It is Ibllowed by another map (thirtieth), bearing the following
inscription on a scroll :
E. TABV-LAITER RElNOVAllFI
O' W II. and exhibiting only the eastern shore of this continent,
with the word FARIAS between 45^-50", whilst below the equi-
noctial line we read the usual inscription:
}l)cr trrra aun aHiacrntit' infulis inuenta rft y
(itriftofrtum || iTolumbum ianurnfnn rx manHato
\kiw ^aftrllr. ||
a6
1522.
li.'.
;,!is
■in; I
at. .'I
2oa
Bibliotheca Americana.
'li
\
•\
', li ij
I C2 2> Then, close to a spirited woodcut representing cannibals feeding
"^ on human flesh : TERRA || NOVA.
This map does not exhibit the word •• America" anywhere.
" Extat in hac editione perrara ad tertiam Africae mappam iam
famosus iste dc Palaestina locus, qui Serveto postca tanquam atrox
crimen imputabatur. Cf". IVJosheimii Andcrweitigcr Vers, eincr Ket-
zergeschichte, p. 260. sqq." (Pasie«'.)
It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that this
victim of Calvin's intolerance and cruelty was only
thirteen years of age, and yet at school in Spain, when
the above-mentioned passage respecting Palestine, and
which was laid to the charge of the unfortunate Servetus
as a heinous crime, was first published.
Dirtct rej'erincil ! | Fabkicius, Bihlictheca Grtrca. Vol. v, page 175.
\ Raidfl, Comment, critico-litl. dt Ptolem., page 58.
I Humboldt, Examm Criiifue, Vol. iv, page 119.
Napioni, Del Prime ikopriiore, page 87.
LcLEWtL. Gtographie du i\toyeii-Aj^e, Vol. 11, page 108.
HoFKMAN, Lexicon Biiiiogr , Vol. Ill, page 319.
Ebcrt, Dictionary, No. 1 8119.
I 18. CORTES (FERN.1ND0)—UnJer a large tvoodcut repre-
senting tbf Emperor Charles V seated on the tbrone :
Carta ^<r xiX^m ^btatia
a ftt. ^. majrflalt l>f I epa- 1
tior nfo frnor por rl rapita grnrral tirla nurua
fpana: llamatio frtuatio rotiitr«(. iSula qf f)a?r
tflacio ^(as tirvras i» proulrias fin rj«cto q 1)a Tjrf=
futiierto || nuruamftc rnrl nuratd tirl afio tir. xLr. a
cM ptr: ijta fomrtitio ala roronailrral tir fu. 3- i^-
IBn rfperial liatr rrlartd tir bna graliiffima proulria
mui) II tica llamutia iiTulua : i; br gratir^ ciuliatir« \}
lie matauillofofit e)ri- i| fiidos : d Tir gratirs ttatos s
' Annal. Tyfogr., Vol. vi, p. 98, detcribes a copy with only furty-ieven mapi.
lU l.««l*WI«l
Bibliotheca Americana. 203
tiqtas. lEntte \m qUs a|) bna mas marautllofa ||
p rica (ttoDiifii llamatia Clmixttta : q rfta por mara::
Dillofa arte ctiifiiraTiafo || trr bna graDr laguna. lida
(jl riuHaH i» prouiria es rnj bn gra^Jf^mo frnor ||
llamaDo IHuterfuma: lid^c Ir ararnrro a( rapita $
alois cfpanolrs cfpato- 1| fas cofasc tir opr. Curnta
largametc Drl gtaDiffimo fnlotio Hcl iDid)o fHu- li
trr^uma $ Tie fus rltos g cctimonias. 5 tc como
fr firuc. ||
Colophon :
C iLa prcfcttte carta Trr rflarion fur imprrffa
nila mun noble r muij leal ciutjati tie *e- li uilla :
por :?Kirobo eroberger aleman. a. bii?. Tiias He
Jlouifbre. ^fto be IH. b. r. xxij.*
1522.
ip».
*^"* Small folio for size (signatures a, b, c, in eights, d, in four) ;
twenty-eight unnumbered leaves ; with text commencing on
the verso of the title-page.
(A.)
(Private Library, ProTidence.)
The reader may consult concerning Hernando Cortes,
his life, his exploits, and the immediate results of the
conquest of Mexico, the works of Peter Martyr', Ber-
* M»glici : Epiitulary relation stiit to
Hia Sjcrcd Majesty tlie Emperor, our horJ,
bv the Captaiti-General of New Sp.iin,
<.;llei Fernando Cortes, wherein is an ac-
Ci'unt of the lands and provinies innuiner-
alile, newly discovered in Yucatan, from
tlie >ejr xix to tlie present ; an i which hi'
lubjectcd to the Royal Crown of his Sacred
Majesty. There is an especial mention
of a very extensive and rich piovince,
called Culvj ; and of large cities and
marvelous edifices, and of great trade and
wealth, among which there is one richer
ani mjre wonderful than all, called Tim-
iititin, which, with asluniihing skill, is
built on a Urge lake, of which city and
province tlie king is a great lord, called
.Mulffijuma, where happened to ihc Cap-
tain and Spaniards things astounding t<>
hear. With a full a..cuunt uf the gieal
estate of the said Mafrr^ama, ut his ritM
in^ ceremonies, and h iw he is attended.
'I'he present Epi~tol.iiy Relation wai
piintel in the very n.>ble and loyal city of
Seville, bv Jacob Cromberger, a German,
Noveniliei tith, I yll.
' Ue Orht Nojt Puri ALinyrii st
/tnri'eiia; Alcali, fol., i jjj. Decades II,
IV and V f l>t hiu.'ii nuff rtftriit Uttr,
in the Niiv.ii OrHi of Buie, I5J», pji.
I-
I
204
Bibliotheca Americana.
I
IC2 2. nardino de Sahagun*, Andres de Tapia', Lucius Ma-
••i"""^ Gonzales Oviedo', Juan Gines de Sepulveda'',
Bartholomew de Las Casas'', Lopez de Gomara", Garcia
del Palacio', Josef de Acosta'°, Geronimo Ramirez",
Henrico Martinez", Antonio de Herrera", Juan de
Torquemada'*, Antonio de Remesal", Blasco de Lanu-
570-584; Opm tpiiiolarum i Amsterdam,
iol., 1670; Letters No. 650, 715, 717,
766, 770, 7X0, 814.
' Hiiloria de la contjuiila dt Mexico ;
Ml-xicu, 4t(>, 1819. I B»uk Ml of the
Hi'ioria General, printed sejiarately.)
' Relacion htiha lohre la con/uiiia de
Mexico. ( An eye-witness and participant.
It is to he published in Vol. 11 ot' Seizor
Kazbalccta's Coleaion)
* De tat cosai memorahlet de EtfaHa ;
Alula, /ol., I 5^0.
' Hiiloria General y Natural de lai In-
dia$ ; Madrid. 4 vols., fol., i8;i 55
(which is the only edition containing Lib.
."( X \ 1 1 1 )•
* Ue rehui Hitpanorum geilis ad novum
or><em Mexitum/ue (seven books, based, ac-
conling to Muno7, on Oviedo's Hiiloria),
iipud Vol. Ill, pp. 1-144, ot" Opera cum
ediia, turn inediia ; Madrid, 4 vols., 4to,
178c.
' Hiiloria General dt lat Indiat, and
Apologeiica Hiiloria lumaria c:ianlo a lai
cjiidaJei, diipoiicion, deuripcion, Cjfc, de
eilai genlei de lai Indiai occidenialei y
merdi'.nalei, still in matiiiscript, but very
U'i:ible transcripts of' wliith are preserved
ill private libraries, in New York, Boston
and Washington. (We have examined
1 ne of these, and toiilViS that we know
of no work calculated t^i throw more
light on the early liistorv uf' this country
thin the Hiiloria of the good Risliup of
Chiapas. >
" Cronica de la nueua Eipalia con la con.
yuiila de Mexico y olrai ioiat hrchii por
llernandi Coriei. (id Fart of the Sira-
C'-M edit., fol., 1554, ^^^ lupra, p, 56,
nu'e 6.1 Also, as a cllri^^ity :
Hiiloria de lai con/uinat de Hrrnandi
Curiei, eicriia en eipaitol pir F. I.opei de
a mura, Irad. ul mexicann por 'f. B. de
Sun -Inton. Mufion Chimalpn'n ^lau/ille-
liuntix-iH indico mexicano ; puhtiiala con
Tiiritii notai y adicionei por C. M. de fl«;-
lamenle i Mexico, 1 vult. 4tu, 1816 . Sup-
plement of 37 pp., dated |8J7. (The
Mexican MS. has never been seen, noi
even by Bustamente himself!)
• Dijlogot mililareif Mexico, 4to, I 55V
'* De Nalura Nova Orhii lihri duo ^t de
Promvlgaiione Kvangelii apud Barharai ,■
Salamanca, 8vo, 1581;; /./ , Cologne,
1596; (first draft of) Hiiloria Nalviai v
Moral dt lai Indian SeviUi-, 4to, 1590;
id., 8vo, 1591; Baic^^'lon.i, jvo, 1591
(apud Eniavo de una Bi/i.iol. Espaflolj,
Malrid, 8vo, 186]); Madrit, 410, 1608;
id., 1610; id., 1791. (.Accor.ling to
Lkon PiNr.to, p. 1 ji, this valuibic work
Is taken from the MS. Hinoria de lot In.
dioi de Nueva Eipana, of the Dominican
monk Diego Duran.)
" Apologia en dtlenta del ingenio y Jor-
lalei de loi Indioi de la Nueva EipaHa con-
rfuiiiada por D. Fernando Cortez. (Added
to the id edit, of Lasji de la Vega'
Corlei valeroio, I 594 )
" Reporlorio de lot Tiempoi y Hiiloria
Natural de Nueva K'paHa f Mexico, 41' ■,
1606. ("libromuy curioio i de gran.lej
noticias por tenerlas >u Autor, que oy vivi-
en Mexico, i tiene otros escritos, ijur
nunca llegarnn a Esp.ii^a, pues el impresio
n 1 se halla." Leon I'inklo, p. 101; An-
tonio, Vol. I, p. 564.)
" Hiiloria General df l.i llechoi de la
Caitellanos ; Madrid, fol., 1601 15 (best
edit, for accuracy); id, 1718 30 (with
an invaluable index). Decade 11, Lib. 7;
Dec. Ill, Lib. IV.
" .\.\l lihroi ritualei )' motiarchia Indi-
ana, con el ori^en v gurrrai de lot Indi',s
occideriialei f Midrid, j vol,,, fi|., ifilj;
.Madrid, 3 vols., tol., 1 71}; .Madrid, fid.,
1730 ' (See Meuski..)
" Hiil'.ria de la provinci.i de S. I^iceiii
de C/iyafa y Guaiemali ; Madrid, fo'
1619, or Hinotij Gceral de lai Indiai
Oi 'dentalei, y particular dt la •^nvernactoi
dt Chiapa y Guatetfijla ; Madrid, td.,
l6»o. (Anexcellrnt work, invaluable be-
tides t'or a history of Bart, d' Lai Caias.)
w\
Bibliotheca Americana.
205
,16
za"", F. Caro de Torres'', J. de Solorzano Percira'",
Bernal Diaz del Castillo"', B. L. Argensola'", Priidencio
de Sandoval", F. Pizarro y Orellana", J. Dias de la
Calle", Antonio de Solis^, Lopez de Cogolludo",
Agostin de Vetancurt"'', J de Villagutiere de Soto-
Mayor'^, Malo de Luque*** (Duke de Amodovar), Carl
Cur'ths"', Pietro Manzi'°, Telesforo de Trueba" ( ? ),
Andres Cavo'*, F. E. Santdner", Alexander Soltwcdel'*,
1522,
" liitloriji Eic/eiijttieai v Secu'tun Jr
Ara'cxi Sarjgossa, t'ul., l6ii.
" Hiitoriti de las Orjenes Militant ;
MidriJ, I'ol., 1619.
" ,lt InJiarum Ivrt ; Madrid, fiil.,
1619-39 ; Lyuns, t'ul., 1672 ; Madrid,
fol,, 1777-
— Politica Indiana i Madrid, ful., 1 648;
../, 1776.
'* Hiiloria vcrdadera de la conjviua
de la nueua EifaHa ; Madrid, fol , 1632 \
id., witli addiliiin i>t' chapter ccxii; i6mu,
1795-1796; Mexico, 4 vols., 4tii. 1854.
■" /iiia/ei de /ira^on ; Saragossa, Jbl.,
1630.
" Hiiioria de la f^ida y Hechoi del Em-
fierjdor Ciirlis A'; ValladoliJ, t'.il., 1 604.;
Pampl'iru. 2 vols., fol., 1618 j 1./., 1634J
Antwerp, till., 1681. ^The deeds nf'Cortes
an 1 the development of the Spanish rule,
tyranny and abominatiuni, in New Spain,
.ire so interwoven, so to speak, with the
policy and rule i)t" Charles V, that valuable
details, both ut' an historical and political
character, may be found in the works of
SrAPHVLUS, UlLOA, Z.ENOCARUS or Svoi-
KEARr, UlLurHKR, Sali>£ and Vera V. ut
LA RoiA.)
" f^aronei iluslrei del Nuevo lHunda j
Madiid, till., 1639, (The ieiond part of'
Ji'AN HE Castelianos' Elfgias de fjronei
iliuiirei de lat I'ldiai, j. ''ilislied at Madrid
onlv in i8;o, in Aribau's SiiMoteca, may
contain an eulogy on Cortes. If our
ineiii <ry serves us right, there is none in
the tirsc part, published in 1 589.)
" M.-murial y Noliiiai satras y realei
del Imfierio de lat Indiiii Oaidenlalei ,•
Madiiil, 4to. 1646 (and not 1546, accord-
ing to .Vteusel and others). I'his seems to
lie only the second edition, fiir he stJtej
in Ills dedication: " Kn el aiVi de 164;
lotnic, imptimi y presente a V. M. un
breve memorial dettr asunte . ." Uut we
Ii ive not yet succeeded in finding a men-
tion anywheie eUc of' this iiicmonal.
'* Hiiioriii de /j Cun'j'viila de Mixiio f
Madrid, fol., 1684; Barcelona, fol., 1691 ;
Madrid, fol., 1704; Cordova, 1743 \v,\t\\
a second part by Salazar y (Jlarte, whicli is
perfectly wortliless) i Madiid, 4to, 1763;
id., 1768; Barcelona, 8vo, 1771 ; Madrid,
4to, 1783-4 (a sumptuous edition); id.,
4ti>, 1790; «/., 8vo, 1791.
" Hnlt/ria de la provin^ia de Vucalhan ;
Madrid, tol., 1688; Campeche, S\o (first
vol.) 1842; Merida (second vol.), 1845.
■' Teairo Alexiiano ; Mexico, fol.,
1698.
" Confuiita de la fro-vincia del Ttzj ;
Madrid, fol., 1702. (Tlic second part
never was published.)
" Hiitoria pilitua de lot Eilahlicimien-
lot uilram, de Ln naJonei Eurofieaif Mad-
rid, 5 vols., 4to, I7,S4. (Kicli says tliat
it is onlv an altered translation of Ray-
nal.)
" Ferd. Cjrtei, d:r Eroherer Alexiio'i ;
Berlin, 8vo, 1818.
'" Itlorij delii on/uiita di Metiita ;
Rome, 1611)0, 1820.
" L:Je of Uernan Coriea; Edinburgh,
i2mo, 1829; London, 8vo, 1830,- m
tierman^iiy S,>orM.hil, Leipzig, 8vo, 1S37.
(We know nothing concerning this woik,
and mention it simply because it liad the
h.mor of several rcimpressions.)
'* Lot tret S.glui de Mejih ; Mexico, 4
vols., 8vo, i83t)-8. (Contains a supple-
ment by Btsr.AMENTiL, Vol. iv is rarely
met with.)
" ferd. Coriez und die Enierung Vnn
Mexii,; I'rjgue, 8vo, 1S42. (Probably
the same as E. Uelhinoi, Ferdinand Cortex
oder die E'aherung von MeXHu ; I'rag.,
8vo, 1843.)
" Atexiht er'Jring af Ferd. Kt- '» ,•
Linlcotp, 8vo, 1X44.
ni>^F
1522.
206
Belani
(Haeberlin"), F.
Bibliotheca Americana.
D.
Ring''', Lucas Alaman",
M. Orozco y Berra'*, J. L. Rayon'', R. A. Wilson*°,
Dr. Robertson*', and especially the history composed hy
the eloquent and imaginative William H. Prescott^'.
Valuable information may also be gathered from the
well-known collections of Ramusio*', Hakluyt*^, Pur-
chas*', J. Sanchez de Aguirre*", J. F. de Espinosa*',
Lord Kingsborough**, Tcrnaux-Campans*'', several re-
" Geuki(hlt der EntJtekdtig khJ Ero-
birung 1-ir. Atexih i Berlin, 8vo, 1847.
" Kurxgejaiitf Geukitkit der Jrtiy
eriieii EilJtiktr von jfmerUa j Frankfurt,
8v(>, 17X1. " Libcllui, in Uium illitrrato-
rum ex Riibertsunu putistimum excerptui."
— McustL.
" Dnertacioin Hiiiiriui lohrt la Hii-
liria lie la Rrfuhtica Atexiianjf Meiicu,
3 voU.,4tti. 1844 49.
•" Noiitia Hiitiriia Je la Conjuration del
Mar^uei del I'alle i Mexico, 410, 185].
(Allrgcil cunspirjcy tii caute Mexio) t>i
" icceJe," and |)Uce at the head u> the
gi'vernmcnt Martin Cottei, lun uf the
unjuiilitdcr, l56;-68.)
— Ilinerarh del ejtrciio i$fa»ol en la
coHjuiiia de Mej'ti. 1 Thii valuable mn-
nugraph is in the l}iccienario,but we think
that a few copies were publiihed sepa-
rately.)
" Sumario de la Reiidtncia lomada a D.
h'ernjn.U Cortei f Medio, 1 voU., 4tu,
1851 3.
— Proctio de Reiidencia contra Pedro de
AlTiirado, V NuHc de Gtiaman f Mexico,
8vii, 1847 (with notes by D.J. F.Ramirez).
•• W nev) hiilory of ike Confueil of
.ytexi.oi Philadelphia, 8vo, l8;y.
*' Hiinry of /imerica. Book v.
*' Hill rf of ike C^nijueu of Mexico, viilk
a fieliminary view of the aniieni Mexican
cii'iliaalion, and ike life of ike contjueror
Hernando Coriei ; New Vork, 3 vols., 8vo,
1843 tlir>t edition)
The t'.iUuwing translations contain valu-
ahlr notes, corrections and additions:
Hiilcria de Ij Cf'tfuiuu de Xlexico, trad,
p. D ti. M. Oonxa-'ei de la t'e^a, y ano-
•\tda f. O. L. Alaman i Mexico, a vols.,
4to, 1844 46.
— Hiitoria de la conjnuu de Mexico
ton una a;eada frilimin.. Sec, trad, f. D.
Joaj. Navarro, (with notes by J. I',
Ramirez and J. R. Gondra)} Mexico, 3
vols., Svo, 1844.
** TVrao Volume delle navigationi ei
viaggi i Venice, f'ol., 1556 (for two letters
from Pedro de Alvarado to Cortes (id., in
Bakcia, Hiimriad. frimit., Viil. 1), the ac-
count addressed by Diego de Godoy to the
latter, but more especially for the all-ini-
p.irtant " Reljiit,ne d'un genlilhuomo del
Sig. Fernando Coriete," the Spanish original
of which is unfortu.iatcly lost.
" Tie principal Nauigitlioni, k'oyagn,
tec; London, 3 vols., fol., i;99-i6oo.
(In Vol. Ill, the journeys or voyages of
Marco de Nl^a, Coronado, Rui/, Espejo,
Tomson, Bodriiham, Hawks and Phil-
lips.
*• Haklvytui Poilkumui, or Pvrtkai kit
Pilgrimei; Londi>n, 5 vols., fol., 1625-
1616; in Vol. Ill, Book V, extracts from
Herrera, Oviedo, Acosta, Gom.ira, and the
Mendoza codex ; in Vol. iv. Books vi and
VII, sundry interesting pieces.
" Colltilio maxima conciliorum omnium
Hiipanite el Novi Orhii ; Rome, 4 vols.,
fol,, 1693,
*' Ckronica Afiitolica y Serapkica dt
todot lot colegiot de Propaganda Fide dt
eua Nuiva-EipaKa i Mexico, 1 vols., 410,
I746-I791,
*" /tnli'juitiei of Mexico; London, 9
vols., fol., 1830-1S4S (the drawinf.s by A.
Aglio), See Vols. V, vii, Vlll, lor writ-
ten accounts.
*• f'yagei, Relalioni el Mcnoirei j Paris,
10 vols., 8vo, in two scries, 1837-1840.
Stp, especially, Vols. Vlll and X (1838),
Mil and .\vi I 1S40).
The Hiiloire de Tlaxcala, by Camak-
00, and the Hiiloire dfi Prwincri Septet-
trionjlii du Mexijue, by La Mota Papil-
la, were promised, but nut published.
Bibliotheca Americana.
207
pertones published in Spain and Mexico'", buf, above
all, from the invaluable Coleccion of Seflor D. Joaquin
Garcia Icazbalceta".
As to understand fully the circumstances that led to
the rapid conquests achieved by Cortes, which were
due in a greater degree to the character of the natives
1522,
•• Dicchnario Univirtal dt Hiitoria y
Jf Gtigrafiiit Mcxicii, lovols., fiit., 18^3-
;6. (This is a rrprint <>(' the BarcrlDiu
cdilinn, but with vjluahlc .idlitions by
Mr*«rs. Ici/balcctJ, Ramirc?. ami othrrs.)
— Uiiumenloi parj 1,1 Hiil'.ri,i,U Alfiico,
four serin, publishnl in tlir Dijrh offiiijl,
brtween the >e4rs 18^3 57, in 17 vols.,
Svo, f"i)l.. ind 4tii, Me«ici). iSir RiKENor,
afuJ Ptterman'i Mitlhtilungtn, (or Aug ,
lX,6)
— Colticion lie Doeumenroi intJif^i for la
Hiitoria tit EifaHa i Madrid, 1841-186;,
in |urti, turming, up to this date, about
40 vols. Svo.
— Ciltcchn Jt Documttilni iHtdiloi rtla-
livit al Jeuubrimienla, &c. ; Madrid, 1 864,
in monthly parts. (It is rr.illv painful to
see the little method, discrlminition, and
knowledge displayed by the editors of this
new publication. I
*' Coltidin Ji Dotumenldi f-ara fa hii-
lariii Jt Mexio ; .Mexim, 41.', |8;8 In
these tinier whiMi reputati'n, in view merely
of piTsoriil jilvanci'iiienij or the lust r.t
pecuniary profit, .ire ihe n-.otives of 50 many
.iilrmpis in the »|here, not only . f letters
but of siienre, dibintere-tPil etioii, ate so
coninicndahle, th.it we taniiot allow the
present oppiirtuniiy to pass without noticing
the literary and historical labors of Sr. I)n.
Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta. A scholar
of methodical habits and clearness of per-
reptiin, a critic of great aiuiiirn, and a
di-inteiested, modest, p.-rievering votary of
science. Seizor Icatbal' eta ilesi-rves well of
the sluient of .American history. We wish
ir were in our power to think as highly
of the labors of I ei tain scholars, so ulled,
who, by continually thiuslint; themselves
bci'ore the public, have succeeded in secur-
ing a position, a name, and an abundance
of worldly goods '
The lint volume of thli CoUccion cnn-
laini, besides the History of the Indians
by Motnlinia, leveral letters of Cortes,
never before published; the important Pm-
hanzit fecka en la Nueva KipjUi, it pe,ii
mento dr 'J. Ochaa Jr f.tjarde en n mhre
dt Hernando Cortti } ike OrJenan^at mili-
laret y tivilei, issued by Cortes, an anony-
mous life of this conqueror, in l>atin ; his
instructions for the C<dinia expedition ; and
upwards of fifty important documents, all
relating to the subject before us, and
published for the first time.
The second volume, which is to be
published within a few weeks, svill con-
lain, among others, the following import-
ant documents :
— Memorial de Lull Cardenas contra
Cortes.
— Merced a Hernando Curtei de tier-
rai a Mexico.
— Real provision sobre descubrimien-
tos en el Mar del Siir, y repuesta do
Cortes a la notificacion que se hizo de ella.
— Kelacion de los servicios del .Marques
del Valle, que de su orden piesrnto a S.
M. el lie. Nui^ez.
— Peticion que dio F. Cortes coniia A.
de Mendoij, virey, pidiendu reiidencia
contra el,
-Kr.igmentos de la vista hecha a A.
de Mendoza, Interrogatorio, &c. (]3)
questions).
— Leyes y ordenanzas nueuamente lic-
clias por S, M. por la gobernacion de lai
InJias. (The "famous" laws which were
promulgated by a kind of hue-and-cry in
the city of Mexico, May 14th, I544. )
— Several memorials by l,as Cas.is.
-Kelacion de la Jornada que hi/o F.
de Sandoval Acazltle, cacique, con A, de
Mendoza, cuai>'tL> t'ue a la conquista de lot
indios Chic himi-cas, and, above all, the
wholly unknown, though highly important,
Kelacion hecha sobre la conquista de
Mexico (by Andris ui TAriA, an ey«-
witneii and participant).
2o8
Bibliotheca Americana.
' :%
'■ 'i,
|«'i
1522. and the dissensions which existed among the Mexican
princes, than to his unquestionable skill, bravery and
perseverance, it is necessary to study the history of
Mexico before the conquest, we refer to the works of
Sahagun", Alvarado Tezozomoc", Torribio de Bene-
vente or Motolinia'*, Fernando d'Alva Ixtlilxochirl",
A. de Zurita''', Gregorio Garcia'\ J. I'.usebius Nierem-
berg'", L Boturini Bcnaduci"', J.J. Granudos y Galve/'",
K X C. de Siguenza y Gongara'", F. X. Clavigero'",
" Htirtria fiiutra! dt lai Cotai dt Nueva
Rtfa»Ji .Mriici), ] \(>l)., 4to, 1819 (rditril
tni CAtlratrJ by Bustamrntr in >u^h :i
nijnnct it t > rfijuirc t..r a pcrl'ctt undrr-
lundin^ i>f thjl Jiy but im|Hirt4nt work,
the reading oi the pirt« iImi puliliihrj in
Vi/l». » and »i of Kingiborough's jinii-
fkitin).
•* Crtmiet Attrtcanj, lis chafters in
KiMciao»uur,H, Vol. IX. pp. t-196, jml
Hiilttrt Ja .Mtrijme, irjj, lur un XtH.
imJil far H. Ttrnaux-Cjmfani ; Paris, X
vuU., (vo. iSj}.
** HitDria dt lit Indi 1 de la Nueva
Etfa^a, in Vut. 1 oi IcA/iALctTA't Culec
.■im it Di.umemlJi.
** The " .Meiicjn Cicrro," ai Busta-
mcnte calls him, wrote a lertain number
»t w>>rk:, all germane to the subject before
lit, but we think that the following only
were pcintej :
H-rrihhi Cmeldadti dt loi ftnjuiiiad^iei
de Atexite { Metico, 4to, 1829. Trans-
lated into French by TtisAix, an'l in-
•ertrj in hit Retittil; Paris, Xvo, |8;S.
— Hiilcria Ciniimeta, apud KlNris-
■OKOi'GH't Amiijuiliet, Vol. I\, pp. I97
316, an I in Tcinavx, second scriei, 1
vols., 8vo, 1840. (Extracts have been
transljtcJ and published in 'he appendix
to P»»»cott'« Hiir.ry if JHexko.)
*• Rafftrt mr lei dijTreeittei clanei de
<Ktfi dt la S'sMvtl.'t Bifa^ne, in TtaNAUx,
Ke.meil, 8ro, 1840.
•' Ort^tn de Ici Inditi del Nueva Mjn-
d» y Imdiai (kiidemtalei ; Valencia, izino,
|Cs07; NCa.lrid, tbi., 1719. (Book v con-
tain! the opinions which the Indians them-
trlvri hclJ Concerning 'heir origin. 1
** Hi'ltria ntlar^, mjxime
likrii STI diuimtut { Antwerp,
e feregriH^,
, ful., 1635.
(Thii work teemi to iKcupy a middle
ground between the work of Aco«ta .ind
the well-known Niilura/e'za y yiriudei dt
I'll .'Irholei, fa:., de la Nueva EipJh.i
III' KKANcitro Hkknandiz (Mexico, 4to,
161;), js it contains a great deal ■(
Njtiir.il History, probibly taken from the
laiti-r, jnd historical fact], which we hasc
leenijuoted by several Mexican historians.!
*" Idea de una Nueva Uiiloria General
de la /1meri,a Sefientrional ; Madrid, 4to,
1746.
" Tar del Ameriianaii giiirriio gemil f
cal'lico. hreve y pariitular notitia de loJa
la hiitiria Indiana; Mexico, 4to, |-'78.
I Im.i);inary dialogue between a learned
Indian and a Spaniard concerning the
early history of Mrxico.)
*' I'ieJad heroyca de Hernando Coriea.
— Del origen de loi Inditi Mexieanei
ifue se llamaron Tolltiai.
— Cyilfgrafiiia Mexicana. 0 modo jue
tot Mexiianot lenian en coniar loi atiii,
meiei, y dial, de fue le Jeduti con tvidincia
la aniij^uedad de la nacion,
— Mitholoj^ia Mexitana.
We borrow the>e last three titlet fp m
AsToNio, BihI. Hilt Nova, Vol. 1, |>.
i;i, liut are unable to state whether the
woiks were ever printed. Those who
have access to the raristime Bihlioleta Hii-
pann-.imeritano Septentrional of Bmis-
TAIN m.iy ascertain the fact
*' Moria aniica del Afeiiico ( Cesen.i, 4
Vols., 4to, 1780-1; Hiitory 0/ Mexii. ;
London, 4to, 1787; Philadelphia, 8vo,
1S04; Liin.lon, 4to, 1807; Hiiioria an-
ti^ua de Mefiiio ; London. 8vo, 1816.
(The I It ■ t ir.iii'l.ition into Spanish ii by
F. P. Vasi]uc<, BUbup uf PuebU, Mexico,
4tw, 185J.)
ft s ■?(
^^' i
Bibliotheca Americana.
209
Mariano Veytia'", C. M. Bustamente"*, and even the 1 522.
ainbitic.'is attempt of the indefatigable Abbe Brasseur .^— —
de Bourbourg''.
The Catholic Church and its various monastic orders
have so shaped what some authors term the modern
civilization of Mexico — the Dominicans, Franciscans,
and Jesuits played such an impi>rtant part in the early
history of the conquest — that their chronicles yet form
a trustworthy, though chaotic repertory of facts and
documents. 'I'he reader, therefore, siiouM not neglect
to consult the monkish historic-' of Alonso Kcrnande/.'*\
Cicronimo de Mendieta'', J. de (jrijalva''*, Gon/ales dc
1.1 l^uente'", G. G. D.ivila" . G. Garcia'', A. Davila
Padilla'S Alonso de la Rea', B;'!ra/ar ^\c Mcilina'', K.
** Uiinri.t .imnuj Jt Mniio ; Mcxlcn,
; »oli.. +!•■, lSj6. (The bi'st w irlc .is
vrt written i. incerniin; t\\r. rjrly history ut'
Mnl,-... Publiihrl with .illitiun* by l>.
\f (jrtrgj, but widiout tlir iiilroJuitiDn,
«iii.li uii jttrrMrjrdi inicrti'd in KiNiis-
ii. 'uixH* /iatr/jiiin, Vol. vni, pp. 15'J-
JI7-
•• (ialtri,! lit jtilij^itoi trineipti Attji-
.josi; Pu.-blj, 4.t I, l!i!i,
—C'tnUa MexKjnj, Ttomoxlli a Liirj
fAt Lctlitnt I3ih 1} inlfrisanti <i t/ior, Coj-
limhrti, &i., Ac lot Injioi jnlifujt TullfCii
V Uf "'>"<-' > .VIexicu, 4ti>, iSii.
— TtUHi) tn hi ultima iitmpa ,lf mt
jnnju-.i rtfts} .Vlexicu, 4111, iXifi.
(L11 h'rjTti de C^riei ; .Mf nidi, 410,
iSii, i> ti.ni'ly i virulent pjiqjililet, in
wjiich Uu'tjmcnte enJ';avt>rir.l t.i slio.v
tint OO.in.ghus (the U,: Vi.c-I<>iy of'
\letic.') iurpa>iej even Cortes in truclty.
•* Hiilii^f Ml ijti,iii civiliiies Jj Me-
tijMi el de r Amirijut-C-nirale ; Paris, 4
villi., <vo, 1859. ^Ve4^s will cKip^e
bet'ore the hiit^rian U pl4>.eil in p'^iciiion
<>;' >>iliii:ient data to write jnythinj; but an
rniginjry hittury of the civilize. 1 nations
III .Vie>ico "durant les lieclci antcricurs a
Christophe ColoiiiL" ')
*' Hiiiiria ecleiUiirea de nueilros liempoi ,■
Toledo, fol.. 1611.
" Uiit.iia tiitii'iiiiiJ Indiana. (Thia
viluiUe work, whiih wa> known only
troin the nati>.e in LtuN Pinklu, p. 114,
and supposed to lie lost, hai brrn i ifrU
iiscovercd in Spain, and will br pu'>-
li.licd in Vol. til of Seftor IcAtsALctTA'i
CJttii.ii. I
'" fro «.•,.» de U Or den de ,V. P. S.
jliguiiin en .\ii Pr<,finiu) de /.i .V.ft/j
EifiJiia; Mexico, 4ro, 1624. ( Ei H»
tori.i bien escrita, i ^ue nu sale .ir I ifur
en el Tiiu!o promete " — PiNtLo-B vKri«,
col. 761.)
*' Hiilirij df S, Wi; j/.n df !.t :>rivin.ri
de MeihuMan i M.. 1 614 ('rK»M*i;x, V-..
466).
'" Tejrro Ei'lniaitii!/ de l,i fimriivj
lilleit.i df Ui InJiai r.ccid.-rrMe, ; Mi.l.i.l,
1 v.ils.. t"ol., i()4; -^6.
" Predti-,h:)n ,>,■/ Ev.inj^fln tre! .Virv:
.Mund,. 1615 (.;/.,./ .Antonio, fl-A.'. H.
Nov. 1. 544).
" Unt^ria de la fundacion . d:Ka'ii>
df /.I provin.ia de S,intiafi de Met «<
Madrid, t'ol., i;y6i Briix'-I!e<. fi.l., iftj<;
Antonio an.l MeiiscI add " fMUd-liJ
^hac epiiiraplic non sjtis ipia : f<i'.-j
hiitoii.t df /,/ N:ifx\i EipJtia), lfi',l,
M."
" ao'i'.J df Aj Ordfn df N. S. P. S.
Eijniiu,} .Mexico, 410, 1643. (There i»
in Al'jnio de Roj mentionrd by Pinclo-
Barcia,c<i|. '';4, .:s thi- author of CiroarVd
dt la Prmintta df San Pfdri. i S-it PaUt
de .Mtch^atan ; Mexico, 410, l6}5.)
'* C'jniia de Ij Pruv.nL:.! de S. Die^t
de .Mf'iii; Mexico, fol,, i68i.
27
2IO
Bibtiotheca Americana.
1522. J Alegre^', Juan Lopc/.'\ A. Perez de Ribas^, and the
■■Jii^. - collections of Ahp. Lorcii/an;r\ all of which find their
fit complement and commentary in Matias de Bocane-
gra's Historia del Auto de he en Mexico''^
In studies of this description, the pandects"" (if the
■"1
'• Hiittria Jt la Prn^incia Ji la Ctm-
fsHia dt yum dt la Nunui F.ipafta, pub-
lithrd b\ Buitamknte; Mcnicu', 3 VdU.,
4to, 1)141-1.
'* HiiHria Genfralf Vjlljiliilid, 1615.
We know the work only from the litJtion
in DiA( ni la Calli, which Ir.nls to the
bcliet thjt this Hhioria Tvfeii to the sub-
jett bet'orr u-, but we jre j|i|irchrn»ive
thit the I.opri mrntioiied bv I)c U Calif
it the Johannes Lopei of Uuhilii .iml
Antomo, while the work is only the
well-known Hnii'iJ GentrM dr S,into Do-
min^d » dt lu urdtn dr I'rrdujdorn,
It must be said, however, that in
Pin(Lo-Ra«cia (col. -^1) there is a ref-
erence to juAN MrLiNDiz (Tei.roi t-erd.
df Iji fndiai ; Rome, Col., ifiXl, Vol. 1,
fi)l. 9-), from which wr inlcr tli.it thrte
ire idJitions to the .ibove Hiit. gen. dt S.
D. which ret'er to the In.lii-j.
" H:slori,i dt III Triumfoi dt nutitra
Samia Fr entrt genlei l,ii mat harhiimi y
fitrai del tiueuo Orht ; Madrid, fol., 1645.
'* C'jiiiili'i froviiicialti, frimeroy legutt-
do i .Mexico, 4to, 1769.
— C'liinlium frivinnalr III .MtXhan f
Mexico, 4ti., f-o. (The acts olthe/rVi/
council) were priiitcd as early ii lf!?''> by
Juan Hablo. and therrlore belore 1621,
which ii the date given bv BRUNfr, ill,
46t)
'• Hiitoria del .r/ulu de Fr en Mr.\ei,'>f
Mexico, 4t», 1649; /./., i(}^i.
We are ot" the impression that the lol-
lowing wiitks might serve a< a Uielul index
to cumprrhend the inner workings ol thi^e
religious organizations which have been
the immediate cause ol' so mui h liann in
.Mexico :
— ConililiKtonei del araoiisfado de Mevi-
c» f Mexico, t'ol., I ^ ;6.
— Ordinjrium ucri ordinii tttrtmitarum;
Mexico, 4to, I ;;6.
— Rtglai y (onililudOKe' de It e',f'riidiii
J* In iuramemoi; Mcxiio, fol., I 567.
— Iniiiiuiaordtnii Beaii Fraxciitii Mexi-
co, 4*0,1567.
—Eilaluioi f^eneraUi de Barieltnai Mexi-
co, 410, i;g; (fur the order of the Fran-
ciscans).
— Conitilulionei erdinii fraerum irtmi-
tarum Sii'Hli j4uguiliHi ; Mexico, gvo,
ISS-.
— Forma y mtJo Jt fundar Iji (of'rjdui
del cordon dt N. P. S. Franduof Mexico,
8vo, I ^89.
— Fiinddiion r indil^eneiai dr la crden de
la .Mer,ed. ; Mexico, Xvo, I ^9;.
—Rtfla dt lot f'railti memrti ( Mexico,
4"'- •<9'!-
— Deretko dt lat igltiiai mttripoluanat
dt lai Indian .Madiid. 4to. 16^4 (lf>i;
and 1637 *).
The I'hurch history ot' that diitractr.l
country is blended in so great a degree
with superstitions, more contemptible even
than the idolatry which they were in-
tended to supersede, that we deem it a sal
necessity for the historian to feel compelhd
to peruse such miserable productions as the
following I
— UoN(;oiiA Y Sii.uiNiA, P'lmavt'j
Indiana, foema lacrt de M. S. de Guada-
loupe; — , 8vu, 1668 (I*inklo-Ba«cia, cul.
840).
— Luis CllsiKJi. Ihitona de Na. Sa.
de lot remedial de .Mexi. ., /ue llevo yuan
Rodrij^uet de I'illa-jurrit a la conjiinlj ;
Mexico, — . 1611 (Tkksaix, No. 4}0-
— Huei Tlam.iiuizoliica. unrc^exiii inil-
huicac Tlaloc.i tiuafille Sa. .Ma. TotUion-
iinizin (>uad.i,'oupe f M.'xici, 4[i>, 1649.
iTmNAiix, No. 683.)
"• Ordeiacai y iopil.u nn de Leyei; Mex-
ico, fol., I ^48 (organizing the courts of
law, regulating the lawyers, attorneys,
constables. Ace, Ace, enacted in April.
I ?i8). See in/ra.
-Leyei y ordenancai nueuamtit ktikji
for iu Maj^eitad, p'a la guernaiion de lai
Indiai V I'uen trjtamienio y ionieruaiion ue
ki hdi"! I Alcala, ful.. 154]. (Laws
i.-iued by Charles V. limiting the parti-
tions of lands among the lonj.iriiadorei )
— Philippui Uiifanumm el hdiarum
H(,
if
'J. -i
Bibliotheca Americana.
Ill
expression is not superlatively pretentious when applied
to the crude digests of laws and ordinances framed from
time to time by Spain for her distant colonies) neces-
sarily find a place in this connection. Nor are G-.-og-
raphy and Archteology to be neglected. We therefore
mention the curious works of Francesco Cervantes de
Sala/ar"', Diego de Cisneros*', F. de Cepeda"', F. de
Burgoa"*, Villa-Senor y Sanche/"*', A. Leon y Gama"'',
(icmclli Careri*'^ (i. K. Carli**", Bu stamen te'-*, Alexander
von Humboldt'*'', ard the sumptuous collections of
drawings of monuments and hieroglyphics published by
Dei Rio or Cabrera', Nebel", Lenoir, Warden and
h'arcy", Fred, de Waldeck", Wethcrell^ Charnay'", and
especially by the unfortunate Lord Kiiigsborough''".
1522,
Rfx. ProTii, ftJulai, tec; Mexico, M.,
n6i. (There is a copy ot tliii cxtnnifly
rjiT .iriil iiiipiirtitit suniiiuiry nt' Spani-li
iiil.mi.il I.1W iiy Vaico p» Puda, in j pri-
vati libr . I'roviclrntc, R. I.)
— Sumano Je rtiofilaiion gtneral Jt An
lt\ti V orJtnanxiii aur if kan f>r„mu!giiJo
f;r L>i Indiai ociidenlalu { Ma Itiil, ful.,
l6tS.
"' Dialo/^i dt Aaidemui Mtxiiariit: Civi-
tJi Uericui iiiltr. Civiliii Mtx.cui txirr. {
.\ti-\iiii, Juan l*.ibli», 8vo, I ^^4. (The
only iiipy known o( this lurious lollcc-
tlun ol' dialogues is in a piivatr lilnarN, in
tlir city lit Mexico. Wr suppose thr
author to be identical with the ('i.R-
VA <TEi mentioned hy Anionin, B. H.
\t.va, I, 414.)
"' Siiij, naiurj/f^a \ prnfitjjjti de la
ciiidad lie Mexito f Mexico, 4to, 1618.
"* Relacmn uni-verial y verjaderj del
liih tn rfue eua Jundadj la ciudad de
Mexito i Mexico, t'ol,, 1657.
•* Geogrj/i,a deunfxiim de la farie Sep-
lenirional, del polo artui de la .'Imerita, y
nueva Igieiia de lat Indiai (kcidenlalet f
Mexico, lol., 1674.
See also the anonymous :
— Rfionoamiemoi de lot rioi del valle de
Mericof Mexico, to!.. |"48.
'* Tkeatro jimericano, deuription f^eneral
de /of reynoi y p'iviiitiai de la lueva
tipaHai Mid rid, 3 vuli., »1>I., 1746-4!)
74-
"* Description Hiiiorita y C'onoUiiea di
lai d',i I'iedrati Mexico, 410, I'yi; id.
(with the .^hiition ol a second part), 8vo,
i8p.
"' Giro del Monde < Naples, 6 voli.,
Iimo. l6yy-l"oo.
"* Utile Leiitre ^mericaiie, Cosmopoll
(i.e., Florence), I vols,, 8vn, 1780.
"• E»ai Volitijue lur le royaume de la
Nouvelle Eipagne i Paris, 1 vols., 410, and
one folio tor the Atlas, 1811.
- yun del Cordillerei el monumeiili dtt
peuplei indif^inei de I'^mtrijuef Paris, i
voU., t'ol,, 1810,
•° Veil tipii in of the ruini of an ancient
lily dii(o-vered near I'alenjue i Lonlon,
4to, 1811,
" l^oyage piiioreijui tt arekeeUgti/in
dam la pariie la plui intercitante du Ale*-
i/ue ; Paris, led , 18 j6.
"' Antiijuiin Mixicainen Paris, 3 vols.,
t'ol., 1X^4 56. (Capt. Oupaix' threi- expe-
ditions to Mitka an<l P.ilemjue, iXo;--.)
" Coltccion de lai /Iniitjuedadei Mexi-
canal (jue eciiilen tn el Muieo nacionalf
Mexico, lol., iXl".
— fayage piiloreijue el arcieologifm
dam la province d' Yucatan f P.iris, fol.,
1838,
" Calalogo de una Ciltccion dt An-
liguid.idei .Mexicanai i Seville, 4tu, 1842.
" fuel I'ki/lograpkijuei del ancient
mcnumtnli du Mcxifui ; Paris, ful., 1861,
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522.
As to the poems of Ga jriel Lasso de la Vega^, A. de
, Saavedra Guzman'^, Melchior de la Vega^\ Bernardino
de Balbuena'^', J. Osorio Cortes'°°, Caspar de Villagra'°',
Arias Villalobas'"*, Fernando de Zarate'"', F. Ruiz de
Leon'°S J. de Escoiquiz'% P. Roure'°°, Roux de Ro-
chelle'% and of several anonymous versifiers'"^, or the
plays of Josef Canizares'% Firmin del Rey"°, Piron'",
Alfonso Cavacio"^ and even of Lope de Vega'" and
John Dryden"'*, we apprehend that they present but
little interest to the student of history.
Concerning the biography and bibliography of the
early Mexican writers, the reader will find abundant mate-
rials in the rare compilations of J, J. Eguiara y Eguiren"',
J. L. Maneiro"^ and J. M. Beristain y Souza"7.
" Primera parte de Cortes valeroso y la
Mexycana ; Madrid, 410, 1588 (12 can-
tos); id., i2mo, 1594, with tlie addition
of I 3 cantos.
— E/ogios en loor de los tres famosos
•varcnes D. Jayme, rey de Aragon, D. Fer-
nando Cortez, marjucz de! val/e, y D.
Al-varo Bazan ; Saragossa, izmo, 1601.
" El Peregrins Indiana, Poima de los
Heclios de Hernan Cortes; Madrid, l2mo,
1599. (There was to be a second part,
which has never been publislied.)
'* Relacion de las grandexas del Peru,
Mexico y los Angeles ; Mexico, i2mo,
1601.
" Grande%a Mexicana del bachiller B.
de Balbuena i Mexico, i2mo, 1604. (Ef-
fusion of a poet praised by Lope de Vega.
See Tf.rnaux, No. 269.) Reprinted, Mad-
rid, i8mo, 1829.
'°° Cortesiada, Poema heroico de Don
Hernando Cortes, dedicado al Rey Don Fe-
lipe 4° el Grande. (MS. in the Biblioteca
Real, apud Alcedo, Bibliot. Am. MS. and
Barcia-Pinelo.)
"" Historia de laNueva Mexico; Alcala,
l2ino, 1 610. It is alleged that Cortes
went as far as what is now called in the
United States Nenu Mexico.
"" Historia de Mexico desde la fundacion
liasta 1623; Mexico, — , 1623.
"" C'.njuista de Mexico.
'"* Hernandia, triunphos de la Fe y gloria
de las a'tnas espaholas; proezas de Hernan
Cortes, Poema heroyco; Madrid, 4tj, 175?.
"' Mexico conquistada, Poema heroica ;
Madrid, 3 vols, 8vo, 1798.
'°° La Conqu'ete du Mexique,po'eme en 10
chants, with historical notes; Paris, 8vo,
1811.
'" Fernand Cortez, Poeme : Paris, 8vo,
1838.
""" O'jediencia que Mexico dio al ref D.
Felipe IV con un discurso en -verso del e'stadu
de la misma ciudad desde el mas antiguo de
su fundacion, imperio y conquista hasta hoy;
Mexico, 4to, 1623.
— Le Mexique conquis, Poime hiroique ;
Paris, 8vo, 1751.
— L'Eroismo di Ferdinando Cortese con-
fermato contre le censure nemiche ; Rom.-,
8vo, 1806. (A poem or a comedy ?)
— The fall of Mexico, 4t(., n. d. ( Raet-
zel Cat.ilogue, No. 1670.)
'"» El Pteyto de Hernan Cortez.
"" Hernan Cortez en Tabasco {apudTsR-
NAux, No. 443).
'" Fernan Cortez, Comi-die ; Paris, 8vo,
1744 (translated into Spanish, Malrid,
8vo, 1776).
"' Motee;uma, Emperador de Mexico;
Tragcdia, 1709. 12. Italiano (Pinf.i.u-
Barcia).
"' Marquez del Valle.
"* The Indian Emperour or the Cmquest
of Mexico by the Spaniards ; Lond>)n,
1651 i 1667. 1668, 1692, 1700, all in 4to.
"' Bibliotheca Mexicana, seu historia
•virorum in America boreale natorum; Mex-
ico, fol., 1775. (Contains only the letters
IJIffiVJVWW!->JmiM lltfimmiii'lltilim^twvw^^
Bibliotheca Americana.
113
It is not in times when Piiilology has been found 1 522,
to present the most efficient and reliable means of ascer-
taining the history of the early migrations of primitive
races, that we should overlook the praiseworthy efforts
of Seiiores Orozco y Berra'"*, Francisco Pimentei"', and
the valuable index of Dr. H. E. Ludwig"°, which, how-
A, B, C, but many disscrtatijns of interest.
Copy in private libr., N. Y.)
'"A -viris aliquot MexicaiKrum alio-
rum'fie qui sive ■virtutt, si-ve litteris, Mexici
imprimis Jioruerunt i Bologna, 3 voh., 8vo,
1791.
'" Bihliotheca Hiipano- Americana Sep-
tentrionai'i Mexico, 3 vols., 4to, 1816-1821.
"' Gcografia de las Lenguas y Carta
Etiinogrdfica de Mexico; Mexico, 8vo,
1864.
'"' Cuadro descripti-vo y comparati-vo de
las Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico ; Mexico,
a vols., 8vo, 1862-65.
'"" Tlie Literature of American Abori-
ginal Languages. Bibliotheca Glottica f
London, 8vo, 1858. (This valuable work
is evidently based, in its present form, upon
the American portion of Vater, Litt. der
Gram. Lexica und JV'orters. alter Sprachen
der Erde ; Berlin, 8vo, 1847.)
As to manuscript sources, the reader
will be pleased to learn that copies of the
following unpublished works are in a pri-
vate library in New York :
— EsTRELLA (J. C. C. ) de Rebus Indicis.
— DuRAN (DiiGo) Historia Antigua de
Nueva Espafta, 3 large vols., with numer-
ous colored drawings of Mexican hiero-
glyphics. (See supra, note 10.)
— ZoRiT.\ ( Alonzo de) Breve y Sumaria
Relacion de los Senores, maneras, y difer-
encias que havia de ellos en la Nueva
£spa5a.
— GoNGORA, Lista de los Conquistadores
de Nueva Espafia.
— Relacion de la provincia de Meztitlan
por Gabriel de Chaves.
— Cartas de Fr. Juan de Zumarraga
primero Obispo de Mexicco, 1529.
— Pasqual de Andagova, Descripcion de
las Provincias de Tierra-Firme y relacion
de lo ocurrido en ellas desde 1514, iijot.^.
1541.
In a private library, Washington city :
— Historia antigua de la Nueva Espafia,
con noticias de los ritos y custumbres y
explicacion del calendario Mexicano, por
el Padre Fr. Diego UubTan, de la orden
de Santo-Domingo, escrita en el ano de
1588. (See supra.)
— Relacion de las ceremonias y pobla-
cion y gubernacion de los Indios de la pro-
vincia de Mechuachan, hecha al lUmo
Seiior Dn. Antonio de Mendoza. (Anony-
mous.)
The following manuscripts, collected by
Prescott, are now in a private library in
Boston, Mass. :
— Relaciones de los primeros Descubri-
dores de Nueva Espafia [originals in the Vi-
enna Imperial Library) ; Relacion del des-
cubrimiento y conquista de Nueva Espafia,
escrita al Emperador Carlos V° y su madre
D' Juana por la Justicia y Reximiento
de la ciudad de Vera Cruz a diez dias Je
Julio de 1519; Segunda Relacion de Her-
nan Cortes a el mismo Emperador,,! 30 de
octubre de 1520; Tercera Relacion em-
biada por Hernando Cortes al Emperador, a
15 de mayi de 1522; Quarta ReLicion de
Hernando Cortes dirigida al Emperador, i
15 de octubre de 1524 ; Una Relaci'-n de
Pedro de Alvarado .a Hernando Cortes
escrita en Vilatan a once de abril (year
not mentioned) ; Otra Relacion de Pedro
de Alvarado, escrita en S" Tiago a 28
de Julio de 1523; Relacion de Pedro de
Godoy a Fernando Cortes (no date); Ex-
tracto de los Primeros Descubrimientos
de F. Pizarro y D. de Almagro hecho por
Juan de Samanos para remitir a algun
principe, que no se expresa quien sea;
Relacion de Hernan Cortes al Empera-
dor (no date); Despacho, Instruccion y
Cartas dadas por Cortes a Antonio Gival
para Alvaro de Saavedra el ano de 1526;
Table of Contents of the " Coleccion de
Memorias de Nueva Espafia," in 32 vol-
umes, collected and prepared by order of
the Spanish government in 1792. Los
''rimeros Seiiores de Teotihuacan y sus
I
ai4
Bibliotheca Americana.
I C2 2. ever much improved by the additions and corrections of
■ W. W. Turner, is destined to be surpassed by the new
edition which will soon be published by the learned,
modest, indefatigable and disinterested Dr. Berendt,
• now engaged in exploring the comparatively unknown
and mysterious island of Peten, in Guatemala.
Whatever may be the importance of the facts related
in several of the above-mentioned works, the fountain-
! '^
comarcas ; Poems, &c., by the Emperor
Nezahualcoyott, translated into Spanish by
his descendant, Fernando de Alva (and into
English by Prescott, Appendix to his Hist,
of Mexico, Vol. in, p. 429).
— Documents from the Collection of Don
yuan Bautista MuHoz : Rebcion de la
carta que los Alcaldes y Regidores de la
Villa de Vera Cruz scriven a V. Mag. e
de lo que ha pasado en su viage e pobla-
cion, a seis de julio de 1519; Letter of
Diego Velasquez, Gonzalo de Guzman,
and Panfilo de Narvaez to M. de Chievrcs,
Oct. 12, 1 519; Letter from D. Velasquez
to Chievres, Oct. 12, 1519; Instructions
of Velasquez to Cortes, Oct. 23, 1518;
Letter of Pasamonte to Charles V., Jan.
15, 1520; Deposition of F. de Montejo,
April 29, 1520; Deposition of Puertocar-
rero, April 30, 1520; Letter from the
Audiencia of San Domingo to the Em-
peror, inclosing a report from the licen-
tiate Ayllon, Governor of Cuba, Aug. 30,
I 520 ; Ordenanzas militates y civiles, Tax-
calteque, Dec. 22, 1520, and Mexico,
March 20, 1524; Accusations of Narvaez
against Cortes, without date; Letter of the
licentiate Zuazo, Governor of Cuba, and
Fray Luis de Figueroa, Nov. 14, 1521 ;
De Rebus gestis Ferdin. Cortesii, incerto
auctore ; Relacion de la plata que se hubo
de la Provincia de Mechoacan, &c.; Com-
mission to Cortes as Governor, &c., of
New Spain, Oct. 15, 1522; Power of at-
torney from Cortes to his father. May 8,
1522; CeJula declarando que la Nueva
Espafla no puede ser enagenada de la co-
rona, 22 de octubre, 1523; Gastos de la
expedicion quellevo Cristoval Dolid, 1523;
Minuta de carta de Cortes a Francisco
Cortes, 1524; Ynstruccion civil y militar
a Francisco Cortes por la expedicion de la
costa de Colima, 1524; Memorials with-
out date, addressed by Cortes to the Em-
peror, respecting the affairs of New Spain;
Letter of the Emperor to Cortes, Nov.
4, 1525; Letter of Cortes to the Audi-
encia of San Domingo, May 10, 1526;
Letters of Cortes to the Emperor, Sept.
II, 1526; Letter to the Emperor (with-
out signature or date) respecting gold sent
by Cortes to Spain ; Memorial contra el
de Luis Cardenas, 15 de julio, 1528;
Letter of the Emperor granting to Cortes
the title of Marques del Valle, July 6,
1529; Grant of estates to Cortes, July 23,
1529; Memoria de lo acaecido en esta
ciudad de Temixtitan despues quel Gover-
nador Hernando Cortes salio della que fue
a lo doce dias dei mes de octubre de 1525 ;
Report addressed to the Emperor by Rod-
rigo Albornoz, Dec. 15, 1525; Report
of Nuno de Guzman of the ufFairs of
Panuco and New Galicia during his gov-
ernment, no date ; Privilegio de Dofta
Ysabel Motezuma, otogardo por Cortes,
June 27, 1526; Reports of Diego de
Ocana respecting affairs of Mexico, Aug.
31, Sept. 9, Sept. 17, 1526; Lo que el
Marques del Valle escrive al Licenciado
Nuiiez que haga relacion a V. M. sobre las
cosas de la Nueva Espaiia, &c. (no date);
Letter of Cortes to the Council of the
Indies, Feb. 8, 1535; Letter of Don A.
de Mendoza to the Emperor, Dec. 10,
1537; Letter of Cortes, Sept. 29, 1538;
Memorial addressed to the King by the
Indian caciques of Santiago de Atitlan,
Feb. I, 1571 ; Memorial de lo que se pide
por D. Juan de Motezuma, hijo de Juan
Cano y de Doiia Ysabel de Motezuma,
&c. (no date),
— Documents from the Collection of Var-
gas Ponze : Memorial de Benito Martinez,
capellan de Diego Velazquez contra Her-
nan Cortes (no date) ; Ynstruccion de
f '
'(■""Hl'lUlllffl'UWII Ijll I II II, ■HIIBT'W^^
Bibliotheca Americana.
lis
head of information concerning the conquest of Mexico
will always be the numerous epistolary accounts written .
by Cortes himself. It is to be regretted that they have
not been all published. Senor Icazbalceta gives a list of
not less than thirty-three of Fernando Cortes* " escritos
rueltos" A'hich, added to the following printed Cartas
de Relacion, would form a volume of paramount interest.
In the absence of the Carta de Relacion, dated Villa
Rica de la Vera-Cruz, July lo, 15 19, which has not
1522.
Diego Velazquez ;\ Cortes y Grijalva, Oct.
13, 1518; Letter of Velazquez to Chicvrcs,
Oct. 12, 1 519; Informacioncs rccibidas
por comision de la AudiencHl ile S'" Do-
mingo para impedir la salida de la Armada
que Uevo Panfilo de Narbaes ; Carta que
Diego Velazquez escribio al Licenciado
Fi|;ueroa para que hiciese relacion a sus
niagestades de lo que le habia fecho Fer-
nando Cortes; Provanza fecha a pcdimento
de Juan Ochoa de Lexalde en nombre de
Hernando Cortes, Capitan General, &c.,
sobre las diligencias que el dicho capitan
hizopara no se perdiese el oro e joyas de
sus Mag.' que estaban en la ciudad de
Temistitan ; Instruccion de la Audiencia
de la Ver.icruz a los procuradores que
envio a la Corte j Petition to the Em-
peror, signed by 544 soldiers in the army of
Cortes, requesting that the latter may be
continued in the government of New
Sj'ain; Carta del Licenciado Aylkm sobre
la armada de Velazquez, 4 de marzo,
1520; Interrogatories relative to disputes
between Velasquez and Cortes, Oct. 4,
1520; Lo que paso con Cristobal de Tapia
acerca de no admitirle por governador con
los Procuradores de Mexico y demas pob-
lacioncs y los de Cortes, Dec. 1521 ; Re-
querimientos para que no fuese [Cortes] a
Vera-Cruz, donde era llegado Cristobal de
Tapia, por Governador de Nueva Espana,
y su respuesta, Dec. 12, 1521; Rcqueri-
miento sobre el saqueo, Aug. 14, 1521;
Instruccion que se dio al Licenciado Luis
Ponce de Leon para la pesquiza de Cortes ;
Propuesta de Hernando Cortes para seguir
los descubrimientos por el Mar del Sur,
July 14, 1523; Grant <of lands and vas-
sals to Cortes, July 6, 1529; Letters
granting Cortes the title of Captain-General,
April I, 1529; Relacion de los cargos que
resultan de la pesquiza secreta contra Don
Hernando Cortes; Faculdad real para fun-
dir moyorazgo, fuly 27, i 529 ; Cartas de
Hernan Cortes al Emperador, 10 de octubre,
1530, y 25 de enero, 1531; Minuta del
prorurador de Cortes ; Instruccion que da
el Marques del Valle de sus servicius y
agravios recibidos en Nueva Espana y
mientras su conquista, aflo'de 1532 ; Carta
de Hernan Cortes al Emperador, 20 de
abril, 1532; Provision sobre los descu-
brimientos del Sur; 1534; Peticion que
dio [Cortes] contra Don Antonio de Men-
doza, virrey ; Ultima y sentidisima carta de
Cortes al Emperador, 3 de feb. 1544;
Testamento de Hernan Cortes, 1 1 de Oct.
1547; Document relating to burial of
Cortes and removal of his remains ; Peti-
tion addressed to the Emperor by Indian
chiefs of Tlacopan, 1552.
— Documents from the Collection of Mu-
floz : Grant of Arms to Cortes, March 7,
1525; Cedula de S. M. de 20 de junio de
1526 a Cortes mandandole vaya a las
Vslas dc Maluco 6 mande ir a saber de las
armadas que a ellas avian ydo ; Carta diri-
giua al obispo de Osma, Fr. Garcia de
Loaysa, por Hernan Cortes a 12 de Enero
de 1527; Relation of a voyage of discovery
by Pedro Nuflez Maldonada, laid before
the Audience of Mexico, Jan. 23, 1529;
Cedula de 1° de abril de 1529; Merced
de titulo de Castilla a Cortes, 20 de julio
de I 529 ; Asiento y capitulacion que hizo
con el Emperador Don Hernando Cortes,
a 27 de Oct. de 1529, para el descubrimi-
ento, conquista, y poblacion de las Yslas
y tierras del mar del Sur al poniente de la
Nueva Espafia ; Capitulo de carta del
Marques del Valle escrita al Emperador,
20 de abril, 1532; Instruccion que dio
el Marques del Valle, aflo de 1532 ;
ii6
Bibliotheca Americana.
1522. yet been discovered, either in print or manuscript, but
_______ the existence of which does not admit of doubt, as it is
mentioned by Peter Martyr, Gomara, and Cortes him-
self, we must notice the account which was sent together
with that lost document, viz. :
Relacion del Desctibrimiento y Conquisla de la Nueva
Espafia, hecha por la Justida y Regimiento de la nueva
ciudad de la V era-Cruz., Julio 10, 15 19.
This was published for the first time in the A''. .S". *!>'.
Coleccion'", and republished by Vedia'".
i Diego Hurtado de Mendoza para e)
viage que devia hacer al descubrimiento
del Mar del Sur; Instruccion que dio el
Marques del Valle a Juan de Avellaneda,
Jorge Ceron, y Juan Galvarro de la rela-
cion que avian de hacer a S. M. del des-
cubrimientodel Mar del Sur, &c.; Relacion
del armada del Marques del Valle capi-
taneada de Francisco de UUoa que salio del
puerto de Acapulco y descubrio el rio de
Culata ; Memorial que presento en el con-
sejo real de las Indias Nuflo de Guzman
en 20 de marzo de 1 540; Memorial que
dio al Rev el Marques del Valle en Mad-
rid a 25 de juni.) de 1540 sobre agravios
que le havia hecho el Virrey de Nueva
Kspaiia ; Memorial de Don Antonio Ve-
lazquez de Bazan acerca de la mercefi que
pide a S. M.; Memorial de Cortes al Em-
perador de la ciudad de Tezcuco, 10 de
octubre, 1530; Apuntamiento original de
Cortes; Relacion de Nuno de Guzman,
en Omitlan a 8 de julio. 1530; Relacion
que dio Pedro de Carranza de la Jornada
de N. de Guzman; Memorial de Juan de
Villanueva en nombre de Cortes sobre lo
que empleo y gasto para el descubrimiento
de la especeria, &c. ; Carta de Cortes al
Emperador, 25 de enero, 1531 ; Memorial
de Juan de Villanueva en nombre de
Cortes, haciendo saber como N. de Guz-
man Uevo en grillos el Cazonci ; Royal
mandate forbidding Cortes to approach
within ten leagues of the city of Mexico,
March 22, 1530; Letter of" N, de Guzman
to the Council, accusing Cortes of" cruelty
to the Indians, &c., June 7, 1535; Carta
de Cortes al Emperador, 20 de abril, i 532;
Carta de Cortes a la Audiencia de Nueva
EspaAa, 25 de enero, 1533; Carta de Cor-
tes al Emperador, 25 de enero, 1533; Carta
de Cortes a la Audiencia de Nuevo Espaila,
10 de feb. 1533; Relaciones de Don Fer-
nando de Alva Ixtlilxodiitl (extracted fVom
Vol. iv.ofthe Memorias de Nueva Espafla).
— From the Collections of MuHoz and
Navarrete : Fragmenjfjs de historia de
Nueva Espafia. (Historia de Tlascala por
Diego Munoz Camargo.) Capitulos de la
Cronica Mexicana de Tezozomoc ; Rela-
cion de los descubrimientos que se han
hecho desde el ano de 1492 hasta Jl de
1545 por los Espanoles j Instruccion qur
dio el capitan Diego Velazquez en la Isla
Fernandina, en 23 de octubre de 1518, al
capitan Hernando Cortes ; Memorial que
presento al Rey Benito Martinez en nom-
bre del Adelantado Diego Velazquez, 1 5 1 9 ;
Parecer que dio el Licenciado Ayllon al
Adelantado Diego Velazquez sobre el ar-
mada que habia aprestado para embiar cen-
tra Hernan Cortes ; Dos cartas escritas .il
Rey por el Licenciado Ayllon, 8 de enero
y 4 de marzo de 152OJ Titulo de Gober-
nador de las fclas y Tierras que descubriese
en el Mar del Sur expcdido por S. M. al
Marques del Valle, 5 de nov. 1529; Rela-
cion del viage de Fernando de Grijalva,
aflo de 1536; Relaciones de otras viages;
Relacion de los conquistadores y descubri-
dores de la Nueva Espana, a donJe fueron
con Hernando Cortes, Panfilo de Narvaez
y otros; Venta de dos navios que hizo Juan
Rodriguez de Villafuerte al Marques del
Valle, 4 de nov. 1531.
— Historia de los Indios de Nueva Espana
por Toribiode Benavente 6 Motolinia.
'" Colecchn tie documentos ineditos para la
historia de Espafia f Madrid, 4to, 1842-65.
Commenced by Navarrete, and continued
Bibliotheca Americana.
217
We then find the Carta A, dated Villa Segura de la
Frontera, October 30th, 1520, which contained a chart
of the Gulf of Mexico, now lost, but supposed to be
the original of the map in the Nuremberg Latin edi-
tion of 1524. The first edition of A is the present
No. 118 ; the second edition, which we call B, was pub-
lished at Saragossa, in 1523 {infra).
A was followed by a Carta dated Cuyocan, May 15th,
1522, which was printed at Seville in 1^23 {infra).
This, which we call C, was sent, together with a secret
epistle, to the Emperor V. The latter was first pub-
lished in the N. S. >S\ €oleccion"-\ and republished by
Kingsborough"'*.
The next is a Carta dated Temixtitan, October
15th, 1524, printed at Toledo, in 1525 {infra). We
call this D. The second edition of D was printed at
Valencia in 1526 {infra), and we letter it E,
D v/v.s sent, together with a secret letter, which was
published for the first time by Senor Icazbalceta'^'.
The original , editions seem to end with E. The
other Cartas are all modern publications, viz. :
Carta de relacion, dated Temixtitan, Sept. 3d, 1526"*.
Carta al Emperador, dated Temixtitan, Sept. nth,
1526"^,
Carta al Emperador, dated Tezcucco, October loth,
1530"^
Memorial al Emperador, , 1539"'.
Carta al Emperador, dated Feb. 3d, 1544"°.
'" ap. N. S. S. Cohccioi, Vol. I, pp.
4-13 J K.INGSBOROUGH, Antiquities, Vol.
by Miguel Salva and P. Sainz y Baranda, '" ap. N. S. S. Coleccion, Vol. iv, pp,
Vol. IV, or Vol. I, pp. 417-472 (eftaced 8-167 ( ?),and VEDiA,i/('j/onW«r«,Vol.l,
memorandum, which we have no means
of verifying). *
'" Historiadores primitives de Indiasj
Madrid, 2 vols., 8vo, 1853, Vol. i.
'"Vol. I, pp. 11-13.
'" Antiquities, Vol. vili.
"* Separately, in miniature shape, black
VIII.
•" ap. N. S. S. Coleccion, Vol. i,*pp.
31-41 ; and Kingsborough, Antiquities,
Vol. VIII.
'" ap. N. S. S. Coleccion, Vol. iv, pp.
20I-6.
"» ap. N. S. S. Coleccion, Vol. i, pp.
letter, and certainly one of the prettiest
typographical curiosities known. Inserted
also in this gentleman's Coleccion, Vol. I, 41-47 j and Kingsborough, Antiquities,
pp. 470-483. Vol. VIII.
28
1522.
'fl^l
.1
*»
1522.
218 Bibliotheca Americana.
A, C and D were republished by Barcia"', Loren-
zatia'^', and Vedia'".
The translations are, in Latin :
A, Nuremberg, 1524 {infra), Cologne, 1532 (infra),
and the Novus Orbis of 1555 and 16 16.
C, Nuremberg, 1524 [infra), Cologne, 1532, and the
Novus Orbis of 1555''* and 16 16.
In Italian :
A, Venice, 1524, by B. de Viano {infra), Venice, 1524;
by A. de Nicolini {infra), and in Ramusio'", together
with C and D.
There is an abstract of A in the following No. 19.
In French :
A, C and D (erroneously called frst, second and third
accounts), in Flavigny's Correspondance"^^, from Loren-
zana's text, abridged.
There is an epitome of A and C also in French, but
from the Latin, Paris, 1532''^, {infra).
a
In English:
A, Philadelphia, 18 17-18 ;'^' A, C and D, New York,
1843'"-
In German:
A and C, Augsburg, 1550 {infra), according to Bru-
'" Historiadores primitivos de lai Indias;
Madrid, fol., 1749, Vol. i (inaccurately
with divisions into chapters and headings,
not in the original).
'" H'ntoria de Nueva Espaiia ; Mexico,
fol., 1770 (from Barcia's texts, with omis-
sions), and in the reprint. New York, 8vo,
1828 (which contains in addition an intro-
duction by Mr. Robert Sands).
"' he cit., Vol. I.
"* PP- 536-677-
'" Raccolta, Vol. ill, foil. 225-296, sej.
"• Paris, 8vo, iine anno (1778); id.,
"En Suisse," 8vo, 1779.
'" Printed by Simon de Colines; fol.,
155, seq. The f^oyages et conqueues du Capi-
taint Fernando Courlois, es Indet Occiden-
lales. Histoire traduite de langue Eipagnole
par Guillaume le Breton yivernoii; Paris,
l2mo, 1588 (Privat. libr.. Providence) is
only an abridgement of Oviedo and the
second part of Gomaba.
'"* In the Port-folio, by Mr. Alsop, of
Middletown, Connecticut, who recom-
mends the work at o-ze to the coniiding
care of the learned.
'" Dispatches of Hernando Cortes, 8vo.
The Pleasant Historie of the conquest of the
{Vest India, notu called New Spaine. At-
chieved by th' most worthy Prince Hernan-
do Cortes. Translated by T. [homas] N.
[icholas] ; London, 4to, 1596, mentioned
by Graesse under the head of Cortes, 15
only a translation from Gomara.
.mipiiiK
'i'i
Bibliotheca Americana. ' 219 '
net'*°: " d'apres la version latine de Savorgnanus, par I522i
Andre Diether, maitre de langue latine a Augsbourg -_-——-_
(vers 1534), in-fol." A, C and D, by Stapfer'*' and
Koppe'*\
In Dutch :
A, C and D, Amsterdam, 1780'*'.
I n Flemish : . -
A and C, from Diether's German version, by Cor-
nelius Abliin'*^.
Our readers doubtless recollect that Hernando Cortes
died of an indigestion in a village near Seville (Castil-
leja de la Cuesta), December 2d, 1547, not "dans la
misere," as we see it frequently stated, but very rich. It
is known that his body was first transferred to the family
vault of the Duke de Medina-Sidonia, in Seville; from
which it was removed, in 1562, and sent to the monas-
tery of St. Francis, in Tezcuco, but exhumed in •
1629, to be interred in the convent of St. Francis, in
the city of Mexico, and again disturbed in 1794'+', when
it was deposited in a tomb prepared in the celebrated
Hospital of Jesus of Nazareth, " Unfortunately for
Mexico," Prescott says'*^', " the tale does not stop here.
In 1823 the patriot mob of the capital, in their zeal to
commemorate the era of the national independence, and
their detestation of the * old Spaniards,' prepared to
'*' Manuel, Yo\. ii, col. 312. If the
above quotation is intended to convey the
impression that Diether taught Latin at
Augsburg towards 1534, we can find noth-
ing to the contrary; but if" it refers to an
edition of 1534, we apprehend that there
is an error in the date, as we cannot find
any traces of a version by Diether of about
'534-
'" Die Eroberung -von Mexico, in Brief en
an Carl i^; Heidelberg, 2 vols., 8vo, 1779;
id., Bern, 1793 (probably from Flavig.nv's;
see Meusel, Vol. m, Pt. i, p. 270).
'" Berlin, I vol., 8vo, 1834.
'" Brievenvon Keizer Karl V, 2 vols.,
8vo.
■" Die Nieuiue ff^eerell ; Antwerp, fol.,
1563 (Privat. libr., Providence).
'** Alaman, Disertaciones, Vol. 11, pp.
50-62, and Appendix 2, pp. 50-98.
'*• Hist, of Mexico, Vol. ill, p. 350.
It is curious to notice how frequently the
graves of men who deserved well of their
country have been desecrated or disturbed,
especially in modern timus. The ashes of
Boccacio, Petrarch, Voltaire, J. J. Rous-
seau, Ben Jonson, even, have not been
permitted to rest in peace. (See Agostini,
Scritt. Veneii., Vol. i, p. 301 ; Baldei.li,
del Pelrarca, p. 169, cited by Libri, His-
tdre del Sciences malhimaliques en Italic,
Vol. II, p. 258, of the wretched Halle re-
iMa^^KrW
220
Bibliotheca Americana.
IC22. break open the tomb which held the ashes of Cortes,
and to scatter them to the winds ! The authorities
declined to interfere on the occasion ; but the friendi, of
the family, as is commonly reported, entered the vault
by night, and, secretly removing the relics, prevented
the commission of a sacrilege which must have left a
stain not easily effaced," &c., &c.
Humboldt asserts"*' that he had " vu a Mexico, dans
le cabinet du capitaine D * * *, une cote du corps de
Fernand Cortez que pendant la translation des ossemens
a la nouvelle chapelle dans I'hospital de Los Naturales
on avait enlevee" but what has become of the rest of the
body ? Mr. Charton states'''^ with no little emphasis :
" Ce que n'a point dit I'eminent historien du Mexique, nous
sommes en mesure de raffirmer aujourd'hui : les testes de Cortez sont
en Italic, dans L-s domaines du due de Terra-Nova-Monteleone, der-
nier descendai ■ par les femmes du celebre conquerant'"."
We have laken pains to inquire from several residents
of the city of Mexico. Seflor Icazbalceta, whose author-
ity no one will think of questioning, writes to us as
follows :
" Le lieu de la sepulture actuelle de Cortes est cnveloppe de mys-
tere. D. Lucas Alaman a raconte I'histoire des restes de ce grand
homme. Sans le dire positivement, il fait entendre qu'ils sont passes
en Italic : ' El Conde D. Fernando Lucchesi, que cstaba en Mexico
(1823) como apoderado del sefior duque de Terranova, dispuso de la
caja con los huesos, que provisionalmente se deposito bajo la tarima del
altar de Jesus.' On croit generalement que le corps de Cortes est a
Palerme. Mais plusieurs personncs s'obstinent a dire qu'il est
encore Mexico, cache dans quelque endroit completement ignore.
Malgre I'amitie dont M. Alaman m'honorait, je nc pus jamais obtenir
de lui une declaration explicite sur ce fait ; il trouvait toujours
moyen d'en detourner la conversation."
print; and the curious correspondence in
V Intermediaire, for April, 1864.
"' Examen Crili<jue, Vol. iv, p. 15, n.
'" yoyageurs anciens It modernes f Paris,
8vo, 1861, Vol. Ill (an excellent work).
'" " The male line of the marquesses
of the Valley J)ecame extinct in the
fourth generaticn. The title and estates
descended to a female, and by her mar-
riage were united with those of the house
of Terranova, descendants of the ' Great
Captain,' Gonsalvo de Cordova. By a
subsequent marriage they were carried into
the family of the Duke of Monteleone, a
Neapolitan noble." Prescott, he. cit.,
p. 352.
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•j Ternaux, Bihliolheque ylmiricaine. No. 25. ■ ^ '
I BihlUtheca Heheriana, Part vi, No. 1307. ^a-^as— e^
Bihlhlieca Grtnvilliana, page 165,
Bihiiotheca Bro-wniana, page II, No. 34.
Sieveni' American Bihliografher, page 83.
Livres Curieux, page 16, No. 115.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 310.
Ebert, Dictionary, No. 5313.
Graesse, Vol. II, page 177 (tor the erroneoui ttatement that the
work contains only fourteen leaves).
119. ANONrmouS— Within an engraved border:
Noue de le Ifole & Terra fer||ma Nou-
amente trouate || In India per el Capi ||
taneo de larmata de la Cefarea || Maief-
tate. II
Colophon :
C Cautum eft a principe ne quis preter
Caluum intra annum || Imprimat : sub
pena ducatorum centum. ||
rerso of the title-page :
Andrea caluo ad Paulo uerrano || &
Abramo Taflio/ ||
Mediolani decimofexto cale. Decembris
M.D.XXII.*
*** 4to» title one leaf 4. five unnumbered leaves, the verso of the
last of which is blank.
(British Museum.)
Brief abstract of Cortes' second account (No. ii8).
Direct reference : Bibliotheca Grtnvilliana, page i(t(t.
Anglice: News of the Islands and Con- no one except Calvo may print this wirb-
tineni recently discovered in India by the in a year, under penalty of one hundred
captain of the fleet of His Imperial Ma- ducats. Milan, l6th Ifalend. December,
jesty. It is cautioned by the Prince that ijia.
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1 e 2 3 1 I 2 O. COR TES (FERNANDO)— Under a woodcut represtnlir.g tht
Emperor Charles V seated on the throne, and surrounded by his Court :
Carta lie K(Umn tm-
bialta a ^n
S>. maicftatj ticl lEmperatior
ttueftro fcftot pot t\ (ffapltan
general II tjelanucua iSfpafta: Uamatio ,lf eruantio
cortes. iSnla qual fa^e re- 1| lacio tielag tierrass g
prouineias fiu cueto (jue ijft tiefcuijierto nueua-||
mete enel l^ucata Tiel afio tie. xxx. a efta parte : b i)a
fometitio ala eoro || na real Tje fu. 3. majeftatr. iSn
efpedal fa^ relacion tie bna gratiiffi- jj ma puincia
mug rica llamatia (ffulua : enla ql as mug graties
eiutia-llties b tie marauillofois etiificios: jj tie gratieis
trato» B ritiue^as. iEntre || las qles ag bna ma«
marauillofa g rica q totias llamatia ^Temixtita : II q
eftapor marauillofa arte etiitiicatia fobre bna grantie
laguna : tiela || til ciutiati g proulcia es reij bn gras
tiiffimo fenor llamatio flfluteecu- 1| ma : tietie le
aeaefciero al capita g alos iSfpafioless efplitofas
cofas tie II ogr. (JTucnta largamente tiel gratiiffimo
feftorio tiel tiicljo iifluteecu II ma g tie Sm rito^f g
eerimoniasj : g tie como fe firue. ||
Colophon :
€ Ea prefente carta tie relacion fue impreffa ens
la mug noble II r mug leal ciutiati tie Otaragopa:
por (©eorge (toti aicman. II a. b. tiias tie ISnero.
i^fto tie iHil.ti.g.xxiii.*
* Anglici : This Eoistolary Relation of Saragossa, by George Coci, a German,
was printed in the very noble and loyal city Jan. 5th, 1523. The rest as in No. 118.
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*** Folio, twenty-eight unnumbered leaves, including the title, I C2'l,
- .' ^' . , » ■■•-■"-■••6 w.^ iii.v,.
Which contains on the verso another woodcut, representing the
setting out of Cortes, followed by the beginning of the text.
(B.)
(Private Library, Providence.)
Second edition of A (No. ii8).
Direct reftrenceti ( Bibliotheca Heieriana, Part vii, No. 1884.
Bihliiiheca Grenvilliana, page 166.
Bihliolheca Browniana, page 11, No. 36.
Stevens'' American Bibliographer, page 84.
Ternai X, No, 27.
Brunit, Vol. II, col. 311.
121. CORTES ( FERNANDO)- Under the same xeoodcut as in No. 1 1 8.
^ Carta Uxuva >f u-
\nm : ^mbt(t^(l pur /^ rna ii
tjo cortes capitan r iufticia maijor trel guratan Has
tnatio la nueua cfpafia||trel mar occano: al mug
alto ij potentimmo cefar x lulctimmo fenor tia ||
OTarlos emprralror fnnpcr augufto jj reg tre efpafta
nueftro fenor: trclasllcofas fucetiHaS x mug tiignas
liE atrmiracion rnla rouquifta g recupe- 1| racion tiela
mug grantie r marauillofa ciutran He Cemixtitan :
8 trelas || otrasi prouinrias a dla futjetag pr St
rcklaron. iEnla qual dutratr x tii llrijas prouincias
el tiicijo capitan jj cfpanoles ronfiguieron srantcs
8 it II nalatras bictorias tripas tre pcrpctua mcs
moria. am mefmo ijair rela-llcion como Ija tiefcu=
tierto rl mar tiel 5>ur : x otras mucfjas r gratres
pro- II uincias; mug ricas tre minas tie oro : g per=
lass : g pleurals preciofas : x abn || tienen notlcfa que
ag efpeciera. ||
I-
I
>•
ilji
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I C 2 3 . Colophon :
=— € Ea jifente carta 5 relacio fue impteffa Ha mug
noijle X muB leal clutrati 19 feuilla por || Jacobo cto=
betger alema : acaijofe a. xxx, triast tre mar^o : afto
^ mill r quinietofii r. xxiij. II*
* * Folio (signatures a, b, c, in eights, d in six) ; thirty unnum-
bered leaves, including the title, on the verso of which the
text begins ; forty-eight lines in a full page.
f L-'.j (Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
Third account, from October 30th, 1520, to May
15th, 1522.
Direct reference: | Meusel, B-bliotheca Ui-torica, Vol. in, Part i, page 268.
I Panzer, Mnvales J ipi^fr., Vol. vii, page 122, No. 19.
I Bihiiothcta Heberiana.Pin vii, No. 1884
BibliolKua Grenvil/iana, page 166.
Bibliotheca Bioivniana, page 12, No. 35.
Stevens' American Bibliographer, page 84.
Li-vres Curieux, page 27, No. 127.
Rich, No. 5.
Ternaux, No. 26.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 311.
12 2. MAXIMILIAN OF TRANSYLyANIA—Within an orna-
mented border containing nude figures :
DE MOLVCcis in||/«//j, itemq ; alijs pluribus miradis,
qua II nouijftma Cajiellanorum nauigatio Se- \\ renijs. Im-
peratoris Caroli . V . aufpicis \\ Jufcepta, nuper inuenit :
Maximiliani \\ Tranfyluani ad Reuerendijs. Cardina- \\ lem
Saltzburgenfem epijiola leEtu per- 1| quam iucunda. \\
* Anglic'e: Third Epistolary Relation
sent by Fernando Cortes, Captain and
Chief Justice of Yucatan, called New
Spain of the Oceanic Sea, to the most
high and mighty Caesar and invincible
Lord Don Charles, Emperor ever august,
and King of Spain our Lord, concerning
the things which have happened and are
worthy of admiration in the conquest
and recovery of the very great and won-
drous city of Temixtitan; and of the other
provinces subjected to it which had re-
volted. In which city and said provinces
the said captain and Spaniards obtained
great and signal victories worthy of per-
petual remembrance. There is also an
account how he discovered the South Sea,
and many other and large provinces, very
in-
ler
fe-
ces
led
er-
an
ea,
ery
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Ferso of the last leaf:
Datum Vallijoleti die XXIIII OEiobris M.D.XXII.
Colonia in adibus Eucharii Ceruicorni. Anno «/r-||
ginei partus . M . D . XXI IT . menfe \\ lanuario.*
^*^ Sm. 8vo, title one leaf-f fifteen unnumbered leaves; text be-
gins on the verso of the title-page. In the border, under
nude figures, •/dpire^ (/. e., the Graces).
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
Our readers are doubtless familiar with the eventful
life of Fernando de Magalhaes, Magalhanes, Maga-
glianes or Magailanes, usually called Magellan. Born
either at Porto', Lisbon^ Villa de Sabrosa^ or at Villa
de Figuiero*, of an aristocratic family, date unknown,
this great navigator, when yet young, joined the expe-
dition of Francisco de Almeida to Quiloa in 1505", and
afterwards that of Albuquerque against Malacca. He
then fought in Africa, where he received a wound in the
knee, which rendered him lame for the rest of his life.
His knowledge of the Moluccas was derived from a
sojourn of five^ or seven^ years in the East Indies.
When Magellan returned to Lisbon, he gained access
to the archives of the crown, and ascertained that the
Moluccas were situated within the hemisphere allotted
rich in gold mines, pearls and precious
stones; and contains also a notice to the
effect that there are spices.
The present Epistolary Account was
printed in the very noble and loyal city of
Seville, by Jacob Cromberger, a German.
Finished, March 30th, 1523.
* yJngtki : An epistle of pleasant read-
ing, by Maximilian of Transylvania to the
most reverend Cardinal of Salzburg, con-
cerning the Molucca Islands, and some
other wonderful things, which have re-
cently been discovered during the latest
voyage of the Spaniards, undertaken under
the auspices of the most Serene Emperor
Ch,i,lesV.
Cologne, in the establishment of Eu-
chariua Cervicornus, January, A. D. 1523.
' Argensola, Conquiua de las is/as Ma-
/ucas; Madrid, fol., 1609, lib. I, p. 6 ;
jlnales de Aragon, lib. i, cap. 13, p. 133.
^ A. DE San Roman, Hhtoria gen. de
la India Orient., lib. 2, cap. 25, p. 341.
' Private documents furnished M. Denis,
in Charton, l^oyageurs ancient et modernes,
Vol. Ill, p. 424.
* Nobiliario da Caza do Cazal, MS., in
Nowv. Biogr. Gincrale, Vol. 32, p. 672.
° Faria y SouzA, Asia Poriugueza,
Vol. I, Part I, cip. 8 ; M. de la Puente,
Compendia de ias Hislorias de hs Descubri-
mienfosf Madrid, fol., 1681, lib. in, p. 151.
' Peter Martvr, Opus efist., epist.
767.
' Gomara, Hhtoria de las Indias, cap.
91, p. 83.
1523-
29
226
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I C23. to Spain by the famous Bull of Demarcation*. Vain',
s_9ss=. or perhaps simply conscious of his superiority (a legiti-
mate feeling, which superficial observers are apt to mis-
take for vanity '>, Magellan resented the unjust treat-
ment which he had received at the hands of the king,
irj consequence of complaints urged by the inhabitants
of Azamor against the officers in command at the time
of the campaign in Africa'". He therefore determined
to remove to Spain, and, in company with the two
Faleiros (Ruy" and Francisco) and Christovam de
Haro", left Portugal ; and, for a good cause, as it
seems", openly renounced allegiance to his native coun-
try. In October, 15 17, or 15 18'*, he offered his services
to Charles V. Informed, perhaps, by de Haro", of the
existence of the Southern Straits, or having derived his
information from a supposed map of Martin Behaim'*,
or, more probably, sharing the opinion, conjecture, or
hope, entertained by all navigators'^ at the time, he pro-
' See supra, p. 10, note 70. There is
a quaint French translation, abridged, of
this Papal Bull in Lib. II of La Popelli-
NiERt, Lei trail Mondes; Paris, 8vo, 1582,
map. It is also inserted in the continua-
tion of Baronius' AnnaUs by Bzovius ;
Rome, fol., 1652, Vol. xix.
' Maffei, Hhtoriarum indicarum ; Co-
logne, fol., 1589, Lib. vill.
'" Barros, Deradas da Asia, Decad. 11,
lib. II, cap. 19; Decad. in, lib. 5, cap. 8;
OsoRio, The History of the Portuguese dur-
ing the reign of Emanuel, translated by J.
Gibbs; London, 8vo, 1752, Book ix.
" This unfortunate Ruy Faleiro, who
perhaps originated the project and supplied
Magellan with four methods to determine
the longitude, which were suggested to
him by a " Demonio familiar" was refused
a command, notwithstanding the conven-
tion of Valladolid, and soon afterwards
became insane. It was his brother Fran-
cisco who wrote the rarissime Tratado de
la Esfera, ascribed to Ruy by Humboldt
[Cosmos, Vol. II, p. 672, note), and sup-
posed by Leon Pinelo {Epitome, p. 143),
and Antonio {Bih. H. Nova, Vol. i, p.
423), to have been printed at Seville, in
1535. (See, concerning Ruy Faleiro or
Falero, Oviedo, Hist. gen. de las Indias,
Lib. XX, cap. i ; Hekrera, loc. cit., Dec.
II, lib. II, cap. 19, p. 52; Argensola,
Anales de Aragon, lib. I, p. 740 j Navar-
RETE, Disertacion, p. 148, and Coleccion,
— Pruebas, No. XI, p. I.XXVII, Vol. iv.)
" See supra, p. 173, note 3.
" Faria V SouzA, Comentarios a la Lu-
siada de Camoes i Madrid, fol., 1639, 55th
canto, cited by Nav.-'.rrete, in" his excellent
introduction to the documents concerning
Magellan, in his Coleccion, Vol. IV.
" Herrera, /oc. cit.
'° See supra, p. 175.
" " II capitano generale che sapeva de
dover fare la sua navigazlone per un streto
motto ascoso, coma vite ne la thesoriaria
del re de Portugal in una carta fata per
quello excelentissimo huomo Martin de
Boemia, mendo due navi, &c." Piga-
FETTA (Amoretti's edit. p. 36); see also
Chauveton, supra, p. 38, note 2 ; Ramu-
sio. Vol. I, fol., 354, and de Murr, Hist.
Diplomat., where all assertions concerning
the claims of Behaim are discussed,
" As early as 1 501, Vespuccius pro-
posed to double the extremity of the
TiTMWPsiwwr
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posed to the Emperor to reach the Moluccas by a new and I C 2 '2 .
shorter route'^ and informed him of his rights to those
islands. Notwithstaliding the remonstrances of Alvaro
da Costa, the Portuguese Embassador, and threats to
murder Magellan", Charles V signed, at Valladolid,
March 22d", 1518, the stipulation whereby Magellan
was at last enabled to sail, on the morning of Monday,
August I oth, 1 5 1 9, from San Lucar de Barrameda. The
fleet was composed of the Trinidad (flag-ship), the San An-
tonio, the Concepcion, the Santiago and the famous Victoria.
Estavam Gomez" also joined the expedition, but returned
to Seville, May 6th, 1521, without having witnessed
the accomplishment of this great undertaking. The
expedition consisted, in all, of two hundred and sixty-five
individuals, whose names have been preserved. Among
them we notice a native of Bristol, " Maestre Andres
Condestable." The fleet sailed by the Canaries and
Cape de Verde, reaching, December 13th, 1519, what
is now called Rio de Janeiro. After great delays, and
several revolts, all much more authentic and bloody
than those ascribed to the crews on board Columbus'
vessel", Magellan doubled, October i8th, 1520, the
cape of Las Firgines, issuing out of the Strait, on the
Southern Hemisphere; and in November,
1514, orders were given to Pedrarias Davila
and Juan Diaz de Solis to fit out an expe-
dition with the view of finding an opening :
" abertura de la tierra." See Documents
in Navarrete, Vol. iii, pp. 134 and 357J
Lelewel, Ghgr. du Moyen-Age, Vol. 11,
p. 164, note 336; Humboldt, Examen
Critique, Vol. i, pp. 320 and 350, Vol. 11,
p. 19; Cosmos, Vol. n, p. 646, note.
" Oviedo, lac. cit.. Lib. xx, cap. 1.
" Faria y Souza, Europa porlugucsa ;
Lisbon, 3 vols., 8vo, 1678-80, Vol. 11,
Part II, cap. i, p. 543.
" Navarrete, CoUccion, Vol. iv. Doc.
III.
" This astute Portuguese navigator was
afterwards sent by Charles V. in search of
» north-west passage, and in 1524 fol-
lowed our coasts from Florida to Rhode
Island, and perhaps as far north as Cape
Cod. A well-known writer on the history
of the United States, whose fawning work
it is fashionable to purchase, but impossible
to read through, is of opinion that there is
in existence a printed account by Gomez
himself, of his curious voyage. It is scarcely
necessary to say that such an account does
not exist. (See, concerning Gomez, Bar-
BosA Machado, Bibliotheca Lusiiana, Vol.
H, p. 669 ; Navarrete, Coleccion, Vol. iv,
Prueha xiv; and especially Diego Ribero's
map in K.oViVs Altesten General- Karten von
Amerika ausgef. in d. y. 1527-1529, auf
Befchl K. Karl's V, where, under the
designation of tierras de Estavam Gomez,
his route coastwise may be traced. "Many
codfish and no gold," says the inscription.)
'" Maxim. Transvlv,, Epist. in Novut
Orbis of 1537, p. 591.
i
228
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I ^23. Pacific side, after twenty-two days*', or on November
gs9==---- 27th, and commenced sailing on that noble sea, which
he himself named Oceano Pacifico''*. We scarcely need
remind our readers that the eastern portion of the
Pacific had been already navigated, but farther north,
as early as 15 13, by Alonso Martin de Don Benito.
Taking possession of several islands, where he com-
mitted a series of political blunders, Magellan engaged
in a war with the natives of the small island of Matan
(one of the Philippines), where he was killed, Saturday,
April 27th, 1 52 1. The Victoria, under the command
of MigueP' or Juan Sebastian Del Cano, was the only
vessel which, of those that had crossed the Straits,
returned safely to Spain*^; landing at Seville Monday,
September 8th, 1522, with a crew of eighteen men all
told, but entitled to the honor of having first circum-
navigated th.; -orld.
As the fact that the Strait bears the name of its first
explorer might lead some critics to infer that Magellan
originated this appellation, we must say that he only
called it Estrecho Patagonico, and afterwards Estrecho de
la Victoria^''.
The account, journal, or ephemerides which, accord-
ing to Antonio^^ and Barbosa*', was written by Magellan,
and which seems to have been in existence as late as
1783, are lost. Barros has preserved'" the instructions
which he gave to his several captains when in the
channel of Todos los Santos, November 21st, 1520
(1521 ?) We possess also his will and several memo-
rials, all written before his departure. As to the De-
scripcion de los reinos, castas, puertas y islas que hay en el
'' " 26 Nouebris" — Maxim. Transylv.,
Epist. in Novus Orhis of 1537, p. 591.
" PlGAFETTA, !oC. cit.
" Maxim. Transylv., loc. cit.
'° See the passage in the curious letter
of Fernando Carli : " che appena e un
anno tornh [the letter is dated August 4th,
1524] Fernando Magaghiana, quale disco-
perse grande paese con una nave mello
delle cinque a discoprire. Donde adduse
garofani molto piu eccelenti delli soliti; e
le altre sue nave in 5 anni mai nuova ci e
trapelata. Stimansi perse." — Anhivo Sto-
rico Iialiano; Florence, 1842-1857, Ap-
pendix, Vol. IX.
" PiGAFETTA, loc. cit.
" Bih!. H. Nova, Vol. 11, p. 379.
" Bibliotheca Lusitana, Vol. 11, p. 31.
'" Uc cit., Dec. Ill, lib. 5, c. 9, published
in Spanish by Navarirte, /oc. cit., 45-49.
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229
mar de la India oriental^ discovered by Navarrete in 1793,
it is not considered authentic. The account written .
by Peter Martyr in 1522"; the Z)<?/ Descubrimiento del
Estrecho de Magellan^ of Andres de San Martin", con-
sulted by Herrera; Oviedo's scp&r&te Historia del Estre-
cho" {Hist. Gen. Lib. xx ?), and the narration of Leon
Pancaldo de Saona, the pilot of the Victoria^*, are also lost.
The narrations which we possess are :
1. Pigafetta's Primo Viaggio intorno al globo terra-
queo, long known only through Fabre's garbled version
in French, published at Paris in or about 1 525 {infra), and
first published in full from an Italian MS. by Amoretti".
2. Bautista's Roteiro da Viagem de Fernam de Magal-
haes. This Bautista was a Genoese pilot who accom-
panied Magellan. His account, the original of which
is in the Imperial Library at Paris, was published for
the first time in 1831"'.
3. DuARTE Barbosa's Sommario di tvtti il regni, citth
e populi deir Indie orientali, as we find it in Ramusio is
only a description of the countries visited by Magellan.
But in 1 8 12 a manuscript was found in Lisbon, and
published the year following by the Portuguese Academy
of Sciences", which, under the title of Livro emque da
relacho do que viu e ouviu no oriente, gives the original
text of Barbosa, and, to a certain extent, an account of
Magellan's ''oyage. Duarte Barbosa was his brother-
in-law, and died by his side at Matan.
4. Francisco Albo's Diario 6 derrotero del viage de
Magallanes desde el cabo de San Agustin en el Brasil, hasta
el regreso a Espana de la nao Victoria, in Navarrete'l
5. Antonio Brito's letter to the King of Portugal,
found in the archives of the Torre de Tombo by
Munoz, and also published by Navarrete".
" opus, tpist., Epist. 797, and Ramu-
sio, Vol. I, p. 347, introd.
" Antonio, B. H. Nova, Vol. i, p. 79.
" L. PiNELo, p. 92; Antonio, I, p. 555.
" Mr, Denis cites for this unknown
account ; Oldoino, Athtnio Liguttica.
" Milan, 4to, 1800, maps.
" Noticias para a historia e geograjia
da! napes ullramarinasf Lisbon, 410.
" Idem opus.
*' Coleccion, Vol. iv, pp. 209-247.
" loc. cit., pp. 305-312.
1523-
230
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I C23. 6. The present account by Maximilian of Transyl-
"*"'* Charles V's secretary*", written in the form of an
epistle addressed to the Abp. of Salzburg, and dated
Valladolid, October 24th, 1522. Of this, we describe,
de visUy the following editions :
The present No. 122, which seems to be the princeps;
the Rome edition of November, 1523 (infra); and
and another Roman reprint, dated February, 1514 (in-
fra). We vouch for no other*'.
• Maximilian's epistle was inserted in the two editions
of the Novus Orbis dated respectively 1537** and
1555*'. There is an Italian translation in Ramusio**.
Navarette published in his Coleccion*^ a Spanish version,
apparently copied from a manuscript in the Library of
the Royal Academy of History, Madrid. This, in-
stead of being dated Oct. 24th, bears the date " a cinco
de Octubre;" and contains a short introduction, prob-
ably by the translator, from which we extract the follow-
ing curious lines : " la cual [una largo relacion en
lengua latina], dirigio al cardinal Salpurgense obispo de
Cartagena."
It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that the
account of Magellan's voyage, as given by Hulsius*^,
is only an extract from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis and
Chauveton's Discours.
Direct refertmti :
Panzer, Annalti Typogr., Vol. vi, page 388, No. 375.
La Valliere Catalogue, Vol. v, page 35.
Bibliotheea Heberiana, Part i, No. 4451, and Part 11, No. 3687.
Bibliotheea Grenvilliana, page 454.
Bibliotheea Browniana, page 12, No. 38.
Historical Nuggets, No. 1868.
Ternaux, No. 30. «
Brunet, Vol. ;ii, col. 1550.
Graesse, Vol. IV, page 452.
*• " Genero di Cristoforo de Haro,"
Amoretti, p. XXXVIII.
•' The No. 142 of Liiires Curieux,
" Vallisoleti, 28 Oct. 1522 (et pas Co-
lonix, 1523)." must be viewed only in the
light of an indication directed to book-
sellers, and based upon the date in the text
of the Cologne edition. As to the Pinelli-
Panzer-Libri edition dated 1533, it is
identical with the present number, with
the exception of an x inadvertently added
by the printer to the colophon.
*' pp. 585-600.
" pp. 524-38-
** Raceolta, Vol. I, pp. 347-3 5X.
" Vol. IV, pp. 249-285.
** Sammlung von Sechj und Zwanzig
Sciiffahrlen; P. vi, Nuremberg, 4to, 1603.
■^ipv
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I 23* MAXIMILIAN of' TRANSriyANIA— Within a highly I 523.
trnamented border : ___^_^^_
Maximiliani Tranfyluani CaefarisHa fe-
cretis Epiftola, de admirabili || & nouiflima
Hifpanoru in Orien || tern nauigatione, qua
uariae, & nul || li prius accelTae Regiones inu-
etaellfunt, cum ipfis etia Moluccis infuHlis
beatiflimis, optimo Aroniatu||genere refer-
tis. Inauditi quoq. in || cola^ mores expo-
nuntur, ac mul || ta quae Herodotus, Plinms,
Soli/||nus atque al"" tradiderunt, fabulo||fa
^^^ arguunt. Contra nonnulla || ibide I|
uera, uix tamen credibilia ex || plicant.
quibufcum hiftoriis Infu || laribus ambitus
defcribit alterius || Hemifphaerii, qua ad
nos tandem |i hifpani redierunt incolumes. ||
ROMA
Colophon on the recto of leaf fiftei nth :
POMAE II IN AEDIBVS . F . || MINITII CALVI ||
ANNO . M.D.XXIII II MENSE NOVEMBRI. ||
*^* Sm. 4to, title one leaf + three preliminary leaves +^/,f^»
unnumbered leaves ; text in Roman characters. (The signa-
ture Dii is wrongly marked E 2.)
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
In this edition, the date, "Vallifoleti die XXIIII
Octobris M.D.XXII," is omitted altogether.
Direct riftrences:
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part vi, No. 2331, and Part vii, No. 4123.
Bibliotheca Broioniana, page 12, No, 37.
Ternaux, No 29.
Brunet, Vol. Ill, col. 1549.
Graesse, Vol. IV, pp. 451-a.
V.
23a
Bibliotheca Americana.
'
'
I C24. 124. MAXIMILIAN OF TRANSTLI^ANIA-lFilbiH a highly
„_ ornamented border :
Maximiliani Tranfyluani Cjcfaris || a fe-
cretis Epiftola, de admirabili || & nouiflima
Hifpanoru in Orien || tern nauigatione, qua
uariae, & nul II li prius accefTae Regiones inu-
etaellfunt, cum iplis etia Moluccis infu||lis
beatiflimis, optimo Aromatu || genere refer-
tis. Inauditi quoq. in||cola^ mores expo-
nuntur, ac mul || ta quae Herodotus, Plinius,
Soli/||nus atque alii tradiderunt, fabulo||fa
efTe arguunt. Contra nonnulla || ibide ||
uera, uix tamen credibilia ex |1 plicant.
quibufcum hiftoriis Infu || laribus ambitus
defcribit alterius || Hemifphaerii, qua ad
nos tandem || hifpani redierunt incolumes. |1
ROMA
Colophon :
ROMAE IN iEDIBVS II F. MINITII CALVI II ANNO
M.DXXIIII. II MENSE || FEB. ||
*^* Sm. 4to, title one leaf + three preliminary leaves -^fourteen
unnumbered leaves ; text in Roman characters.
(Private Library, New York.)
The present is a literal copy of the above No. 123,
as far as signature B ii, which, in this copy, ends with
" inuenerint," instead of " qua." The signature D ii
is correctly given.
Direct Tcftrtnct s Rein* (of Milan) Catalogue, Paris, 1834-40.
ii ■•
Bibliotheca Americana. 233
125. CO/J TBS (FERNANDO)- Within a double border :
(Cortefii tie |lmia maris ©ccau' l^g || fpania |lar=
ratio ^acratiffimo. ac Jnuictiffi- 1| iik. C-^rolo
Romanoru Imperatori femper Augullo,
Hyfpa II niarii, & c Regi Anno Domini.
M.D.XX. tranfmifTa : || In qua Continen-
tur Plurima fcitu, & admiratione |] digna
circa egregias earu puintiaru Vrbes, In- ||
colaru mores, pueroru Sacrificia, & Reli-
giofas II perfonas, PotifTimucj de Celebri
Ciuitate || Temixtitan Variifcp illi9 mari-
bilib9, qu^ || legete mirifice deledabut. || p
Dodore || Petru faguorgnanu \_sic\ Foro
lulienfe || Reuen. D. loan, de Reuelles ||
Epifco. Vienefis Sacretariu || ex Hyfpano
Idi II ornate in latiijnu verfa||ANNO Dni.
M.D.XXIIII. KL. Martii : || Cum gratia,
& Priuilegio. [j
Colophon :
C Explicit fecunda Ferdinandi Cortefii
Narratio per Doc || torem Petrum Sauor-
gnanum Foro lulienfem ex Hy- 1| fpano
Idiomate in latinum Conuerfa. Im- ||
prefla in Celebri Ciuitate Norimberga. ||
Couentui Imperiali pr^fidente Sere- || nif-
fimo Ferdinando Hyfpaniaru Infate, &
30
1524-
k
t
134 Bibliotheca Americana.
1524. Archiduce Auftriae || Sac : Ro. Imp: Lo-
cut. II Generali II Anno. Dfii M.D.XXIIII :
Quar. No. Mar. || Per Fridericum Peypus.||
Arthimefius.il*
Recto of the fifty-fifth leaf:
De Rebus, et Infulis nouiter Repertis ||
a Serenifs. Carolo Imperatore || Et Variis
earum genti- || um moribus. ||
•^* Folio, four preliminary leaves, including the title, then text
in XLix leaves, followed by Peypus' mark, -\- twelve numbered
leaves for the De Rebus et Insults. Plan of Mexico, on a
large folded leaf, which contains an inscription, in five lines,
below the scale, not to be found in the facsimile published
in the American Bibliographer. Marginal notes in black
letter, text in Roman. (In one of the copies which we
have examined, the verSo of the fourth "preliminary leaf con-
tains, within a medallion, *a large woodcut portrait of Pope
Clement VII, with the scriptural citation : " Super Aspi-
dem' et basiliscum ambulabis.")
(Private Librar., New York, Providence and Washington city.)
Diritt rtftrincti 1
Maittaire, AnnaUs Typogr., Vol. 11, page 651.
Panzer, AnnaUs Typogr., Vol. vii, page 466.
McusiL, Bibliotheca Historica, Vol. in, Part I, page 169.
Ternaux, No. 32 (describes the above as being sine anno autloco).
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 312.
Ebert, Dictionary, No. 5324. '
Bibliolheca TAolliana, Vol. vii, page 105.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part vi. No. 241 j, and Part ix, No. 910.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 166.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 13, No. 42.
Stevens' American Bibliographer, page 86.
Solar Catalogue, No. 2491, with portrait of Clement.
Butsch Catalogue, page 23, No. 344.
* Anglice: The famous narration of Fer-
nando Cortes, concerning New Spain of
the Oceanic Sea, forwarded to the Most
Saired and Invincible Charles, Emperor
ever august of the Romans, King of Spain,
&c., A. D. 1520, containing many things
worthy of being learned and admired, con-
cerning the remarkable cities of those pro-
vinces, customs of the inhabitants, sacrifices
of children, and on the subject of religious
persons, especially on the city of Temix-
titan and its various wonders, which will
delight the reader in a wonderful manner j
translated from the Spanish language into
Bibliotheca Americana.
^3S
126. CORTES {FERNANDO)— Within a frame and heltw a mt- I 5 24.
dallion containing a most unseemly portrait of Charles V. ^ss-Ba-Baa
Certta fixWxM. Car- n
tefil ^ac. (ttacfar. ct (ttati). IHaicfta. || IN NO-
VA MARIS OCEANI HYSPANIA
GENE- II ralis praefedi pclara Narratio, In
qua Celebris Ciuitatis Temix || titan ex-
pugnatio, aliarucp Prouintiaru, qu^ defe-
cerant recupe- || ratio continetur, In quaru
expugnatione, recuperationecj Praefe||d:us,
una cum Hyfpanis Vidorias ceterna me-
moria dignas con || fequutus eft, pr^terea In
ea Mare del Sur Cortefium detexifle re- ||
cefet, quod nos Auftrale Indicu Pelagus
putam9, & alias innume || ras Prouintias
Aurifodinis, Vnionibus, Variifcj Gemma-
rum II generibus refertas, Et poftremo illis
innotuifTe in eis quoc^ Aro- || matac \sic\
ontineri, Per Dodore Petrum Sauorgnanu
Foroiulienfem || Reuefi. in Chrifto patris
dili lo. de Reuelles Epifcopi Vienenlis ||
Secretarium Ex Hyfpano ydiomate In
Latinum Verfa. II
Latin, by Dr. Peter Saguorgnano (tiV) of nando Cortes, translated from the Spanish
Forli, Secretary to the Reverend D. John into Latin by Dr. Peter Savorgnano of
dcRevelles, Bishop of Vienna, A. D. 1524, Forli. Printed in the famous city of
March 1st. With permission and privilege. Nuremberg, while the most Serene Ferdi-
Here ends the Second Relation of Fer- nand, Infant of Spain, and Archduke of
236 Bibliotheca Americana.
1524. Colophon:
— ~=™^ Impreflum In Imperiali || Ciuitate Nor-
imberga, || Per Difcretum, & proui || dum
Virum Fcedericu || Arthemefium Ciuem ||
ibidem, Anno Vir- || ginci partus Mil || le-
fimoquingente |1 fimo vigefimo || quarto. 1|*
Recto of leaf I:
^ De Rebus et Infulis nouiter Reper-
tis II a Serenifs. Carolo Imperatore, Et
Variis earum genti- || um moribus. ||
(Inserted in the place ofthe lost First Narration.)
*^* Folio, four preliminary unnumbered leaves, -f fifty-one num-
I bcred leaves + one leaf of errata. Text in Roman, with
marginal notes in Gothic. Imperial arms on reverse of the
title.
(Private Libr., New York, Providence and Waihington city.)
First edition of Savorgnanus' Latin Version of
Cortes' Second and Third Letters.
" Mr. Heber had written the following note in his Catalogue :
' In the " Novus Orbis" compiled by Grynieus from the papers
of Huttichius, and published for the fourth time at Basil by Her-
vagius, in 1555, Fol., these second and third letters of Cortes, as
Austria, Lieutenant General of the Holy
Roman Empire, was president of the Im-
perial Council, A. D. March 4th, 1524,
By Frederick Peypus Arthimesius.
* Anglici : The third Naartion of Fer-
nando Cortes, of His Sacred Imperial and
Catholic Majesty in New Spain of the
Oceanic sea; containing the conquest of
the celebrated city of Temixtitan, and the
recovery of other provinces which had
been lost; in the conquest and recovery of
which the Governor and Spaniards gained
victories worthy of being remembered ;
besides which is related how Cortei dis-
covered the South Sea, which we consider
the Southern Indian Ocean, and innumer-
able other provinces abounding in gold
mines, pearls and various kinds of pre-
cious stones, and whereby it was made
known that they also contain spir?*
Translated from the Spanish in'.o Latin,
by Dr. Peter Savorgnano of f'orli. Secre-
tary to the Reverend Father in Christ,
Lord John de Revelles, Bishop of Vienna.
Printed in the Imperial City of Nuremberg,
by the discreet and provident man Fred-
erick Arthemisius, citizen of the said city,
the year of the Virgin's parturition 1 514.
Bibliotheca Americana.
m
trinsUtcd by Savorgnanus, are faithfully inserted, but are not to be
found in the preceding editions. The dedication, however, to Cle-
ment VII. prefixed to the version of the former relation (dated from
Nuremberg, Id. Feb. 1524) is omitted, and so is the Carmen ad
Lectorem, in fourteen Latin elegiacs. This is the more remarkable,
as the corresponding introduction and verses at the commencement of
xhs succeeding TcUuon, ixt carefully preserved. In this copy on the
verso of A iv. after « Argumentum Libri,' is a fine woodcut portrait
of Clement VII. not in the Hcber copy»"' .
1524.
Dirict nfirineti i
TlRNAUX, No. JJ.
Orunit, Vol. II, col. 3 IX.
Bihiioiheca Grenvilliana, page 167.
Bihiiolheca Broivniana, page I J, No. 41.
Bihliothtca Barlotviana, page 13.
Slivtiti' /Imtrican Bibliographir, page 87
127. APIANUS (PETER)— Surmounting a globe :
COSMOGRA
themiitici ftttili0fe r0lkctttsi»
Colophon on page 104 :
H IBxcufum EanDfljutae Cgpis ac formuHia || 29.
JoanniiS Sil^esffenturgetES : impnififEt H i^etri Hpiani.
anno <ffi)rifti S)al- II tiatori« omnium ittiUcfimo 1 1|
quingentcfimo i bicefimo- 1| quarto i MtwU Ja- II nu :
W^tU 3a II turnt tiomi- 1| ciltum || poffiDente. ||
*^* 4to, Title one leaf + five preliminary leaves unnumbered (in
some copies these are inserted at the end of the work) + o"c
hundred and three numbered pages. On the verso of the
title, the arms of the Cardinal, Abp. of Saltzburg; on page z,
a globe with the word AMERI on an island; revolving dia-
grams on pages 17, 22 and 63, the latter containing the word
AMERICA.
(Private Librar., New York and Brooklyn.)
23 ^ 6ibliotheca Americana.
I C24-* On page 69, the fourth chapter begins with these words :
''=" America : quae nunc <!luarta parst XtxxRt tiici ||
tut I at) Emevico Sftefpucio eiufuS inuhote nomen
fortita eft. il lEt non immerito : quoniam mari bntii-
g> elautritur Jnfula ap || pellatur.*
Peter Bienevitz or Apianus was born at Leissnig in
Saxony, in 1495'. He died at Ingolstadt, where he held
a professorship in the University for more than thirty
years, in 1551 (Jocher^), or in 1552 {Vossius^). Accord-
• ing to Melchior Adam*, not only Apianus' dedication
of the present work to Charles V was rewarded with
the order of Knighthood, but he received in addition
three thousand golden crowns. Teissier says of him' :
" II s'adonna a l' Imprimerie [Astrologie ?] et n'eut jamais
d'egal dans I'invention des instrumens d'Astronomie."
He was also the designer of the earliest map which con-
tains the name of " America." (See supra, page 183).
M. D'Avezac remarks'", concerning the woodcuts in-
serted in the Cosmographia (Caps, vii and viii), that:
"La disposition des meridians et des paralleles, comptes de 10 en
10 degres, est representee en une serie de lignes droites equidistantes
pour ceux-ci, et une serie de demi-cercles equidistants pour ceux-!a,
les uns se multipliant jusqu'au nombre de 36 (ce qui fait 360 degres),
et les autres s'allongeant a proportion, afin de remplir dans toute sa
largeur la figure de I'orbe terrestre entier, developpe en ovale dont le
plus grand diametre coincide avec I'equateur du globe. C'etait I'es-
quisse rudimentaire d'une projection nouvelle qui. d'abord risquee
dans ses proportions exigues. devait engendrer a vingt ans d'intervalle,
la grande et remarquable mappemonde de Sebastien Cabot', ou comme
dans les specimens d'Apianus, I'echelle des longitudes est expresse-
■* AngUci_! America, which is now
called the fourth part of the world, took
its name from Americus Vespuccio, who
discovered it ; and is called an island for
the reason that it is surrounded by water.
' Pantalion, ProsopograpAia f Basle,
fol., 1566, Part III, p. 149, cited by Cl£-
MINT, Bibliothique Curieuu, Vol. !, p. 405,
who also quotes :, Albinus Meittniuht
Land und Btrg-Chrtnica} Dresden, fol.,
1589, p. 350; Reusner, Icontt Viror. lit.
iliustr. { Strasburg, 8vo, 1590, p. 17J.
' Atlgem. Gelehrt. Ltxic, Vol. I, p. 465.
* De Mathesi, p. 148.
* yit<t German. Vhilos. ; Frankfurt, 8to,
1663, p. 142, cited by Clement.
* Elogts del Hommei Savant, Vol. I, p. 55.
' Coup d'etil hittorique tur la Projection
det Cartel de Geographie ; Parit, 8to,
1863, pp. SJ-$S.
Bibliotheca Americana.
239
mcnt d'un tiers moindre que celle des latitudes, de peur d'une exten-
sion demesuree du cadre dans le sens d'est en ouest : mais c'etait la
une consideration purement accidentelle, qui ne devait entraver au-
cunement le retour ulterieur a I'uniformite d'echelle. Facile a tracer
ce mode de projection fit fortune, et il se repandit dans toute I'Europe
i la faveur surtout des publications capitales de Sebastien Munster et
d'Abraham Ortelz."
This work has been frequently printed and translated.
We give, infra, editions in Latin of 1529, 1533, 1539,
1540, 1541, 1545* ^SS'^'y ii^ French of 1544, and
in Spanish one of 1548. There are other editions in
Italian and Dutch, but of a later date. The " Cosmo-
graphie ecrite en Alleman," mentioned by Teissier, we
have never seen. It is worthy of remark that Clement
selects from all the editions of Apianus' Cosmographia
that of Antwerp, 4to, 1584, as the "plus ample & la
plus considerable de toutes les editions."
There are several, editions of an abridgment of this
work, made, in all probability, by Apianus himself, and
which repeats verbatim entire passages from the second
part of the original edition. It is frequently mistaken*
for Waltzmuller's Cosmographia Introductio [supra Nos.
44-47). We have before us the editions of Ingolstadt,
i2mo, M.D.XXIX (colophon dated M.D.XXXII).
thirty-one leaves ; Ingolstadt, lamo, M.D.XXIX (colo-
phon dated M.D.XXXII I, Mense lanuario), forty
leaves; Venice, 8vo, MDXXXV, thirty-one leaves;
Venice, 8vo, MDXXXXI [Mensis lulij, ex colophon),
twenty-four leaves.
1524.
Direct reftrtticei i
Panzer, Annales Typogr., Vol. vii, page 134,
Bibliotheca Thottiana, Vol. vii, page 219.
Bibliotheca Barloiviana, page 12.
Bibliotheca Brevoortiana, — .
Aspinwall Catalogue, No. 5.
Ebert, No. 784.
Brunei-, Vol. i, col. 342
Graesse, Vol. I, page 1 59.
'Republished in Jomard, Monumentt ' See Examen Critique, Vol. jv, p. ti^
de la Geographic. See our appendix. and ourselves (supra, p. 62, note 88).
•4
1^
1524.
240 Bibtiotheca Jmericana.
128. BBRGOMAS {J AC. PHIL.)— Above a large woodcut rep-
, resenting St. Michael and the dragon :
SVPPLEMENTVM||SVPPLEMENTI||
mt le crijronicte trel ©enetantio patJte ,lFta-||tc
Sacobo ^tillipo licl ortiine l^etemitaiio || Wwo
auti)ore. ® Igarijato x l^gftoriato. || cum la aiuitta
pet iufiiino. 1524.II
Colophon :
(E FinifTe Supplemento de le Chroniche
Vulgarizato & Hyftoriato con la gion |1 ta
per infino del anno 1524. del mefe di
Octobrio. ImprefTo in Venetia||per loane
Francifcho & loanne Antonio Fratelli di
Rufconi. II Regnante lo Inclyto Principe
Andrer Grid. Nel an- 1| no del Signore.
1524. del mefe di Nouebrio.||
*^* Folio, cccLXvi numbered leaves, many woodcuts.
(British Museum.)
129.
CORTES {FERNANDO)— Within a broad border:
ILa prcclara iBLartatione tri jFertflnan || do
Cortefe della Nuoua Hifpagna del Mare
Oceano, al |1 Sacratiflimo, & Inuidiflimo
Carlo di Romani Imperatore fem || pre
Augufto Re Dhifpagna & cio che fiegue,
nellano del Si||gnore. M.D.XX. trafmefTa:
Nella quale H eotegono mol 1| te cofe degne
di fcienza, 8c ammiratione, circa le cittadi
egregie di quelle Prouincie coftumi dhab-
Bibliotheca Americana.
241
itatori, fa || crifici di Fanciulli, 8c Religiofe 1524.
perfone, Et mafli- 1| mamente della celebre =
citta Temixtitan, & va- 1| rie cofe marauig-
liofe di quella, e quali dilet- 1| teranno mira-
bilmete il lettore per il Dot- 1| tore Pietro
Sauorgnano Foroiulienfe || Del Riuerendo
MefTer Giouani de || Reuelles Vefcouo di
Vienna Se-||cretario dal iddioma Hifpagni||
uolo in lingua latina Con-||uerfa Nel Anno.
M.D.XXIIII. di Primo Mar||zo : Hora
nelleftefToli Millefimo di XVII.Agofto. Voi||
Candidiflimi lettori leggerete con diletta-
tione & piacere || grandiflimo la prefata
Narratione di Fernando Corte fe dalla
Facodia latina al fpledore della lingua vol-
gare p MefTer Nicolo Liburnio co fidelta
& diligeza tradotta al comodo, & fodisfat-
tione de glhonefti & virtuofi ingegni. ||
(ftum gratia r priutlegio.il
Colophon :
(I Stampata in Venetia per Bernardino
de Viano de Lexona Vercellefe. Ad in-
ftancia de Bapti- 1| fta de Pederzani Brixiani.
Anno domi-ljni. M.D.XXIIII. Adi. XX.
Agofto.^
*
* ^n^/rV<; The famous Relation of Fer- the Oceanic Sea, transmitted in the year
nando Cortes, concerning New Spain of A. D. 15 zo, to the most Sacred and In vin-
31
1524.
242 Bibliotheca Americana.
\* 410, seventy-three numbered leaves. On the verso of the last,
a printer's mark representing an elephant. This edition con- ,
tains a large plan of the city of Mexico, with descriptions in
Italian instead of Latin, as in the Peypus Cortes of 1524 (No.
' 125), which was evidently the prototype for the present.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence, and
N. y. Historical Soc. Libr.)
* This Italian version of the second account differs
materially from that which was given by Ramusio'.
Direct references: f Panzer, Annates Tyfogr., Vol. viii, page 486, No. 1248.
Bibliotheca Pinelliana, Vol. iv, page III.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part vi, No. 1002, and part x, No. 848.
Bibliotheca Brotvniana, page 13, No. 39.
Ebert, No. 5325.
Brunet, Vol. ir, col. 312.
Reina, Walckenaer, Potier and Hibbert Catalogues (page 129, No
2264 of the latter).
130. IDEM OPUS— Precisely like the above No. 128, save the
colophon, which is as follows :
Stampata in Venetia per Zuan^ Antonio
de Nico-lllini da Sabio. Ad inftantia de
M. Baptifta || de Pederzani Brixiano. An-
'^O A-/. (British Museum.)
Direct references: ( Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 166.
( Livres Curieux, No. 131.
cible Charles, Emperor ever august of the
Romans, King of Spain, &c. ; containing
many things worthy of being known and
admired, concerning the remarkable cities
of those provinces, customs of the inhabit-
ants, sacrifices of children, and religious
persons, and especially of the celebrated
city of Tcmixtitan, and various wonderful
things in the same, which will delight the
reader in a wonderful manner; translated
from the Spanish into Latin by Dr. Peter
Savorgnano of Forli, Secretary to the
Rev. Master John de Revelles, Bishop of
Vienna, March, 1524: Now, August 17th,
ye most candid readers will peruse with the
greatest delight and pleasure the aforesaid
narrative of Fernando Cortes, translated
faithfully and with diligence from the elo-
quent Latin to the splendid vulgar tongue,
by Master Thomas Liburnio, for the con-
venience and satisfaction of honest and
appreciative minds. With grace and pri-
vilege.
Printed at Venice by Bernardin de Viano
de Lexona, of Vercelli ; at the request of
Baptist de Pederzani of Brescia, August
20th, A. D. 1524.
' Raccolta, Vol. in, pp. 225-304.
' There were several de Sabios who
exercised the art of printing at Venice.
Bibliotheca Americana. 243
I 3 I . FRANCIS— Recto of the first leaf:
^ DE ORBIS II SITV AC DESCRIPTIONE,
AD RE II uerendijs. D. archiepifcopum Panormitattum, \\
Francisjci, Monachi ordinis Fr^cifcani, epijlola Jane qu&
luculenta. In qua || Ptolemai, deterorumq ; Jupe || riorU
geographorum hal\\lucinatio re/el/itur. \\ aliaq ; praterea\\
de recens \\ inuen \\ tis \\ t err is, mari, injulis. Deditio papa
loannis Dejitu \\ Paradijii, ^ dimenftone miliar urn ad pro ||
pdrtioni graduum cceli, praclara || ^ memoratu digna recen \\
Jentur \\
Colophon :
EXCVDEBAT MARTINVS CAE- || far, expenfis honefti viri
Rolandi Bollaert, com- 1| morantis Antuerpiae iuxta portam Ca-||mere
Cub interfignio maio- 11 ris falconis albi. ||*
1524.
*^* izmo, title one leaf-f- fourteen unnumbered leaves; on the
verso of the last a printer's mark, with the motto : SOLA
FIDES SVFFICIT. On the verso of the title-page, a
mappemund, inscribed : Hoc orbis Hemispharium cedit regi
Lusitatiia. On the recto of the following leaf, another map-
pemund or hemisphere, bearing this inscription : Hoc orbis
Hemispheerium cedit regi Hispanite, and the word AMERICA
on the southern part of the continent.
(Private Library, New York.)
We have been wholly unable to find any biographical
details concerning the author of this curious work.
Stephanus, in partnership with his brothers,
printed from 1524 to 1536. Peter de
Nicolinis de Sabio, from 1526 to 15361
Sebastian in 1534, and Nicolo di Nicolini
in 1535 > but we find no mention in Pan-
zer of a John or of an Anthony of that
name. These researches were necessary
to unravel the meaning of the mysterious
D at the end of the colophon.
* AngUcc : A very exquisite letter from
Francis, a monk of the Franciscan order,
to the most Reverend Archbishop of Paler-
mo, touching the site and description of
the globe. Wherein the delusions of Ptol-
emy and of other geographers are dispelled.
Also, concerning the newly discovered
lands, seas and islands. Dedicated to Pope
John [?t], touching the site of Para-
dise and the measurement of distances
t Julius (ie Medicis, under the name of Clement
Vll, was pope from 1515 to 15J4, while his two
immediate predecessors were Adrian VI and Leo X.
The latter was named John (de Medicis), but to
consider him as the pope mentioned hrreln. would
carry the date of the work to 1 51 J, which is an
impossibility, as it mentions Cortes and Magellan.
Is it not rather" Presbyter John" who is intended,
while dtdltart must be taken in the sense of an
assertion t
244
Bibliotheca Americana.
1524. The only notice we could discover is the following,
which we copy from Valerius Andre, Andreas, Desse-
lius or Taxander' :
" Fraiiciscus Monachus, & familiie nomine & professione, Machli-
niensis, ord. Minorum."
Fabricius, Saxius and Jocher mention several monks
of the name of Franciscus belonging to the Franciscan
order, but the references are not sufficiently definite to
authorize us to ascribe the present work to any of them.
Those of our readers who have access to J. F. of St.
Anthony's Supplement to Wadding's Scriptores ordinis
Minorum^ may be more successful. The archbishop
mentioned on the title-page was the well-known Jehan
de Carondelet', born at Dole in 1469, the friend of
Charles V and of Erasmus*, and who, after holding the
high position of Primate of Sicily, died at Malines in
1 544'. Laire considers* this Carondelet as the author,
while he was only the recipient of the epistle in its
original form'. As to the work mentioned by this
painstaking but unreliable^ bibliographer, it is only a
later edition of the work before us, mentioned also by
Valerius Andreas.
The only reference approaching a description of the
according to the proportion of the celestial
degrees, remarkable and worthy of being
examined.
Printed by Martin Lempereur, at the
expense of the Honorable Roland Bollaert,
residing at Antwerp, near the arched
gate [ ? ], at the sign of the large white
falcon.
' Bibliotheca Belgica, 4to, 1643, p. 234.
' Bibliotheca universa franciu. ; Mad-
rid, fol., l75i-33-
• See the heading of the epistle on the
recto of the first leaf.
• Erasmus' edition of St. Hiliarius (Z.u-
cubrationes; Basle, fol., 1 523) is dedicated
to Carondelet.
• FoppENS, Bibl. Belgica, Vol. 11, p. 605.
* " Suivant le P. Laire, on a imprime a
Anvers en 1565, in-8°, un ouvrage de lui
[Carondelet] intitule Je orbis situ. Le
P. Laire assure avoir vu un exemplaire de
cet ouvrage dans la Bibliotheque du Vati-
can. Nous ne connaissons aucun autre
bibliographe qui en fasse mention." {Bio-
graphic Universelle, Vol. VII, p. 31.) The
edition mentioned by Laire is lamo,
printed by Withagius, and numbers nine-
teen leaves. There is a copy of it in a
private library in Providence. See Bib-
liotheca Browniana, p. 40, No. 145.
' See AuDiFFREUi, Lettcre tipografiche ;
Rome, 8vo, 1778.
' Bibliotheca Classica s. catalogut offici-
nalis; Francft., 410. 161 1, p. 760.
Bibliotheca Americana.
H^
present number, is a short mention in Draudius^ that 1 5 24.
" Catalogue assez mal digere des foires de Francfort," -— s-s-s-
as Baillet' calls the Bibliotheca Classica.
Dirtct rtftrenct ! Siilhtieca Barlowiana, fige lo.
132. jIRIAS (PETER)— " hcttere di Pietro Arias 1 525.
Capitano generale, della conquista del paefe del Mar =b— --— -
Occeano Scripte alia Maefta Cefarea dalla Cipta di
Panama delle cofe ultimamente fcoperte nel Mar Meri-
diano dedto el Mar Sur. MDXXV. fig. e. b. au titre.
i6mo. s. 1. 1525. (En vers.)
" Entre autres il s'agit dans cette lettre du depart de
Pizarro pour la decouverte du Perou en 1525."
(Asher's Catalogue, 1865.)
Pedro Arias de Avila, usually called Pedrarias, was the
energetic, yet pusillanimous and malignant governor of
Darien, who founded Panama, first extended the Spanish
rule over Nicaragua and Costa-Rica, put Balboa to
death, and brought Pizarro into notice. The above
poem or epistle refers, we imagine, to the filibustering
expedition of Diego de Almagro, Hernando de Luque
and Francisco Pizarro, which sailed from Panama in
the middle of November' or on the 14th* of November,
1524, or in 1525',
i
' Jugtmtns des Savons, Vol. ir, p. 14.
Valerius Andreas {/oc. cit.) ascribes to
our Franciscus a work which we suppose,
from the title, to have some bearing on
the subject before us :
" Regiones quaqut SeptentrionaUs in tabula
compiciendas dedit. Antvtr. apud Sylves-
trum a Parisiis."
' HtRRERA, Decad. in, Libr. vi, cap.
XIII, p. 200.
* Xeres, Conquista del Peru, in Barcia's
Historiadores primitivos. Vol. ni, p. 179.
• C1E9A DE Leon, Primera parte de la
chronica del Peru; Seville, fol., 1553;
Antwerp, 8vo, 1554.
— Garcilasso de la Vega, la His-
toria general del Peru f Lisbon, 2 vols.,
fol,, first vol., 1 609 (colophon dated 1 608 ) ;
second vol., 1616 and 1617; Madrid, x
vols., fol., 1722-23 (best edit.)
I !
^i
246 Bibliothica Americana.
1^25. 133* FRIES (LAURENT)— Recto of the first leaf:
ctrtlieii dker g^nrtliii 9Rarina||^ariit mon fefen 01119 1 i«a
finer in ber ivelt fetimnb tna ein ietliif || Sunk 1 fi^ajftr
nnb Stat gelegS ifi. ^ae al@ in be trnftin jefinbt ||
Colophon :
^tixvitii )fl Straflinrg tiiin || ^o^anneg ^rieningen
bnb II boKenbet bjf bnfer Sie- 1| ben frainen abent ber ||
gebnrt. ^m. ^nr II 1. 5. 2. 5. H''
*^* Folio, title one leaf ■\- thirty-three numbered leaves + two
large maps, one of which gives Cadamosto's first voyage.
(Private Librar., New York and Washington city.)
See the verso of the last leaf for the chapter :
Son 9lmeriea ein tet)( banonliie befdiriben.
We have mislaid our memorandum, and cannot state
our authority for ascribing the above to the Lorenz
Fries, whom we suppose to be the one described by
Jocher' in these words :
" Gebohren zu Mergentheim in Franken 1491, war wiirtzburgischer
Rath und Archivarius, applicirte sich sonderlich auf die wiirtzbur-
gischen Geschichte wurde seiner Geschiciclichkeit und Wohlreden-
heit halber in wichtigen GesandtchafFten an die Kayser Carl V und
Ferdinand I gebraucht, war ein grosser Befordercr der Gelehrten."
* yinglici : Explanation of the map of Printed at Strasburg by John Grieninger,
the World, or Naval Chart, wherein one and finished on the evening of the birth of
may see where he is, and where several our Dear Virgin, in the year 15x5.
countries, seas and cities are situated. All ^ Allgtmeines Gtlthrt. Ltxic, Vol. 11,
of which will be f?und in this bf>ok. p. 765.
.^^ ^^^
Bibliotheca Americana. 247
134. PIGAFETTA (F. A.)— Redo of the first leaf:
fi mx^n^ a na- ii XZ
\t^ IBfpaignoI^ edlljfleis tie moHucqueis. treis ineis
qutUllont ttouue autiict borage 1 ties Mos^llliiceKegi
De leut gouuecnement r mait-||iece ti uiureiabec
plufieutis au(trei9llct)ofejE(.||
4b Cnm |lrimle0t0 h
([ <!^n les benir a i9att» at la maifon )ie||3tmon
De (t^\xm% I libraite iure tie lu || niuerfite tie i^atist i
oemourdten la ruell^ainct Je1)antiel3eauluat0i
a lenfei- II gne tiu ^oleil Bor. ||
Recto of leaf 2 .-
d He boMge r nauigation aujc bleis tie || iHol-
lurqueitiefcrit r faict tie noble || i)omme ^nttoine
pigopijetta bin= II rftin i (ttijeualier tie Mi)Oties i pre=
fentee a iii)Uippe tie btlHers Ufle atiam || grant
maiftre tie M1)otie!9. commeee II letiict bogage Ian
mil cinq cenis tiix- 1| neuf et tie retour Ittil. ceccc.xxii.
le II 1)U9tirme iout tie ^eptembre. II
End of the text :
LIBntiemain 1 Hnt1)oine pigopt^tta || alia a baltioli i
ou eftoit leperenr II attatles. i5t ne lug pres
fenta or i argent i ne II cfiofe precieufe tiigne tiung fi
granti fei- II gneur i mai^ ung liure efeript tielamain 1 1|
ou eftaient les etofess paffees i tie iour en || iour tie
leur borage. lEt tie la fe partit a II aller en iPor=
tugal au ros Joan i et lug tiift II less et)ofe^ que
1525-
■V ^
248 Bibliotheca Americana.
1525. auoient beuitftt lieia 3Efpal II gnolt que Hejt ftensj.
— ^uist pat ffifpalgne 11 blent en jFtancc 1 et prefenva
et telft auctin || Iron ^t^ ctofest te lautre |ljemi«=
pl)ere a la || mete tru JEtest ci)teftlen tog lie 4f face
name iLiftancolfii I maUame la tegente. ^uls iiintjl
en ILltalle 1 r ptefenta le Uute Ue fa fatlpe ij a ^i)il=
Ippes He bllliets 1 gtanli lillalftte ^t II M1)olie». y
([ art) finit lexttait tiutiict Uute 1 II U'anflate ije
Jtalien en !i if tanccifit. ||
*^* Small 8vo, sine anno (but not much earlier ilian 1525, as Piga-
fetta was not made a knight of Rhodes until October, 1524) ;
seventy-six numbered leaves, + four unnumbered leaves con-
taining, besides the table of contents, short vocabularies of
the language of the " isle de Bresil, More de Tadore," and of
the giants of Patagonia. Text in black letter, marginal notes
and last four leaves in Roman characters.
(Private Library, Providence.)
Francisco-Antonio, or Jerome' Pigafetta, or Paga-
pheta, an Italian nobleman, who was born at Vicenza
towards tiie year 1491*. He belonged to the suite of
the embassador (Francesco Chiericato), whom Leo X
sent in 1510 to Charles V', then at Barcelona. He soon
afterwards became the companion and friend of Magel-
lan, whom he accompanied in his famous voyage around
the world on board the Victoria. He was one of the
sixteen who survived* the hardships of the voyage.
•(See supra, page 228.) He died at Vicenza towards the
year 1534, in a house which was still standing in 1800,
" Rue de la Lune\" and which bore the well-known
motto: IL NEST . ROSE . SANS . ESPINE.
' p. Jovins, Hitloria sui temporit {ab * See his own dedication to Villiers de
anno 1494 ad ann. 1547); Florence, i I'lsle-Adam, in Amoretti's edition,
vols., fol., 1550-52; lib. xxxiv. * Piter Martyr, Ofus epist., efist, 767
' Marzari, Storia di Vicenza ; Venice, and 770.
4to, 1 591 ; aW anno, 1480 (cited by • Amoretti's valuable introduction to
Amoretti, introd., p. xxxi). the French translation, p. xxxv, note.
Bibliotheca Americana.
149
The bibliographical history of his account of that 1525.
memorable undertaking seems to be as follows :
Whilst at sea, Pigafetta kept a diary, a copy of which
he afterwards presented to Charles V, of Spain, at Val-
ladolid. On his return to Italy, by means of the
original of that journal, and other notes, and at the
request of Pope Clement VIP, and of the Great-Master
Villiers de I'lsle Adam, Pigafetta wrote a fuller account
of the expedition. Of this he made a few copies, which
were presented to several high personages, one of whom
was Louise de Savoy, mother to Francis I of France.
Louise not being able to understand, we imagine, the
kind of patois used by Pigafetta, and which resembles
a mixture of Italian or Venitian and Spanish, requested
one Jacques Antoine Fabre'^ to translate the work into
French. Instead of giving a literal version, Fabre only
published a kind of abridgment, which is the above
No. 134. It should be stated, however, that some critics^
believe that the work was originally written in French:
an opinion which seems to be based upon two manu-
scripts, which are still in existence (perhaps the same
described twice). Both are on vellum, illuminated, and
in the French language.
The first is mentioned in the La Valliere Catalogue'
as follows :
" Navigation & discourement de la Indie fuperieure^
faicte par moi Anthoine Pigaphete Fincentin, Chevalier de
Rhodes [contains also the treatise on the Sphere]. Folio,
\02feuillets."
The other manuscript was sold at one of the Libri
sales, and is described' in these words :
" PIGAPHETE {Anthoine) . Navigation et descouure-
' Du Verdier, Bibliothiques francohes,
p. 133, erroneously says : "par translateur
incertain."
' Thomassy, in the Paris Bulletin de
la Hociite de Giografhie tor September,
1843. Alcido, on the other hand, states
that the original account, " a Tarios Prin-
cipes," was " en Italiano, EspaAol jr
Portuguese." — Bibtioleca Americana, MS.,
Vii. 11, p. 669.
" Part I, Vol. Ill, No. 4537-
' Catalogue, for i86z, Xo. 1 1 39.
32
250
Bibtiotheca Americana.
!i'
M
1525. menl de la Inde superieure et ties Malucque [sic) ou nais-
i^—sss!— sent les cloux de Girofle^ faicte pur Anthoine Pigaphete
Vincentin chevallier de Rhodes. Commenceant en fan Mil
y" et fjifi (1519). Manuscrit du Xf^I' sihle sur v'elin,
petit in-folio."
This description is followed by an interesting note,
from which we copy the following:
" Le manuscrit que nous decrivons ici (ontieni cettt relation origi-
nale qu'on nlppouiit perdue. Kile est en tran^ais, car Pigatetta avait dii
employer cctte langue en s'adressant au grand-maitre de Rhodes, qui
etait tran9ais. On lit en cfFet, au bas du titre cette adresse, • An-
thoyne Pigaphete Patricie Vincentin et Chevallier de Rhodes, a
• riilustrissime ct tres-excclicnt Seigneur Philippe de Villers L'lleadam,
indite grand-maistre de Rhodes, son seigneur osseruatissime.'
"Cctte adresse, rcmplie d'italianismes, ainsi que tout le rcste de
I'ouvrage, offre une preuve de plus de I'originalito de cette redaction
ecrite en fran^ais par un italien.
" En comparant ce manuscrit avec la relation publice par Amoretti,
on s'aperi^oit que cette relation n'est qu'un extrait et une paraphrase,
souvcnt fort defigurce, du texte fran9ais. Les deux relations se suivcnt
de prcs, mais dans notre manuscrit il y a plus de choses. Elles sont
mieux dites et les noms sont ecrits bicn plus exactemcnt que dans la
relation publiee par Amoretti. Cela est surtout frappant dans les
vocabulaires des langues de I'Oceanie, etc., que donne Pigafetta et
que Pabreviateur italien a souvent bouleverses."
Be that as it may, Fabre's abridgment was translated
into Italian by some unknown translator, and published
probably at Venice in 1534 [infra), and republished in
1536 {infra). Ramusio's version'" is only a plagiarism
from the latter, and not a direct translation from Fabre.
As Fabre's garbled version is scarcely intelligible, and
was the only account known during the last two cen-
turies, we easily understand the innuendoes lavished by
Ramusio'", Tiraboschi" and De Pauw", who do not
spare their epithets when speaking of Pigafetta's f^iaggio.
•• Raccolta, Vol. l, p. 346, tq.
" Sloria d. Lett. Italiana, V. VII, p. 160.
" Rechtrchet tur lei Amiricaint, Vol. I,
p. 289.
J, m
-^i If m lemMfw^tm'Mi
Bibliotheca Americana.
251
Judging from certain manuscript notes, preserved in the 15^5*
Ste. Genevieve Library, their opinion is not without aiHHBHH
foundation."
A very early transcript made, as is supposed, from
one of Pigafetta's original copies, if not fron an Italian
translation of the latter, was discovered in the Ambro-
sian Library at the beginning of the present century by
one of the librarians, the learned Carlo Amoretti, who
put the text into good Italian, published it in i8oo'*,
and soon afterwards in French". Pinkerton"' gave an
English, and Sprengel'^ and Kries*" German versions
of Amoretti's original publication.
The Novus Orbis of 1555"', and Eden", give only a
version of the present No. 134.
Dirtct rtftrtncti i
Antonio, Biblhthtca Hiifjn. Nova, Vol. Ii, page 376.
Maittairi, ^nitu/ei Tyfogr., Vol. II, page 773, nmt.
Panzer, Wnno/fj Tyf>o^r., V'ol. viil, page 217,
McusEL, Bihiiollieca llitlorka. Vol. Ill, Pt. 11, page 114.
Dts Brosses, Njiiigalictii aux lerrei /luslralet, Vol. i, page 1 21.
Bibliotheca Braiuniana, page 14, No. 45.
Ebkrt, No. 1 68 1 4.
Ternaux, No. 31.
Brunit, Vol. IV, col. 650.
Graessi, Vol. V, page 289.
>' " L'uii cics aslroiiomci Ics plus savariti ilu dix-
huilicmf sicdc crut devoir soumctirc Ic ricit du
vny;igcur iulirii a uii exameii miiiutieuXf et il
l>r(nive, dans des observations dcmeurcrs matm-
icritcs, que Pigaletta confciidit au relour, de la
I'a^oti la plus ^iraitgc, plusieurs positions dc terrcs,
aujourd'hui bien coiinues. Voy. Ruhtrihti giag-
rafhiifuii sur I'etal ct la position des licux ou I'on
pourra observer le passage de Venus avcc plus
d'avantage, p. )oi parmi les MS.S. de la Hiblioih.
Ste. Genevieve." Ukm.s, art. Magtlhn^ Nouv.
Biigr. giniratt^ Vol. X.XXII, p. 6So, note.
Prima yiaggiu into) no al Globo Ttr-
racquto ossia ragguaglio della Navigazione
allt Indie Orienta/i fer la "via ifOcciJenle
fatia Jul Cavaliere Antonio Pigafetta Pa-
trizio yicentino, Sulla SquaJra del Capit.
Miigaglianet negli anni I 519-- 1 522 Ora
fuhblicato per la prima volta. Iratto da un
Codice MS. della Biblioteca Ambrosiana di
Milano e corredato di note Da Carlo Amo-
retti Dotlore del Collegia Ambrosiano. Con
un Transunio del Trattato di Navigazione
delh ileiio Autort.
•r In Milano MDCCC.
'■%* Large 410, pp. 237 j four maps
(iheie are twenty-one in the original; see
Amoretti's Introduction, p. xi.IIl).
'» Paris, Svo, Tan IX [of the French
Republic, ;'. *., iSoi].
" Collectiin of Voyages i London, 410,
1819, Vol. I, pp. 188-381.
" Beytragen, Vol. iv, pp. 1-155. (We
are unablt to state whether it is in the first
Sfries, published in conjunction with J. R.
KiiRSTER, his father-in law, Leipzig, 14
Vols., 8vo, 1781-90, or in the second
scries, published by Sprenoel alone, Halle,
13 vols., 8v<i, 1790-94.)
'" Beschreihung der von Magellan unter-
nommenen eriien /(else urn die tPelt f Gotha,
8vo, 1 80 1, 3 maps.
" P.iges 524-538.
'° History of Travayle; London, 410,
1577, fol. 430.
.»i.
1 /. ii^vju
'■ t
I
i!
Ill
1525-
25a
Bibliotheca Americana.
13^. CORTES {FERNANDO)— mthin a border, and under the
, double-headed eagle coat-of-arms :
Ea quarta rclacion q jFernatio cortrs goucrll
natJor g capitan general pnr fu majeftati enlall
nueua iSfpana Ul mar oreano emi)io al mujj || alto
r muj) potentimmo inuicfimiiio fenor II tion iarlog
emperatror femper augufto sllrei) :»e iSfpana nueftro
fefiior: enla qual eftan || otras cartas 0 relaciones
que los rapitanes IllJctiro Ire aluaratro r ©iego
SoTio)) ettttia || ron al tJicijo capitati jFernartio M
cortes. II
Colophon :
jFue impressa la prefente carta Ije relacionll
enla imperial rhitiatr tie ColeJjo por (Caspar tie
auila.llHcaijose a bcimtctiias trcl mes tie(Detui)re.||
afio tiel nafrimiento tie nueftvo falua-IIUor Jefu
ci)rifto tre mil r quinieu || tos r begnte g cineo ||
anos^t.ll^ll
*^* Folio, twenty-one unnumbered leaves, including the title,
on the verso of which the text begins. Signatures a in six, b
and c in eights, including the blank at the end.
{ D. ) (Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
This first edition of the Fourth Narration relates from
May 15th, 1522, to October 15th, 1524. The last
sixteen pages contain Alvarado's and Godoy's reports
to Cortes.
Birect references! f Panzer, Annalei Typcgr., V^ol. x, page 2g, No. 6. b.
BiHiollieca Hehtriana, Part vii, No. 1884.
Bibli-^lheca GrtriTilliana, page 166.
B'diliotheca Biotvniana, page 14, No. 44.
Sie-vens' j^merican Bibliographer, page 85.
Ternaux, No. 34.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 311.
* Anglice ! The fourth relation which Generr. tor His Majesty in New Spain of
Fernanda Cortes, Governor and Captain- the Oceanic Sea, sent to the very high
ri
^.
Bibliotheca Americana. 253
130. " CLAVDii PTOLEMAEi Gcographicac ennara- 1525*
tionis Libri odlo Bilibaldo Pirckeymero interprete. —
Annotationes Joannis de Regiomonte in errores com-
miflbs a Jacobo Angelo in tranflatione fua. In fine :
Argent or agi {sic) Johannes Grieningerus, communions Jo-
hannis Koberger impenfis excudebat Anno a Chrifti Nativi-
tate. M.DXXV. Tertio Kal' Apriles. fol.'" (82 gez. u.
14 ungez. BU. m. 50 Tabulae geographicae in Holzchn.')
" Containing a map of part of America, dated 1522'."
I
137, rARTHEMA-DI AS-- Above a large vignette:
Jtiiierario tie Hutiouicoiliic iJtlartijcma liolognefe
ttcHo iEsijtto, nrUa S>u || ria, ncUa Gratia trcfma,
r jFelicc,neUa lletfia rllncUa Jtttiia,r ndla 35ti)i>
opia. Ea fetic, el biuere, r coftumi ijellc prefate
^rouincie. C iSt al prcfcute || agioiitoui alcunc
Jfole ttouamente rittouate.
Colophon :
C ImprefTo in Venetia Nellano della
In II carnatione del noftro Signore lefu ||
Chrifto del. M.D.XXVI. Adi. XVI. Aprile.
Regnando Lo Inclito || Principe An/drea
Griti II ^.
*^* Sm. 8vo; title one leaf (printed in red and black) -|- one hun-
dred and one unnumbered leaves, including the index.
(Private Librar., New York and Brooklyn.)
1526.
and mighty King of Spain our Lord ;
in which are other letters and relations
which Captains Peter de Alvarado and
Richard Godoy sent to the said Cap-
tain Fernando Cortes. The present Epis-
tolary Relation was printed in the Im-
perial City of Toledo by Caspar de Avila.
Finished October 20th, A. D. 1525.
' Panzer, Annates Typogr., Vol. vi, p.
107, No. 698.
' HoFrMAN^; Lexicon, Vol. iii, p. 319.
' Aspinwall Catalogue, No. 6. (Three
thousand out of three thousand five hun-
dred volumes, which composed this collec-
tion, were destroyed by fire in New York,
Sept. iSth, 1864.)
li
?T^=T^' ^
m f
m
454 Bibliotheca Americana.
1520. 138. CORTES (FERNANDO)— Within a narrow border, and be-
J— lojff a large escutcheon of Spain, filling one half of the page :
Ea parta relacia que jFernatro corteg go II ucr=
naUor g capita general por fumageftatrllenla nueua
iSfpaiia Uelmar oceano Mo al || mug alto r mug
potentiffimo inuictiffimo || Mor tron ittarlos em=
peratrot femper agufto 5 reg ^fpanailmo fenor,
enla qual eftan otras cartas g relacioneis que-||
log capitancis peTiro tre aluaralio e Btego gotiog
emtia || ron al tiicijo capitan jfernartro cortes. ||
Colophon :
jFue imprenffa la prefente carta trere||lacia Irelas
JntJiaia : enla metropoUtana || ciutrati tiz tlalencia
por (Seor || ge coftilla Ecatose a xii. || tiiass fil tncs
Ue Ju II lio afto iie || mil. tr.xxbj. ^ aftos.t
* *
Folio, twenty-six unnumbered leaves, including the title,
on the verso of which the text begins ; double columns ;
b in eights.
(Providence Private Library. Only copy known.)
Second edition of D (No. 135).
11:
Kv
Dirtct reftrencet : f Bibliotheca Browniana, page 14, No. 47.
< Stevens' American Bibliographer, page 85.
( Br
Srunit, Vol. II, col. 312.
* We find in Graesse (Vol. Iii, p. 93)
on the authority ot'one of the Butsch cata-
logues, " Glareanus, Hen. Loritus — De
peographia liber i. Basil. 1526. in 4°."
This edition ot' 1526 is not mentioned in
any other work, nor have we yet succeeded
in finding it in any collection. The edition
of 1527 {infra) is considered the first;
K.LOSS calls (Catalogue No. 1727) that of
1 528 {infra) " Ed. ii," while the Athenai
Rauricae (p. 251) says of a Franckfort edi-
tion of 1533 "ab ipso auctore tertio recog-
nitus."
f Anglice : The present Epistolary Re-
lation about the Indies was printed in
the metropolitan city of Valencia by
George Costilla, and finished July nth.
1526. The rest as in D.
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139. oyiEDO (G. F. DE)— Under the Imperial coat-of-arms IC26.
with the double-headed eagle, and within a border : _
OlCir^o l»r Id natural l)i)
i0t0rta W la0 ^nt>iad.
c C^n |)rmledt0 b<r la
3. C C |H.
f/W^ /wu //V7^j of the verso of the title-page:
S^Umario Uela natural g general || iftoria irclag
Jntriasi. que efcriuio (©6falo jTemaiief lie
©uiell ....
Colophon :
C m pfente tratatio in || titulatro ©uieTro tit la
natural ijijftoria || B las intJias fe imprimio a coftas
tiel aulltor OTofalo jFemauej Xtt ©uietro al's trell
JKalUes. ^ox intiuftria ire maeftre iie||ma tie
petras : r fe aeato en la ciiitiaH tie || Coletio a. xb.
tiias Hel tnes tie ll^elirero. Iltie. a.SJ.rxbj. afiosj.
^*^ Folio, fifty-two numbered leaves + two unnumbered leaves
for part of the index ; five woodcuts.
(Private Librar., New York, Providence, Washington, and
Harvard Coll. Libr.)
Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes was born
at Madrid, probably in August, 1478', of an aristocratic
family, and at the age of thirteen received ihe appoint-
' The words which we here underscore the original MS. of Oviedo's Balallas y
" aunquc he setenta annos [in 1 548 J, e !os S^uinjuagenas, preserved in the Libr. of the
comfli en el met de agoite," are effaced in Real Acad, de la Historia, in Madrid.
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I C26. merit of wozo de cdmara^ (a kind of page), to Prince
John'. He soon afterwards witnessed at Granada, as
one of the Court, the reception extended to Columbus
by Ferdinand and Isabella on his return in 1493 from
the newly rediscovered worlds After taking a part in
the Italian campaigns', he married, in 1502, Margarita
de Vergara, " una de las mas hermosas mugeres que ovo
en su tiempo en el reino de Toledo'."
In 1 512 he was deputed to act as secretary to Gon-
zalvo de Cordova ; but he soon afterwards determined
to repair to the Indies, for the purpose of retrieving his
fortune^, or for a very different reason, if we are to
believe the statement made by the unreliable De Pauw',
on the authority of the trustworthy Fallopius. He
joined the expedition of Pedrarias Davila, not in the
capacity of " Inspecteur gt leral du Commercel" or of
" Directeur des mines de Saint-Domingue^," but as a
supervisor of gold-smeltings'°; and sailed to the new
World for the first time, from San Lucar de B., April
11th, 1514". He filled abroad several high positions,
such as Governor of the Province of Carthagena, and
First Alderman {Adelante Regidor) of Darien, in con-
junction, as it seems, with his office of supervisor {f^ee-
dor), which he resigned only in I532'S when he was
appointed Chief Chronicler of the Indies {Cronista gen-
eral de Indias). Oviedo resided on this continent up-
wards of thirty-four years', and crossed the Atlantic
not less than twelve times, chiefly on missions to lay
the grievances of the colonies, or his own, before the
Spanish Court. He returned to Spain for the last
fi)
' De Frankenau, i/M/. Hispan., p. 174.
* Baena, Hijos de Madrid f Madrid, 4
v(j1s., 4to, 1789-91. Vol. II, p. 354,
* Oviedo, Historia Gen. y Nat. de In-
i/mi, lib; 1 1, cap. VII, p. 29 (Madrid reprint).
" liluinquagenas, in de los Rios' intro-
duction p. x.X, note.
* " ganoso de reponer su malparada ha-
cienda," DE LOS Rios, lac. cit.
' Rtcli. iur les Amiricains, Vol. I, p. 21.
" Mdreri, Vol. VI, p. 97 of letter O.
" Teknaux, Bihliotheque Amiricaiiie,
N .. 35.
"• " Veedor de las Fundaciones de Oro."
Ov:ed(), Ioc. cit.. Vol. Ill, p. 4,
" De los Rios, Ioc. cit., p. xxii.
" Letter of Oviedo, apud 01 los Rids,
Ioc. cit., p. Lvm, note.
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time in June, 1556, and died in the summer of ICC7, I C26.
at Valladolid. ^
Navarrete", Prescotf* and Mr. Ticknor" have given
an estimate of Oviedo's works and character. The fol-
lowing, from Las Casas, is not without originality :
" Puesto que a la historia de Oviedo llevana en la
frente escrito como su autor habia sido conquistador,
robador y matador de los Indios, y haber echado en las
niinas gentes dellos, en las cuales perecieron ; y enemigo
cruel dellos como se dira y el mismo la confiera, a! me-
nos entre los prudentes y cristianos enervos poco credito
y auctoridad en historia tuviera'^."
Oviedo was a prolific writer, but the first of his works
which interests us is the present No. 139. It is not
a "Summary of the Spanish Conquests in the New
World''," or the first edition of the Historia General y
Natural de las Indias, published in 1535 (see infra) ^ but
a totally different work, which may have served as a
model for the useful compilations of Acosta, Nierem-
berg and Francisco Hernandez. We have the original
edition before us, but beg leave to insert the following
analysis, which we copy from the extremely valuable
introduction added by SeRor D. J. Amador de los
Rios to the late reprint of Oviedo's chief work'^:
" Este repertorio, dirigido principalmente a dar a conocer al Em-
perador las cosas de America, se halla distribuido en ochenta y seis
capitulos, en los cuales, despues de tratar de la navegacion de Espana
a las Antillas y de los naturales de estas islas, asi como de sus cos-
tumbres y manjares, pasa Oviedo a describir los indios de la Tierra-
Firme, bosquejando tambien sus ritos, costumbres y ceremonias, y
exponiendo las peregrinas noticias que habia recogido sobre los ani-
" CoUccion, Vol i, introd. p. i.xxvr.
" Hist, of Ferdinand and Isabella, Vol.
1, p. 112.
'" Hist, of Spanish Literature, Vol. ir,
P- 34-
" "Oviedo should have written at the
head of his history : This book was written
by a conqueror, robber and murderer of the
Indians, whole populations of whom he
consigned to the mines, where they per-
ished," &c.
— Gen. Hist, de las Tndias, MS. cap.
xxill.
" Historia General y Natural de las
Indias. Publicala la Real Academia de
la Historia, cotejada con el codice original i
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I ir2u< males, aves e insectos, arboles, plantas y yerbas de tan distantes
^_^__^__ regioncs. Terminada esta parte, que tanto interes ofrecia entonces a
las ciencias zoologica y botanica, menciona Oviedo las minas de oro
de la Tierra-Firme, y mostrandose entendido en el laboreo de ellas,
pondera sus riquezas, describiendo, por ultimo, la pesqueria no menos
envidiable de las perlas, que tanto abundaban en aquellos mares. El
Sumario de la Natural "Historia acaba mostrando el camino de la mar
del Sur, y descubriendo al Cesar la facilidad de acudir por el estrecho
de Magallanes al comercio y contratacion de las Malucas."
This work has been republished by Barcia'*" Ramu-
sio gave an Italian version'', and there is a kind of Sum-
mary in Purchas". We have been unable to find the
translation into Latin by Chauveton, mentioned by
Seiior de los Rios. We think it erroneous, and prob-
ably a misapprehension of the Latin Benzoni. The
"editio princeps" discovered in the Leipsic University,
and mentioned by Humboldt", is only the edition of
1547 (see infra).
The copy before us, like all those of Oviedo's works
printed in his lifetime, which we have seen, bears on the
title-page the autograph of the author.
Historians are apt to overlook incidents, which,
although unnecessary to enable the reader to obtain a
full view of the field which they intend to depict, acquire
nevertheless a certain importance when we wish to
obtain an insight into motives and personal characteris-
tics. This is the reason why correspondances, private
memoirs, diaries, are so eagerly sought by those who
are anxious to know men as well as events. There are
two precious collections of the kind, composed by
Oviedo, but which never were printed. The first is :
Batallas y ^inquagenas^ escriptas por el capitan Gon^alo
Fernandez de Oviedo^ criado del prin(ipe don Johan, hijo
de los Reyes Catholicos, y coronista mayor de las Indias, del
Emperador Carlos V (iffo)"'
Madrid, 4 vnl^ , fol., 1851-55. Page " Pi/grimts, Part 11, Lib. v, p. 970, sj.
r XXSViil(i. f .xxvitl.) " ExamcH Critique, Vol. 111, p. 283,
" Histtriadorc! primilivos, Vol. I, 70 pp. note.
" Raccolta, Vol. Ill, fol. 44-74. " De los Rios, /«. cit., p. .xciii.
Bibliotheca Americana. 259
It is a work which purports to transmit to posterity IC26.
the heroic deeds of his contemporaries. _,_ss_99=
The other bears the following title :
Las ^inquagenas de los generosos e illustres 'e no menos
famosos reyes, prin^ipes, duques, marqueses y condes e cabal-
leros e persona' notables de Espana : que escribio el capitan
Fernandez de Oviedo y V aides, Alcayde de Sus Magestades
de la fortale^a de la cibdad e puerto de Sancto Domingo de
la Isla Espanola, coronista de las Indias, islas e Tierra-
Firme del Mar O^eano, vepno e regidor desta cibdad, 'e
natural de la muy noble e leal villa de Madrid. Fu'e esta
obra desde las Indias enviada e presentada al Serenissimo
Principe D. Felipe, nuestro Senor^^ \j-SSS~^SS^'\'
This aims at " memorar los famosos varones de nues-
tra Espana, tanto en armas como en letras y virtudes."
We know these two works solely from the excellent
analysis given by Clemencin^*, and which is the fullest,
if not the only reliable one. We trust that the Real
Academia de la Historia, which has already done so
much for Oviedo, will yet publish these interesting dia-
logues.
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Direct refcrenctt i
Leon Pinilo, Epitome, page 127.
Meusel, Bibliotheca Historica, Vol. X, Part 11, page 316.
Panzer, Annales Typogr., Vol. X, page 19, No. 76.
Rich, No. 6.
TiRNAUx, No. 35.
Ebert. No. 15603.
Brunet, Vol. IV, col. 299.
Raetzel Catalogue, No. 916
Butsch Catalogue, page 26, No. 394.
Bibliotheca Biotuniana, page 14, No. 46.
" Ternaux, introd, to Oviedo's His-
toire du Nicaragua, in Recueil, 1840.
" Mem. de la Acad, de H'.itoria f Mad-
rid, Vol. VI, Illust. 10.
There must be a copy of the MS.
Quinjuagenas in Boston, as Mr. Ticknor
acknowledges his obligation to Prescott
for the loan of it ; but when last in Bos-
ton we vainly endeavored to find the MS.,
either in that city or in the Harvard Coll.
Libr., to which Prescott bequeathed the
works which he consulted for his Hiitory of
Ferdinand and Isabella. See a curious note
in Dk los Riob' introduction, p. xcit.
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1527. 140. LA SALLE (ANT. DE)-1L^ ^;i\^'t^t ^iSVi \\ UtU
- lemft Jmprimee II a i^atiss iLaquelle fait || mention
tre tou» less pagst )iu montei et tiu pai)j3 tir II la brlU
ntille. Euec la figure pour allec aumont II tie la
tiicte fitille. IBt aufft la figure tie la met r tie || la
terreiauec plufieur» i)elle» remonftrances.
IBt fe bentient a l^wcx^ par ili)ilippe He ^oir II
Melieur iure en luniberfite tie Paris 1 tiemourantJ en
la grSt rue ^ainct Jacques a Ufeigne tie la l^o^e II
blanche eouronnee.
(" a la fin du 60* f. : Cy finis t ce present Hare nouueUement jmprimt
in la Rue Sainct iacques, a lenseigne de la Rose blanche eouronnee et fut
acbeue le xiij tour de mars mil cinq centz xxvij." — Brunet.)
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*^* 410, Goth, a 2 colonnes fig. en bois [" pet. in-fol. goth. dc
Ix ff. chiiFr. et 2 fF., pour la table d's chapitres et la marque
de I'imprimeur, litre rouge et noir. On trouve dans I'intc-
rieur (ff. 15 et 27) ou a la fin, deux cartes gravees en bois, et
pliees, I'une du mont de la Sibylle et I'autre representant la
mappemonde." — Brunet'.]
(Ste. Genevieve Libr., Paris'.)
" La Salade est un ouvrage des plus curieux en dehors de la partie
geographique, mais le chapitre consacre a la Geographie est bien sur-
prenant en lui-meme ; il signale a deux reprises diverses le Greenland.
II y a mieux, lorsque il etablit certaines generalites sur ces terres du
Nord, il semble qu'un bruit vague lui apporte certaines efBuves faisant
pressentir la demi-civilisation des terres americaines."
(M. Ferdinand Denis.)
The chapter alluded to by M. Denis, contains (verso
of leaf xxviii), the following passage :
i^ortoeglje eft une grantie region affife tieffouts
tie pol Entarctique. Eulcuns aftrologues ont bne
* There is an edition, with privilege Brunet, Vol. in, col. 854, and Solar
dated 1 511 (i. t. 15x1 new st)le). See Catalogue, p. 404, No. 1473.
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partie at ctUt ilegion tnife \)ox» tim cUmatt acaufe 1527.
UOEt ne0 aprcs et (ongues ftotliureis qui g font. — ^^"^
ISn if tilt Hegion font Uiuetfes mersi. Ea eft la
mer longellec que on Diet IHare eong^Ilatum. JI s a
u\if ifle nommee ifiantiou font lt» pagiEt nommeis
(BronneUont et unimaret [ ?] on ^ S^^^t quantite
He oucis qui fot tons tlas.
Antoine de La Sale, one of the wittiest of French
writers, lived between the years 1398 and 1461. The
present work, which was composed for his pupil John
of Anjou, Duke of Calabria, seems to have been written
between 1438 and 1447', and places its facetious author *
side by side with Adam of Bremen'*, Ordericus Vitallis',
Torfi^ Rafn^ and Karl Wilhelm^
^\
Direct references :
{■
La Valliere Catalogue, No. 4573.
BivNtT, Vol. III. col. 853.
GiAiui, Vol. IV, page 1 11.
1 4. 1. FRIES (LAURENT)—" Underwcifung vnd vflle-
gunge der Cartha Marina oder die mercarten darin
man fehen mag, wa einer in d welt fey, und wa ein
ytlich Land, Waffer und Stet ligen, Strafib. Grieninger
(1527. in-fol. Av. fig. en bois)."
(Graesse'.)
* Adbrt, Bulletin Ju Boujuiniue, for
Jan. 1859, p. 5.
' Hislori^e ecclesiaiticit ecclei. Hamburg.
et Bremensis. vicinorumjue locor. leftent.,
ah anno 788, ad 1076, lib. IV; Copen-
hagen, 4to, 1579; Leyden, 410, 1595;
Helmstaedt, 410, 4670.
* Hiuoriie ecclesiaiticit libri tredecim ;
Paris, 5 vols.. 8vo, 1840-45.
* Grcenlandia yltitijua ; Copenhagen,
Svo, 1706; and Hiitcria Vinlaitdia ami-
fua, seu partis America Septtntrionalis j
Copenhagen, 8vo, 1705,
' Antijvitates Americana siue scriptorei
itplentrionales rerum ante-Cotumbianarum
in America i Copenhagen, 4to, 1837.
* Island, Hvitramannaland, Gronland
und yinland oder der Normiinner Leben
auf Island und dcren Fahrlen nach Amerik,
schon uber 500 y. vor Columbus { Heidel-
berg, 8vo, 1842.
' Trisor, Vol. II, p. 635.
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I C27. 142. LORITZ OR GLjinEANU&—lVitbin a wide border.-
D. HEN||rici glareani||poetae lavreaH
TI DE GE0GRA||PHIA LIBER || VNVS. || ^
^ BASILEAE, ANN0||M.D.XXVII.1|
Colophon :
BASILEAE, ANNO || M.D.XXVII. EXCVDEBAT
JOANNES FA 11 HER EMMEVS IVLIACENSIS. ||*
ill'
*^* Sm. 4to ; title one leaf + thirty-four numbered leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
" II n'y a rien de plus interessant pour I'histoire des grandes
decouvertes geographiques des 15* et 16* siecles, que des uivrc les
recits des cosmographes contemporains qui nous font connaitre la
maniere dont la connaissance de ces decouvertes s'est repandue parmi
les peuples europeens. On salt qu'il fallut assez longtemps pour
populariser la connaissance du Nouveau Continent, et meme Henri
Loritus Glareanus, I'un des plus celebres cosmographes du moyen age,
quoique la premiere edition de sa geographic dont nous venons de
donner le tltre, ait paru plus de trente ans apres sa decouverte, ne
fait qu'une mention passagere de I'Amerique, ce qui prouve le peu
de connaissance qu'il en a eu. Dans le dernier chapitre [Recto of
leaf 35], en parlant des regions non decrites par Ptolemee, il dit entr'-
autres : ' Porro ad occidentem terra eft, quam Americam uocant,
longitudine octoginta ferme graduum. Du<e infuls Spagnolla et
Il'abella : qux quide regiones lecundum littora ab Hifpanis luftratx
funt, Columbo Genuenfi, et Americo Vefputio eius navigationis duci-
bus. Sunt qui putent tempore Cjefaris Augufti earn terram fuifle
notam, atque ; Marone, lib. 6. [759-7] Aene. de ea haec protulifle car-
mina:
"• lacet extra fydera tellus.
Extra anni folifque uias, ubi coelifer Atlas
Axem humero torquet, ftellis ardentibus aptum.
" ' Hoc de Aethiopia Maurorum Seruius intellexit. Landinus aute nul-
1am Aethiopiam extra zodiacum iacere contendit. Itaque ipfe exponit
extra, id eft, pene extra. Porro Donatus folem pro die, annum pro
nocte pofitum ait. Nos rem incertam indicio lectoris relinquimus'.' "
(Tromil'.)
* AnglUi : One book on geography by ' " Farther towards the west, lies a
Henry Glareanus, poet laureate. Basle, country called America, the length of
executed by John Faber, 1517. which is about eighty degrees. There are
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Although Henry Loritz of Claris when a young man I 527.
held the chair of Mathematics in the University "^
Basle, and wrote two works on strictly scientific subjects
(the above and his De Ponderibiis et Mensuris\ not to
speak of the Comment, in Arithmet. et Music. Boethii*)^
he scarcely deserves the name of " celebre cosmographe."
Born in 1488', he was better known as a poet who sang
his verses, as a musician who played on several instru-
ments and wrote a great deal on the subject of music,
as one of the greatest literary critics of his day, as a
reformer, as the friend of Erasmus, but especially as the
precursor of Beaufort and Niebuh/'in those investiga-
tions which have shown the unreliable character of the
Latin historians, at least as regards the origin and early
history of Rome. He held for several years the pro-
fessorship of Belles-Lettres in the college of France
then, and ever since so famous ; and died at Friburg
in 1563. " Vossius dit que c'etait un homme univer-
sellement savant."^
Dirtct references :
Panzer, Anrtalet Tyfogr., Vol. vi, page 261.
Bihiiolheca Tholtiana, Vol. v, page 119.
Bihiiotheca Barlotviana, page 12.
D'AvizAC, Projections Gcograpkiijues, page 68.
Libri Catalogue for 1861, No. 324, (describes a cop> omiaining
Loritz' own annotations and autograph).
Brunet, Vol. 11, col. 1624..
Graessz, Vol. Ill, page 93.
two islands, Spagnolla and Isabella. Those
countries have been visited along the coasts
bv the Spaniards, Columbo of Genoa and
Anierico Vesputio being the leaders of the
navigation. There are people who believe
that in the times of C.-esar Augustus that
country was known, and that Virgil in the
Vlth book, verses 795-97 of the /Eneid,
wrote the following lines concerning the
same: 'Their land lies without the signs
[of the Zodiac], beyond the Sun's annual
course, where Atlas, supporting heaven on
his shoulders, turns the axle studded with
flaming stars." Servius understood this
of the Morish Ethiopia; but Lar.dinui
declares that there is no Ethiopia Ifing
beyond the Zodiac. Therefore he himself
explains 'beyond,' as meaning 'almost be-
yond.' Besides, Donatus says that 'Sun'
stands for 'day,' and 'yesr' for 'night.'
We leave this uncertain matter to the
judgment of the reader."
■ Biblioiiijue Amiricaitie, p. 3, No. 3.
' Basle, fol., 1550.
* Basle, 4to, 1570.
' Athenae Rauricae; Basle, Sto, 1778,
p. 247, jy.
• MicHiELtT, Histoire Romaime, Vol. I,
p. 2.
' af.BAiLLtT, yugcmentSfV. ", p. 303.
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1528. 143. LoaiTZ OR GLARB^NUS-fVitbin a widt border:
HENRICI||c;lareani, poET-ii lav||reati
DE geo(;ra-|| phia liber vnvs, ab ipso av-
THORE II JAM RECOGNITVS. || BASILEAE. ||
Veno of iignaturt A 2 ;
Bafiles ex Collegio no- || ftro. Anno a
natali Chrifti,|| M.D.XXVII.
Colophon :
BASILEAE . ANNO || M . D . XXVIII . || EXCVDE-
BAT lOANNES FA-||BER EMMEVS IVLIACENSIS. ||
*^* Sm. 410, thirty-two numbered leaves. In the copy before us,
folios 31 and 32 are printed on one side only, and these blank
pages are those which should contain the passages mentioned
in the edition of 1527 (supra No. 142).
(Boston Athen. Library.)
Dirtct rtftrencti : I Hanzir, Annalts Typogr., Vol. vi, page »66.
J. Navarrete, Ce/eccion, page cxxvi.
I Kloss Catalogue, page lij, No. 17*7,
Hiitorical Nuggeli. No. 334.
144.. COPPO DA ISOLA (PETER)— Above ii woodcut represent-
ing the Sun, Moon and Earth :
PORTOLANO.
Colophon :
Stampata in Venetia per Augufti/ 1| no
di Bindoni. 1528. Adi. 14. de Marzo.||
*^* Extremely small 4to (2.I by 3! inches), signatures A to F in
fours, making twenty-four leaves, the verso of the last of which
is blank, whilst the recto contains a printer's monogram, repre-
senting a cross and an R, with the words : Cum gratia. Pre-
ceding the title, there is an oval map of the world filling
two pages, upon which appear Cuba, lamaiqua, Spa^nuolla,
modo nouo. See. On the reverse of the title another map.
(British Museum.)
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The passage concerning Columbus, first made known I C28.
by Morelli', is on the verso of F. j, and as follows:
Chriftopholo colubo zcouefe ncl. 1492.II
troiio nauegado uerfo poncnte mo/ ||
ifole & cofe noue. ma prima fe troue lc||
ifole gorgone hcfperide iunonia la pio ||
uiofia la caurera la planaria la neuofia
ca 11 naria alincotro dela barbaria da pol-
ar II go 1 mar foiio ifole uetura colubo
brajlzil caurera ouo porto fanto m^dcra
& II certe ifole dite dcferte & altre dite
falua 11 dege. Lanceloto columbo. dapoi
oltra II affai p poncte el dito chrillopholo
tro 11 uo lifola fpagnola iamaique cuba le
ifo II le de icanibali. la terra paria ouer
mon 11 do nouo & molte altre ifole. la
fpagno II la e de longeza de m. 800. larga.
m. 330. II la cuba difta de la fpagnola.
mia. 70. nel H puar che fece el colubo
in uedar fe cu- 1| ba era ifola ouer. terra
ferma el uete pu |1 raflai ifole. & pofe nome
nauigando alajlriuerade cuba femp. 1300.
m. in ql noui |1 gar a piu de. 700. ifole.
hauedone pafl'a- || te piu de. 3000. dapoi
el colobo li fpa/ 1| gnoli nauigari nauegado
' Ltttera raristima, p. 63.
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266 Bibliotheca Americana.
1528. oltra el cano || bona fperaza perueueno
neluidia a co-||locut 8c andorono piu oltra
fine nelc || extreme parte de lindia. ||
Direct rrfeiences! f MoRr.LLi, Operette, Vol. i, page 309.
\ Bibliotheca Grenvil/iana, — .
( Nolet on Columbus, page 56.
!f
I4.5* BORDONE (BENEDIcry-Within a wide, ornamented border :
LIBRO DI BENE-llDETTo bordone ||
Nel qual fi ragiona de tutte I'lfole del
mon-||do con li lor nomi antichi & mod-
erni,||hiftorie, fauole, & modi del loro ui||
uere, & in qua'l parte del mail re ftanno,
& in qual pa|lrallelo & clima||giacciono.||*
•4 II CON iL BREVE DI PAPA||Leone. Et gra-
tia & priuilegio dellal|llluftriirima Signoria
com'llin quelli appare.|||^ M.D.XXVIII.
Colophon :
€ ImprefTe in Venegia per Nicolo d'Arif-
totile, detto Zoppino, nel mefe di Giu||gno,
del. M.D.xxviii. con priuilegio di Leone
papa, & del Senato di||quefta citta', che
niuno per anni diece pofTa quefte ifole
imprimere, oHimprefTe uendere, ne loro
luoghi fotto pofti, fotto le pene che in ||
efli priuilegii fi contengono, fe no colore,
* An^lici: The book of Benedict Bor- modern names, histories, fables and mode
done, which treats of all the islands of the of life, in what part of the Ocean they are
world, together with their ancient and situated, what parallel and climate.
'ifwl"
Bibliotheca Americana. 26 j
a quali dal com || pofitor loro efprefla || 1528.
mete fara' ordinate che le ftam || pino ouer ==
uendano.y IjJ ||
*^* Folio, title one leaf (text begins on the verso), + eight unnuni-
bered leaves, containing three double maps -f- seventy-three
numbered leaves. The map before the first folio represents
a hemisphere, in which on the N.W. portion we read terra
del laboratore. Just above the line of the equator are the
worAs ponete modo nouo, and beneath the equatorial line there
is a rude tracing of a continent extending into the Atlantic,
and as far as the tropic of Capricorn. On the verso of fol.
VI there is a small map, where on the N. E. part we have
mountains and pictures of houses, and beneath Terra de lauo-
ratore. S. E. we have three islands, asmaide, l/rasil (on the
same parallel — brasil being most easterly), opposite the third
island, beneath these two, is written astores. S. W. occur in
the saTie type the words : stretto\\pte modo nouo\\. On the
recto of fol. x is the representation of a large city, under
which is printed : "La gran citta di Temistitan," and the text
underneath begins : " Terra di sancto Croce ouer mondo nouo,
fu la prima di tutte queste isole, che trouata fusse, &c." On
the verso of fol. xi is a small map, showing on the N.W.
iamaique, on the N. E, (opposite spagnoLi), on the medium line
on the W., chanchite, on the centre of this line, curtana, on
the F.., mariatambal. In the extreme S. E. of the map is
printed />(jr/V». t)n the verso of fol. xii is an island marked
jpagnola, and N. E. is the representation of a city, under which
is printed Isabella, On the recto of folio xiii, is the map ot ^
another island, with a lofty mountain in the N., under which
is written Jamaiqua. On the verso of the same fol. wc have
another island, subscribed within the interior of the is. and,
Cuba. What ought to have been numbered xiv is numbered
xviii. On this map we have laid down on the N. W.,
S. Maria antica, and beneath santa ■\- . Due N., S. Maria
rotonda. N. E., an island moferato. On the equatorial parallel,
on the W., martino ; on the meridian an island, bughima ;
and S. E., the island domtnica. Due S. is laid down an island
without a name. On the verso of xvi ii (/. e. of the fol. which
should have been numbered xiv) arc two maps, the one at
the top of the page shows an island designated guadalupc ;
underneath other islands are laid down, among others part of
one marked domtnica. The bottom map is marked matittina.
The account of these various islands finishes on the recto of
fol. XV. All these maps are on the same scale, or rather the
same size, viz.: Si by 3 inches.
(Private Librar., New York and Pruvidence.)
m<
268
Bibliotheca Americana.
1528. Benedetto Bordone was born at Padua', but lived at
= Venlce^ where he cultivated Astrology, Geography
Greek literature and miniature painting as a profession'
i^ontanini' and Tiraboschi* assert that he was the father
of the vain-glorious Julius-Caesar Scaliger. Zeno, on the
other hand, in a lengthy but interesting note', denies
the assertion. As to Scaliger, it is well known that he
claimed to be a descendant of the princely house of della
Scala. The date of Bordone's death is unknown.
Concerning the work before us, which is a description
of all the islands then known, with a sketch of the man-
ners and history of their inhabitants, Lelewell says' : '
"Cet ouvrage etait acheve en 1521 : Mo uescouo di Racoscia scrive
a Leone summo pontifice hauer veduto (fol. lxxiii— edit, of iziA '
Le papeLeon X.privilcgiant le 5 Juin 152, I'editeur, mourut le
I decembre de meme annee. ^iordone en 1526. s'addressait au senat
de Venice pour preserver son o,wrage de la contrefacon. Bordone
mourut en 153, [.'] ...... O., y compte 105 figures insulaires
y compris les p'ans de Venise et c^e Temistetan .... enfin
r universale ou la mappemonde de Ptolemee, avec tous les comple-
ments de 1 anne 1 521, complements qu'on voit dans la carte portu-
^V'u i\'l°'' '^'"' ""' ''' ^y'^^"° '5'i [supra. No. 68], sur le
globedeSchoner, 1520 .... La perturbation d'idees geographiques
de cette epoque se dccele d'une maniere singulierc dani I'isolario de
U. Bordone 1521, 1534. On y voit une mappemonde, calquee sur
a carte portugaise, seulcment Bordone ou son modele y introduisit
la longueur ptolemeenne de la mediterranee."
Lenglet Du Fresnoy'^ and M. Renouard^ do not seem
to have appreciated Bordone's Isolario.
Direct referencti ,
Panzer, ^nna/ts Typogr., Vol. viii, page ijoo.
Havm, Bihiioteca Iialiana, Vol. iv, page 103
Clement, BMiothique Curieuse, Vol. v, page 02. »
Brunet, Vol. I, col. I 1 12 r o / ,
Graesse, Vol. I. page 495.
Bibliotheca Broiuniana, page 15, No. 48.
' Zeno, in Fontanini, Bihiioteca dell'
eloq. Ilal., p. 268, note.
' Mazzuchelli, Gliurittori d" Italia, — .
' .'if cii., p. 267.
• Storia d. Lett. Ital., Vol. Til, p. 798.
• Gcogr. du Moyen-y1ge,\o\. II, pp. 1,4
and 162.
' Mtthode pour itudier la Giographie
Vol. I, Part I, p. 419 '
' AnnaUi del Aide, Vol. I, p. 14a.
Bibliotheca Americana. 269
I4-O. MONTALBODDO-DU REDOUER—''^ Sen(\iyt Ic nOU- I 529*
ueau monde et nauigations, faiftes par Emeric de Vef-
puce, Florentin, des pays et illes nouuellement trouuez
auparauant a nous incongneuz : tant en lEthiope que
Arrabie Calichut et aultres plufieurs regions eftranges,
tranflate de ytalien en langue francoyfe, par Mathurin
du Redouer, licencie es loix. On les vend a Paris en la
rue Neufue Nojlre Dame, a lenjeigne Sain£l Jehan Baptijle,
p^r Denis lanot {fans date), pet. in-4, goth."
(Nodier'.)
*^* Four preliminary leaves + Ixxxiij numbered leaves, accord-
ing to Brunei'.
Denys Janot printed at Paris between the years
1529 and 1545'.
Direct references! T ' Catalogue for 1844, page 177, No. 1 107, and Description rai-
sonnee, page 448, No. 1107.
' Manuel, Vol. v, col. 11 60.
Livres Curieux, p.tge 26, No. 121.
Bulletin du Bibliophile, tor 1840, page 342, No. 370.
14.7. LORITZ OR GLAREANU&— Within a wide border:
HENRICIilGLAREANI POETAE LAV- || REATI
DE GEOGRA-II PHIA LIBER VNVS, || AB IPSO AV-
TORE II RECOGNITVS. || APVD FRIBVRGVM BRIS-
GAVDIAE.y
* Marques Typographijues. p. 14, No. loguc (Part 11, Vol 11, p. 425), and in
26. (We inserted the above under the Panzer (Annalts, Vol viii, p. 68, No.
date 0^1529 on this authority ; but since, 1214) the imprint ot Uenys Janot on a
we have found in the La Yalliere Cata- work printed in 1520.
\\Y
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1529. Colophon:
Bibliotheca Americana.
APVD FRIBVRGVM BISGOICVM || ANNO. M. D.
XXX. II EXCVDEBAT lOANNES FA- j| BER EMMEVS
IVLIACENSIS. II
%♦ 4to, thirty-five numbered leaves -f- one blank leaf with a
woodcut on the verso.
{Private Library, Paris.)
, Dirut references: ( Panzeii, yinnaUi Tyfogr., Vol. ix, page 464.
X Hntorical Nuggtii, No. 1 246.
•
I
148. APiANUs-G. FRISIUS-" Cofmographlcus Liber
Petri Apiani Mathematici, ftudiofe corredtus, ac ab
erroribys vindicatus per Gemmam Phryfium. Veneunt
Antuerpiae in aedibus Rolandi Bollaert. Et a la Jin.
Excufum Antuerpiae impenfis Rolandi Bollaert, Typis
Joannis Graphei, Anno a Chrifto nato 1529. menfe
Febr., in 410. Feuilles 56."
(Cumint'.) •
We can find no edition of Apianus of an earlier date
with the valuable additions of Gemma Frisius. Tro-
mel erroneously considers* the edition of 1539 as the
first given by the latter.
" Gemma Frisius s'appelloit Reinerus [Regnier]. II naquit a
Docum [in 1508'] d'une famiile honnete. Ce fut un Medecin pro-
fond en la theorie de son art, & heureux en la pratique. Mais il
excella surtout dans les Mathematiques. II fut extremement aime
& estime par I'Empereur Charles-Quint, & memes suivant I'avis de ce
Prince, qui etait S9avant en Astronomic & en Geometric il corrigea
une faute qu'il avait faitc en sa Mappemonde, laquelle il dedia ensuite
a cet Empereur. II mourut a Louvain [in 1558* or in 1555*] de la
> Biblhthijue Curitute, Vol. I, p. 405, » Foppens, Bibliotheca Be/gica, Vol. I,
note. p. J J I.
» Bililiotiefue Amiricaine, p. 6, No. 11. * Fsiherus, Theatrum, p. 1139. •
1:
Bibliotheca Americana.
ay I
peste [or of a stone in the bladder*], suivant Melchior Adam, SufFride
Petri, & Hierome Ghilini."
(Tiissier'.)
To which we may add with Freherus* that his " Sta-
tura fuit parva, membris graciiibus & facie pallida."
As to his annotations to Apianus' Cosmographia, Lele-
well' says that they consist in having:
" introduit les notions geographiques et une table abondante de
longitudes et latitudes geographiques de Ptolemee, pour servir a dresser
les cartes, dont il fit en 1540 lui-meme I'experience a Louvain'." .
Gemma Frisius was the pupil of Apianus, and teacher
of the celebrated cosmographer Juan de Rojas.
149. APIANUS {PETER)— Recto of the first leaf :
^COSMO-||graphiae introdvctio : cvm||
quibufdam Geometritg ac Afironontia prin- || dpiji fd eum rem necef-
farijs. II
A large armillary sphere, below which ;
ExcvsvM ingoldstadii.IIm.d.xxix.II
Colophon on the verso of the last printed leaf:
Ingoljiadij, Anno M.D.XXXI.
*^* i2nio, title one leaf-j- thirty-one leaves, numbered in Arabic
numerals from i-i6, after which the enumeration ceases.
The whole is printed in italics with contractions, and contains
several geographical diagrams ; with a blank leaf.
(British Museum.)
' Lelewell, Giogr. du Moytn-Age, '' La Eloges des Hommes Scavans,\u\.\.
Vol. 11, p. 176. "Mort le 25 Mai 1555, p. 96.
avant la publication de son livre \_De jittro- " " Charta. sive Mappa mundi (ut vulguj
labio'\." — D'AvEZAC, Projections Giogr. p. vocat) id est Orbis totius Descripiio, Carolo
JO, note. V. dicata. Lovanii, 1540." KopftNs,
* De Thou, Hist, mei temporis, lib. xvi. loc. at., p. 331.
1529.
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2J2 Bibliotheca Americana.
I C2Q. On the verso of leaf c 6 reference is made to America in these words:
!!— " Non solum aiit pr, edict it tres partes || niic sunt lauus lustrate, ucrum
y alia quarta pars /7^ || (continued on recto of leaf 23) America
Vesputio sagacis ingenii uiro, inueta est. ^a ]| ab ipso America eius
inuentore Amerigen quasi Ame-
uolunt," &c.
rici terram Jiue America appellari
M. D'Avezac's copy bears a manuscript marginal
note, dated " 1532 V Nonas Octobris" viz.:
" En pane is terra describit Apiarfi omne
Mu/tis qua Magnus vincere no po [tuit]."
Tiie work before us is evidently an abridgment of
the larger Cosmographia of Apianus [No. 127], as entire
passages in chapters xxv-xxviii, are literally copied from
the latter. (See supra, page 239.)
I ^O. IDEM 0i»C/5— The only differences are in the following
colophon on the recto of the last leaf:
Excufum logoljladij [j/V] || An. M.D.XXXIII. Ij Mense lanuario.
And in the pagination, which is as follows: Title one leaf + leaves
numbered fro n 2-16+ five unnumb. 11. marked c, cij, r 3, c ^, eg,
4- three 11. unnumbered and without signatures -|- five unnumb. 11.
marked d, d z, d }, d^, d ^,-\- three unnumb. 11 without sig. -}- five
11. marked <•, ^z, ^ 3, f 4, ^ 5 + there 11. without sig., verso of the
last of which is blank.
(Private Library, New York.)
Dirtct referencei : C Panzir, Annales Typogr., Vol. vii, page 128, No. X2.
i Kloss Catalogue, page 20, No. 256.
( Bibliothtca Barlowiana, page 13.
'
1^30. *5I' ^^^^-s (i)— " Underweifung und vfllegunge
==?^!= der Cartha Marina oder die mercarten, darin man fehen
mag, wa einer in d'welt fy und wa ein ytlich land, wafler
und ftet ligen. (Zu Anfang : Voii dem riiien land auch
amarica genant.) Mit 3 Hzfchn. Fol. Strajhurg^ 530.
21 Bll." (Butsch Catalogue*.)
' Page 24, No. 359 J Brunit, Vol. 11, col. 1399
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1^2. CLEMENT yil & CHARLES l^— First line: I C3O.
CAROLVS Qulutug tiiulna fauente mz^ — —
mentla Momanorii Jmpetatot fcmper Euguftus ac
(Kermanie . I^ifpaniattt btriufq, ^irilic . (Serufa?
lem . Ungarie, ISalmatie, ittroacie . Jnfularfl iUuU
lard . jFomnatatflcp . ac iioui ©rbiss Jntriarfl ....
Ninety-Jirst line :
Batum i3ononie fut) ^nno a j^atiuitate tm
lEUlenmopingenteftmotrtgefimo .... .
\* One vellum sheet, containing ninety-two printed lines and ■
few words in manuscript.
(Private Library, New York.)
The present is a document emanating from Charles
V, dated Bologna, March 23d, 1530, and reciting two
Papal Bulls from Clement VII'. The first of these is
addressed to Charles V, as sovereign of New Spain, and
alludes to the new islands discovered under his auspices,
in addition to Hispaniola, and such as were subdued
and Christianized by Ferdinand.
Beincepsi (luotp confitiimuia [says he], tt (luoati in
Ijumanis ticsetis [?] Uartatais nationefiJ ati retfl
omnia opificf tt cdlritote ticu cognofccUum nfi folfl
etiictis atrmonitiottii)uf(iu{ . fcti et armig et birii)U«
(fi opus (uctit) bt eatum animc celeftis regni fiant
partidpefis copulfurfl . omnidp ftutiio effecturu.*
This document is not interesting merely from the
fact that it gives to Charles V authority to furnish
ecclesiastical dignitaries, thus conceding the long-contro-
' We failed to find those two Bulls in nations to come to the knowledge of God,
the Luxemb. edition of Cherubini's Bui- the maker and founder of all things, not
larium Magnum Romanum. only by edicts and admonitions, but also by ,
* Anglic? : Whereuijon we trust that /one and arms, if needful, in order that
ij long as you are on earth you will com- their soul may partake ot the heavenly
pel and with all zeal cause the barbarous kingdom.
3S
4\\
L ^^w^pp«pa^w
274
Bibliotheca Americana.
I 530* verted right about investitures, at least as regarded the
- -1 New World, hut also from the circumstance that it
boldly enounces the doctrine which a few years later
became the subject-matter of those bitter controversies,
now personified in the eyes of the historian by Bartho-
lomew de Las Casas on the one side, and Juan Gines de
Sepulveda on the other. It is worthy of notice that
Sepulveda lived at or near Rome during the entire pon-
tifical life of Clement VII (152J-1534); and we are
inclined to believe that the too-famous Democrates secun-
dus, seu De Justis belli causis (a MS. copy of which exists
in a private library. Providence, R. I.) quotes as an
authority this Bull of the ambitious Julius de Medicis,
153* ENCISO (At. DE)—Uniier a large sphere, held by a band:
trata ^e totiag las partilras r prouinrt || ajs Hd
tnunlio : en cfpccial Urlagt intriag. || r trata larga^
mente titX arte Uel marear|| juntamente eon (a egfera
en romance : || eonel regimifto Uel fol g Hel norte :
ago II ranueuamentc emeniatra tie aIguno« || defers
tog q tenia enla imprefHo paffalia.||
Signs of the zodiac on the verso.
End of Colophon :
. . . jFue impreffa enla notUimilmar mug leal
eitJiiati Ue ^euiUa por JuS rrom-Htjerger: en el
aflo irela enrarnacion tie nue-||ftro fefior Jefu
etr-Ito tie mil r quini-||ento0 . r . xxx,
*** Folio, title one leaf-J- fifty-seven numbered leaves,
(Private Library, New Vork.)
Dirtct rt/triHcti: f Panier, Annaltt Tyfogr.. Vol. ix, page 475.
- Bibliotktca Htitriatia, Part II, No. 2163.
. Raetzel Catalogue, No. 911.
ll
w«i^pnf«pi«pi,(.ii>i.v
Bibliotheca Americana.
275
I C4.. MjIRTYR PETERy-lVitbin a border represtnting tbt 1^30.
/aiors of Hercules : »— '
DE ORBENO
no |)drt |1larti)m ab
Jinglrrta |lt()>t0l(in<rn
torn ie-
€ ittum ptiuiUgio Jmperiall
OTompluti oputi lEicta
(le 19 ISguia Enno
Within the border, the words : diOKoXa raXd, Sujiine, iff abjiine.
Colophon :
EXCVSVM COMPLVTI IN AEDIBVS || Michaelis de
Eguia. Anno Virginei ;j partus VI.D.XXX. i| Menfe Decebri.
* * Title one leaf + one leaf for Preface + leaves numbered iij-
cxij, + three unnumbered leaves for Vocabula Barbara.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
First complete edition of the eight Decades. It is in
I)
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276
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1530. some respects' more correct than Hakluyt's*, which is
—__«=«. usually considered the best. The copy before us contains
at the end a map in woodcut : " tipus orbis uniuersalis
.... ghedruct t'atwerpen by M. peter de Wale i de
guldi hant" which is not without interest when we
read the note added to the Heber copy', and referring
to "the curious map of Apianus, cut in wood at Ant-
w^*"?* ^530-" See j«/>ra, page 122.
Dirict Tiftrtnctt ,
Pinelo-Barcia, Vol. II, col. 579.
Meusel, Bibliotheca Hislorica, Vol. in. Part i, paee 171.
Ternaux, No. 36. > r 6 /I
Brunet, Vol. I, col. 193.
Graesse, Vol. I, page 130.
Bibliotheca Broivniana, page 15, No. 49.
155. SAPiDo (SULPicio)-'' Epitome Hist. ^ Cron.
Mundi.
** Lyons — 1530."
"In un certo libretto [the above] si trova sotto I'anno 1492:
• Insulae quaedam in Oceano, antiqiiioribus ignotae hoc acvo veluti
novum Orbi ab Americo Vesputio primum & deinde a Christoforo
Columbo luatrantur.'"
(Bandini*.)
156. "Gemma Phrysivs de Principiis Aftron-
omiae & Cofniographiae ; de ufu Globi ; de Orbis divi-
fione ac Infulis : Joan . Grapheus typis excudebat. 4to
Antverp 1530.
''Men/e Odobr. Vaneunt cum Globis Lovanii apud
Gregorium Zaflenum, & Antverpiae apud Gregorium
Bontium/«^ Scuto Baftlienft."
(Maittawe')
Cf. the passage on verso of leaf Ixxviij.
See Bulletin Sociiti dt Geogr., for September
and October, 1858, p. 171.
• Paris, 8vo, 1587.
• Bibliotheca Heheriatia, Part Vi, No
• Vita di A. Vespucci, p. LX.xiii.
• Annalet Typogr., Vol. 11, P. 11, p. 737.
Bibliotheca Americana. I'jf
'57* Pf^'^PONIUSMELA—fVithin an ornamented border: '53^*
^ POMPONII II MELAE DE ORBIS SITV "
LiBRi litres, accuratiflime cmi'vlati vna' cum
Commentaljrijs loachimi Vadiani Heluetii
caftigatiori- 1| bus, & || multis in locis auc-
toribus fadis : id quod cadidus leclor obi-
ter, &|| in tranfcurfu facile de-||prehendet||
ADIECTA J'unt prteterea loca aliquot ex VADIANI cimentarijs^
f jam- II matim repetita, £if obiter explicata : in quibus ajlimandis len-
fendifqz donijlJi-\\fno uiro loanni CAMERTI ordinis Minorum Theo-
logo, cum loacbimo \\ VADIANO non admodum conuenit. \- RVRSVM,
Epijhla Vadiani, ab eo pene adulefcente ad Rudolphum Jgri ' (olam
iuniorem fcripta, non indigna leBu, nee inutilis ad ea capiendo, qua
alt- II ubi in Commentarijs fuis lib are magis, quam longius expUcart
ttoluit. II
T[ LVTETIAE PARISIORVM,
ANNO M.D.XXX.
'Akii(j)ij, fiByiaog ov (I>oI3etj Tovg xpoipov^.
Colophon :
LVTETIAE PARISIORVM, MENSE
IVNIO ANNO, A CHRISTO
NATO M.D.XXX.
* * Folio; title one leaf + thirteen unnumbered leaves, -|- one
hundred and ninety-six + one unnumbered leaf for a title, +
twenty-seven unnumbered leaves, + one leaf, recto of which
is blank, while the verso contains a printer's mark, viz. : a
tree, a bird flying, and the motto: vnicvm . arbvstvm no»
ALIT DVOS ERITHACOS. No map.
(Pri%ate Library-, New York.)
See the epistle to Agricola, signature Y.
Dirid rtftrtncet:
' Maittaire, Annalei Typogr., Vol. il, Part ii, pi.-e 73U.
Bibliotheca Thottiana, Vol. vil, page 103.
Panzer, Annalti Tyfogr.. Vol. viii, page 141.
Bibliotheca Barlowiana, page 15.
M
278 • Bibliotheca Americana.
153°** '5^' '"*'^'* {LAURENT,-RecH of the first Itaf:
?)9ibertticlfttttg 1 tiitb
hfif Infill till i^ II ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ '))Ux\m ober bit
*^!I**'B****B'" OTfr||coHei!^orlii man |cl)cn
man > n>a (iner in b' tocU ft) i iinb ma tin titlidi || (anb i
maffrr tinb ffrt \\%i\m in be U djlin anoejogt bft in
b' diartf ^ufi^cn. ||
Then woodtut representing men with dogs' heads, dividing human
flesh.
Colophon ;
®fbrnift jtt Straflinrd bon || 3o^anne« ®rieninuer
bnb II tioaenbe bff 3ont DOrgf || abent ?)m. ^or . .
mm, XXX. II
*^* Folio ; title one leaf + twenty-one unnumbered leaves, no
maps. (See notice on first column of last leaf.)
(Private Library, New York.)
Dirttl rtfertnct : Graiisi, Vol. ii, page 635.
159. " Marineo (Lucio)— Obra Compuefta de
las Cofas Memorables e Claros Varones de Efpafia,
Alcala, 1530. Folio."
(Bibliotheca Heieriana'.)
' Part I, No. 4680. While on tlie subject of American Lin-
• We find in Bakcia-Pinxlo (col. 711) guistica, can the reader inform us who i>
what seems to us an eminently apocryphal that '• Vvadingo," whom Barcia quotes so
book, at least under the date of 1 5 30, via. : often with regard to the Central American
"F. Antonio Di CiPiDA, Dominicc,./tfr« languat;cs ? See Titu/o win, Vol. 11 p
de las Lenguas de Chiapa, Loques, Cel- 719, .y. He is altogether u'nknown' to
dales,! Chinatlecai, imp. Mexico . 1530." Eguiara and BiRisfAiN.
IgUlgglglj^^
,1 hL
Bibliotheca /Americana. ' 279
160. MARTYR (PETER)— IVilhiH the same bordtr ai in No. 1^4: I 530'
>V OPVSEP
iitAm f etri ^attw
ri» anglcrii l*leti(ola
nSfi» |)rotonotarit
apl'id atflp a cDfi-
li)» tera Jnliira
tfl: nar pmO et
natfl r metiio
cri cuta excu
fum: quoti
(jUf pvf
tftftili bmuftate noftrorfi Jcp
tfpov ijiftotif loro cffc potctit.
iCapluti anno tifti. iH.ZS.XXX.
Cfl priuilcgio ilTffareo.
Colophon :
It Crrufnm e|l l)0(r doIu i
men Epiftolarum Petri Martyris Mediola || neniis citia contro-
uerfia eruditiflimi || in ccleberrima 5c in omni literal u || gciiere
maxime florenti Aca || deniia Complutenfi in||Acdibus iMichae||
lis de Eguia || Anno a || Chrifto || nato. || M.D.XXX.
»^T
i.l;
*^* Folio; title one leaf -J- eleven preliminary unnumbered leaves
-f- one hundred and ninety-nine numbered leaves. (There
is some mistake in the pagination after fol. 193 or 198.)
Text in Roman characters.
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^53^' ^^'' readers are aware that Peter Martyr was a
-—-. courtier. He acknowledges himself that he took ex-
treme pleasure in the society of the great', and was on
intimate terms with the i st influential men of his day
and country. His correspondence with these has been
preserved, and covers a period of not less than thirty-
seven years. The first letter bears the date of January
I, 1488, when he came originally to Spain, while the
last is dated May, 1525, the year preceding his death.
These 816 or 813 letters form a curious medley of
accounts, opinions and descriptions, not altogether
free from twaddle, but which initiate us into the secret
workings of the Spanish government at the beginning
of the sixteenth century, and the inner life of the
principal personages of the time. The insanity of
(^ueen Joanna', the cupidity of the Flemish courtiers',
Luther's Reformation'*, the expulsion of the Jews', the
atrocious deeds of the Inquisition'', the conquest of
Granada', the attempt on the life of Ferdinand^ the
battle of Pavia', &c., are all described with zest and a
certain couleur locale which is not without charm. But
the letters which interest us most are the following:
txxx. May, 1493, to Jo. Borromeo; cxxxm, Septem-
ber, 1493, to Count Tendilla; cxxxiv, same date, to
AstANio Sforza; cxxxv, October, 1493, to the Abp,
of (iallicia (?) ; cxxxviii, November, 1493, to Sforza;
CXI., February, 1494, to the Abp. of Granada; cxlii,
November, 1494, to Jo. Borromeo; cxlvi and clii,
Decemlier and January, 1494, to Pomponius L.*;tius;
ci.xiv, August, 1495, to Bernarijin Caravajal ;
cLxviii, October, 1496, to the same.
These are among the epistles to which Humboldt
calls the attention'" of the reader in his interesting
' " Felicia h.i'C (blaiidimenta natura-)
deliciosi prirdicaiit, tnagnurum me viro-
rum sola commercia beant." £f>iit. xcv.
' Epist. cccxvi, tj.
* Upiht. UCMll, sj.
* Episl. ucLXxxix, If.
* Epitt. V, VI, If.
' Epist. cccxxxiii, tj.
' Epist. xcii.
" Epist. txxv, cf. Ortu' Tratadu,
supra. No. 10, p. 32,
• Epist. Dcccxtii.
'° Examen Criiifuf, Vol. ii, Appendix,
pp. Z79-i94-
Bibliotheca Americana.
a8i
account of Peter Martyr's Opus Epistolaruniy in these 1^30.
words : ,=__!_--.
"Je tcrminerai cette note en citant les lettres dc 1493 qui ont rap-
port a Christophe Colomb (Archithtilasso, Novi Orbii repertori) :
elles se trouvent pag. 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90,
02,93,96, loi, 102, 1 16, de I'cdition d'Amsterdam", 1670. Com-
parez dans I'edition d'Alcala de Henares, 1530 [present No. 159],
pag. 71, 81, 84, 89, 92, 95, 1 16, etc.")
Meusel also mentions : " Quae ad res Americanas
fpectant, maxime funt fequentes : [Nos.] 130, 133, 142,
144, 146, 152, 156, 158, 164, 168, 202, 532, 545' 549.
fci, 560, 562." We refer in the body of this work to
the other epistles which refer to Mexico, Grijalva, Cor-
tes, &c. These letters were carelessly written, and the
testimony of Juan de Vergara'*, who asserts having seen
Peter Martyr dispatch a couple of epistles while his
servants were laying the table for dinner, is sufficient to
account for the inaccuracies and contradictions which
they contain. Hallam says of these epistles :
" They are full of interesting facts, and would be still more valuable
than they are could we put our trust in their genuineness as strictly
contemporary documents. La Monnoye (if I remember right",
certainly some one) long since charged the author with imposture, on
the ground that the letters, into which he wove the history of his
times, are so full of anachronisms as to render it evident that they
were fabricated afterwards.""
" OPUS||EPISTOLARUM]|P£r;j/ Leonakd, Typographum Regium, || cla
MARTYRIS II ANGLERIl MEDIO- be l\x.
L/1NENSIS, II Hrotonotarii Apostolici, \* Folio, «i 3 Inters.
Prioris Archiepiscopatus Granatensis, at- " Sec his letter to F. de Ocaippo apud
que a II Consiliis Rerum Indicarum His- yuiNTANiLi.A v Mendoza, yln/ietypo Je
patiicis, tanta cura excusum, ut |] prater yirtudfs; Palermo, 1655, ijuotcd by An-
styli venustatt-m i)uoqui' fungi possit vice toNio, /*(/>/. //"/><"i. A'ox'rf, Vol. 11, p. 371,
Luniinisjl Historia-supcrioruni teniporuni.jl and Prescott, Ferdinand and Isabella,
Cui acceneruni \\ EPlSTOLi*". || FERDI-
N/iNDI da i't/Z.G.^R II Coitanei Lat-
inip paritrr atque Hispanic* cum Trac-
tatu Hispaiicu de || Viris Castella Illus-
trihus.
Editio Post) ema.
•; AmsTELon^Mi, Typis Elzevirianis. ||
Veneunt || PARiSlIS, || Apud Freoericum
36
Vol, u, p. 76, "ole.
" U it not Vas.«us in Chronico Hispani^t,
rap. IV, as quoted by Vossius, Oe Hiilor.
Lalin., Lib. 111. p. 671 ?
'* Literature 0/ Europe, Vol. I, cap. IV,
J 81. Hallam cites in support ot hii
assertion the t'oltowing anachronisms :
"in the year 14K9 he wiilei to a friciiil 1 In
1
If
H '..
HlH
1 ^i'5
I \t
ii%«i,i- -^^
282
Bibliothc:- Americana.
1530. Mr. Prescott cites in favor of Peter Martyr's veracity,
Galindez de Carvajal", Alvaro Gomez"* and Juan de
Vergara, all of whom were his contemporaries. Mr.
Helps adds the name of Las Casas'^. Antonio'"'
Flechier'^, Niceron", speak highly of our author, while
Mufioz", although soliciting the indulgence of the pub-
lic for "el candor con que [Martyr] lo confiesa todo,
por su niugun afan en publicar sus'borrones," says that
"debe procederse con gran cautela."
Antonio states'^ that when F. Barberini was his brother
Urbain V Ill's nuncio to Spain (1630), the present
edition of Peter Martyr's epistles had already became
so rare, that he was obliged to pay a very high price for
a manuscript copy, in lieu of a printed original. Niceron
adds'" that "cette premiere edition etant extrememcnt
rare, M. le premier President de Lamoignon donna
I'exemplaire qu'il avait dans sa Bibliotheque, a Charles
Patin, qui en fit faire une nouvelle en Holiande" plus
belle & plus correcte." Prescott points out some errors
in this reprint.
pcculiarfm re nnstr.r tempesiatis morbum, qui ap-
prllaliniic His()aiia Duharum ilicitnr, ab luhs m^r-
bus (lalliius, meilirorum KIcphaiiliam alii, alii
jlilcr appcllaiil, iocijissc pr.ecipili-m, libcro a.l me
scribis pclc. l-fiil. ^S. Now if »c should even
believe (hat this disease was known some years
before the discovery of America and the siege of
Naples ! it j/uMu was known], is it probable" that
it could have obtained the name of morbus c;allicus
before the latter .nra ? In Kcbruarv, m I, he com-
municates the absolution of the X'cnetians by Julius
II, whirh took place in Tebraary, 1510. ///if.
4?l. Ill a letter dated at Brussels, )l Aug., I?lo
( I- pill, fi^') y he mentions the bnrnini; of the canon
law at Wittenberg bv Luther, which is well known
to have happened in the eiisniiiK year."
Wf should adJ, .if'tcr Humboldt, that
in an E(ii>tle d.ited Deicmber 19, 1493,
Pett^r Martyr refers to events which tduk
place at HispanioU, the news "t" which
were first brtiuc'ht to Spain, March 16,
1494 In £/>/i;. 1 68. dated October. 1496,
we find an account of' events which hap-
pened in 1498. The Epistles 181, 185.
dated Sept. and Nov. 1497, meniiiin the
arrival of Vasco da Gama at Calichut by
the Cape ot'Guod Hope, although the Utter
was not doubled until November zo, 1497.
Mr. PRtscoTT says in reply that "alter all
the errors, iuch as they jr , in Peter iMar-
tyr's Lpiules, m.iy probably chiefly be
charged on the publisher." Loc. cii., p.
77, mte. .MuSoz is more . inphatic : Esioy
ptrsuaMJo a que estos errores son del co-
lector de los papcles, sucltos do Martir."
Histor. dtl Nutio MunJo, p. \\y ,
'* Analf!, MS., frolo^ro.
" De Rebus Geuis [Franciici ::imimi] j
Alcal.i, t'ol., 1569.
" " De los cualcs cerca Jestas frimerai
coiai a niriguno se Jebe Jar mas fee jue a
Pedro Mariir [lelerring. however, only to
the Dec dos(, j;.. Heli'S, The Spanish ,<i»-
qurst in Americi. Vol. 1, p. 107.
"" Bib/, llisp. Nova. Vol. it, p. 373.
" Histoire Ju Cardinal Ximenes. Vol. i,
p. 7, cited by CHAurrtpii, Didionnairi,
Vol 111. p. 49, art. Martyr.
"" Mtmoires, Vol. .\x.\iii, p. 210.
" Hitlor. del Nuevo-Mundo, p. xill.
Bibliotheca Americann.
283
Direct rtftrtnctt:
Maittaiki, Annalei Typogr., Vol. 11, Part II, page 743. 1 C '20»
Panzer, Annalet Typogr., Vol. vi, page 445.
1\1eusel, Biblioiheca Historica, Vol. Ill, Pt. I, page 271, sj. ^m^^s-^i^m
Aroelatus & Saxius, Biblioth. Script. Mediol., col. 1941.
Sciii.o2ER, Briefnvecliul m. hiitor. Inhalti, Pt. 11, page 207, sq.
Bihliothtca Heberiana, Part vi. No. 2414, and Part VII, No. 3944.
Biblioiheca Browniana, page 15, No. 50.
Brunet, Vol. I, col. 294.
Ebert, No. I 3319.
Graeisi, Vol. I, page 130.
161. MAFFEi OF yoLTERRA—" Commentariorum ur-
banorum Libri XXXVIII. Bafil. 1530. f."
(Meusil'.)
162. RESENDE (A. A. DE)--Recto of the fir it leaf:
EPITOME RERVM GESTARVM |1 1531.
in India a Lufitanis, anno fuperiori, iuxta -'^" '"
exem-llplum epiftolae, quam Nonius Cug-
na, dux Indian Umax, dcfignatus, ad regem
niifit, ex vrbe Ca- || nanorio, IlII. Idus
Odobris. Anno. H m.d.xxx. H Audtore An-
gelo Andrea Refendio Lufitano. ||
Louanii apud Scruatium Zailenum, An-
no II M.D.xxxi. Menfe lulio. Ad li- H gnu
Regni coelorum. H
\* 4to, title one leaf + fifteen unnumbered leaves.
(Private Library, Providence.)
' BibH.t/i. HIstsr., Vol. I, Part I. p.ige
281 ; aiii rAB«Kius, Bib/. Lut. MiJ. Vi)l.
VI, p.i(;c 14Z. wh>al!() mentions: " Com-
mentarti reium urba'^itrum, lib. .XXWill,
cum Oeconomicii Xen"('hontis. Paiis,
apud Jod. — Badium I 526," and a life of
Alexander VI by the sanie author (/^ii,r
Sivti IF, Innoceniii Flff, A;fx:2w{er ri
£3" I'ii III; Venct, 151S, U>\.). which
may contain addiiicnal details concern-
ing the lir^t vny-ige of Columbus and
tlic Emba bies of UbeJience intrusted to
Bcrnardin dc Carvajal and Francisco de
Almeida.
m
^
'\\
284
Bibliotheca Americana.
V
' 53 '• ^^ found this work in a library devoted exclusively
to America, but, as far as we can recollect, failed to dis-
cover anything relating to the subject before us. The
title, as well as Meusel's notice', indicates that the work
belongs to the Bibliotheca Asiatica. There were three
Portuguese Resendes, who were contemporaries, viz. :
Andrew Falcam de Resende, a Portuguese poet, who
died in 1598; Garcia de Resende, the historian and
poet, who died in 1554, and whose Chronica we notice,
tn/ra, after quoting it in reference to the disposition
evinced by the noblemen of the court of John II to
murder Columbus when he landed at Rastello {supra,
page 6) ; and the present Angelo Andrea de Resende,'
born in 1498, a prolific writer and a great antiquarian,
who died, universally respected, in 1573. The reader
might consult with advantage the works of I. da Sylva*,
Barbosa y Machado, and de Figaniere', to ascertain
whether among the numerous plaquettes published by
A. A. de Resende, some, now extremely rare, do not
refer to America or at least to Brazil.
Dirict re/ertnces: I Bibliotheca GrenvUiana, page 60 1.
\ BibliotAtca Browniana, page 16, No. 51.
^S?>^' 163. MARiNEo [L.)-'' O^u^ dc Rebus Hifpanis
memorabilibus, Compluti, Mich, de Eguia, 1532, folio."
{Bibliotheca Heberiana* .)
164. BORDONE (,B.)-'' \{qW\o, Vinegia, Zoppino,
1532, folio." (Graesse*.)
^miiotheca mtorica, Vol. v, Pt. ,, W„, Vol. ,x, p. 44»i U.yrAO, Analecta,
s'n' • ■ II, ■ P- 57- Under the date of icio, we de-
a..nZ':r'°P ^f'yfT^"? """'" '""•'• '■" '""■"' '" -isin^l S of th.
apflicaveis a Portugal e do Braiil. work
ulmlrf* -o^"'"''" '''""S"''' ' * Vol. ', p. 495- The Tri.cr i. the
*7Jn' No' ,6,8 .„. P . T> ^"'^ "' ""'-^ «"'* ^hich mention,
fart II, No. 3618, and Panzer, An- this edition.
Bibliotheca Americana. 285
l6c. PTOLEMr—Recto of the first leaf:
graphicae II Cum Eandaui anno||tationibus
eggrellgie illuftratae.ll
The above title, in the copy before us, is only a fac-simile, but
it seems to have been copied from the original.
Recto of the next page, printed :
ARGENTORATi II apud Pctrum Opilionem.
M.D.XXXII.
1532.
* * Folio ; title one leaf -f- ex numbered leaves, followed by
eight maps, covering each two leaves, + two unnumbered
leaves. The last map bears no title ; but, west of Iceland,
there is represented a large continent " Inde continuatur littori
terrjE Baccallaos, 356-60," which contains the following
inscriptions: terra bacallaos, vlteriora incognita gron-
LANDIA, HVETSARGH PROMONT.
(Private Library, New York.)
See verso of the ninety-second leaf for interesting
matter touching Cabot and Cuba.
Diricl rtfirtnct : Bihliothtca Hiberiana, Part V, No. 5388 ( ? )
166. LORiTZ OR gl^rEjINUS—" de Geographia liber.
Franc. 153a fol. ab ipfo audlore tertio recognitus."
(Athtnte Rauric^'.)
Evidently an error, as we give (Nos. 14a, 143, 147)
editions dated 1527, 1528 and 1530.
'^4
if
11
' Sivt Catalogut Profttiorum Academ. Baiilicniis, p. 251,
286 Bibliotheca Jmericana.
I532* ^^7* ''■ M^^TYR & F. CORTESr- Recto of the first leaf:
^ ^ EXTRAIT OV RECVEIL DES ||
IJJes nouuellemet trouuees en la grand mer
Oce- II ane ou temps du roy Defpaigne Fernad
& Eliza II beth fa femme^ faiSi premierenmit
en latin par \\ Pierre Martyr de Millan, &>
depuis tranJJate en \\ lafiguaige francoys, ||
Item trois Narrations : dont la premiere eft
de\\ Cuba, &' commence ou fueillet i.32.||L^
feconde, qui eji de la mer Oceane, commence \\
ou fueillet 155. jjL^ tierce, qui eJi de la
prinfe de Tenufiitan, com\\mence ou fueillet
192.11
% On les vend a Paris rue fainSi lehan
de Beau- || uais, chez Simon de Colines au
foleil dor, jj
^ , , (turn priuilrgio.
Colophon t
Imprifne a Paris par Simon de Colines
libraire iure de \\ luniuerfte de Paris, Lan
de grace Mil cinq ces trente-deux, le dou-
ziefme iour de lanuier, \\
*»* 4to. title one leaf + seven unnumbered leaves + two hundred
and seven numbered leaves.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
The present is evidently a translation into French
of our No. 126. The first part, which is a version
ot Peter Martyr's abridgment of the fourth Decade,
made for Clement VII {supra, page 187, No. no), is
Bibliotheca Americana.
287
dedicated to the Duke d'Angouleme. On leaf 132
there is 3 new dedication to " Marguerite de Flandres
tante de Lempereur ;" and from leaf 155 to the end we
find the Epitotne de les Seconde et Tierce Narrationes de
la mar Oceane de Ferdinant Cortese, translatee de latin en
francoys.
Direct refertncei: ( Maittaire, ylnnalet Tyfitgr., Vol. ii, Part II, page 77*.
Panzer, jinnalet Tyfogr. Vol. viii, page 153.
NicERoN, Mcmoirei, Vol. x.Mll, page 112.
TtRNAux, No. 37.
Brunit, Vol. I, col. 193.
Iliuor. Typogr. alj. Parisitnj., Part II, page 9.
Bihiioiheca Hehcriana, Part X, No. 2189.
Bibliolhtca Grenvilliana, p.ige 17.
Bihliotheca Broivniana, pjge 16, No. 52.
Hibbert Catalogue, No. 5205, and Raetzel's, No. 1 1 59.
1532.
168. CORTES (FERN/INDO)— Within a border, composed of
twenty-five escutcheons of Spanish provinces and towns.
l?t» DE INSVLIS NV||PER inventis fer-
DiNANDi coRTEsii || ad Carolum V. Rom.
Imperatorem Narrationes, cum alio |1 quo-
dam Petri Martyris ad Clementem VII.
Pon II tificem Maximum confimilis argu-
menti||libello.|l^ His acceflerunt Epiftolas
duae. de feliciflimo apud IndosHEuangelij
incremento, quas Tuperioribus hifce diebus
qui- II dam fratres Mino. ab India in Hif-
paniam tranfmiilerunt.H^ Item Epitome
de inuentis nuper Indiae populis idolatris||
ad fidem Chrifti, atcp adeo ad Ecclefiam
Catholicam conuer-Htendis, Autore P. P.
F. Nicolao Herborn, regularis obferuantise,
■V-
I
288 Bibliotheca Americana.
1 53 2* ordinis Minorum Generali CommifTario ||
'■™''''™ Cifmontano.ll
% Venduntur, in pingui Gallina.|| Anno
M.D.XXXII.II
Then, portrait of the Emperor.
Colophon OH ret to of the last leaf:
^ ColoniaE ex officina Melchioris Noue-
fiani, Anno MUDXXXII. Decimo Ka-
lendas menfis Septembris.||
Verso of the last leaf, after a printer's mark, with the inscription :
IN PINOVI GALLINA :
f Colonise, Impenfis honefti ciuis Ar-||
noldi BircKman. Anno Domini || M. D.
XXXII. MenfellSeptembri.il*
•^j* Folio, title one leaf + three preliminary unnumbered leaves
+ eight unnumbered leaves for De Insults + thirty leaves for
the Second Narration -|- thirty-three for the Third Narration
•4- seven unnumbered leaves.
(Private Librar., New Yurk and Providence.)
'<
This translation of the Second and Third Narrations
of Cortes contains, besides Peter Martvr's De Insults,
* Jitigliii : The Narrations oi Fernando
Cortes to Charles V, Emper.ir of Germany,
coiicerninn: the islands Utcly disiovcred,
with a certain other tract oj Peter Martyr,
to Pope Clement VH.cn a similar subject.
To these are a.lJed two letters referring to
the most fiirtunate increase of the Gospel
among the Indians, which certain friars of
the Minorite order transmitted formerly
from India to Spain. AUo an Epitome
concerning the conversion of the idolatrous
people of India, lately discovered, to the
Christian faith, and to the Catholic Church,
by the Rev. Father Nicholas Herbom,
General Cismonlanc Commissary ot the
order of the Minorirej of" the regular
observance.
Sold at the Fat Htm, i 53J.
Cologne, from the office ot Melchi<ir
Novesianus, 1 5 31. tenth Kalend - i Sep-
tember.
Cologne, printed by the honest citizen
Arnold Bircknian, A. D. IJJX, month oi
September.
Bibliotheca Americana. 189
a letter from Friar Martin de Valencia', dated June 1532'
1 2th, 1 53 1, at the convent of Thalmanaco in Yucatan, ■
and other letters sent from Mexico by Zumarraga, the
first bishop of that city, which will be found in the
Novus Orbis of 1555*.
Diretl reftrimttll
PANiri, jtnnalei Tyfegr., Vol. TI, page 413.
MtL-sii., Btkti-.iktta Hulorica, Vol. Ill, Part I, page 269.
TciNAi-x, No. 39.
Bihliiiktca CrtHvilHana, pige 1 67.
Bihiitiktea Heitriar.a, Pjrt I, No. 1037.
Bii.'iilieca Briivniana, |uge 17, No. 55,
Bihlhiktea Bjr-'o^viaia, page 8.
SlevtnC jtmtricaa BiblUgrafhtr, page 87.
!l|
169. " Martyrio &c y tres cartas de Mexico,
4to.
We find this short notice in Rich's Supplement under
the date of 1532, but are unable to add anything to it.
Niceron states', we do not know on what authority,
when speaking of the Decades and especially of Hak-
luyt's edition: " II y a eu d'autres editions faites pre-
cedemment en Espagne, dont j'ignore les dates." This
may be one of those early Spanish editions, but we very
much doubt its existence anywhere and at any time.
Were it not for the fact that the above title is in Spanish,
we should think that Rich meant to refer to the Cologne
edition of Savorgnano's Cortes [infra), which contains
the De Insults of Peter Martyr, and several letters from
Mexico.
' "(V«t«»ci*, M»«T«»)— Utiigiiao dd ofdeii
dc San Francisto: Sifi&m la 'ilU it Don Jiian,
dc Ca>'.ilU la Vicja, fue una it kx primcrui Kcli-
gicnoi ^ue pasarori a la Nucva E«paAa el afio de
1 114, con celo apoftoJico de la coovenjon dc lo«
Yiidios, y de \m i\-aK mas ftnio cofieron ; era de laii
coniumaja virf ud -lue marib en opinion de ^ant.dad
en el Pueblo de Tlamanako, dilute par Iradicion
dicen que ha obrado D:o« muchos milaproi por su
intercesion \ y tt mantabo ta caerpo enlero treinla
afioi detpuei de »u muerre, con vcneracioti de
tqaeUst Natuialc*, haua que cod cI diKuru del
liempo le ha ocultado su fepultura, apesar de la
diligcnL-ias que hati hechc* los Rcligiosos de su ordeii
para eiicnritrarla: cscribio;
Cjrrat sobre diterentes cosas de los Yndios :
IJIlfol.
HI Lutero de las almas de Kulcetan [lit] y
Nucva Espaiia : i;ji, fol."
(.AlcKDO, Biil. Am. MS.)
* PP- 536-677-
* Mimoiret pour icrvir a rhiitoire del
hommtt illuiirei, Vol. XXIll, p. ZIZ.
37
290 Bibliotheca yimericana.
^532* 170. ZIEGLER {J.)-Recto of the fint leaf:
~ QVAE II INTVSCON llTINENTVR.il SYRIA, ad
Ptolomaici operis rationem, Prajtcrca Stra-
bojlne, Plinio, & Antonio audoribus lo-
cuplctata. II PALESTiNA, iifdem aiidoribus.
Praeterca Hi-||ftoria facra, & lofepho, &
diiio Hieronymo locupletata. || arabia Pe-
traea, fiuc, Itinera liliorum Ifrael per de-||
fertum, iifdem audoribus. || aegyppvs, iif-
dem auctoribus. Prsterea loannejl Leone
arabe grammatico, lecundum receotiorum
locorum fitu,||illufl:rata.||scHONDiA, tradita
ab audoribus, qui in ciuso-|| peris prologo
memorantur.il HOLMiAE, ciuitatis regi^, fue-
ticE, deplorabilis exci- |I dij Chriftiernum
DaticE cimbricae regem, hiftoria. || region-
VM iuperiorum, fmgulse tabulae Geogra||
phica;. II
ARGENTORATi \apud Pctfum Opilionem.||
M. D. XXXII.
*^* Folio, one hundred and ten numbered leaves -|- eighteen un-
numbered leaves, occupied with maps and incastigtionem,
(British Muieum.)
" min. charta et typis niti dissimis'."
Jarries Ziegler or Ciglerus* was a Bavarian theologian,
born in 1480, who cultivated mathematics and cosmog-
' MiusEt, Bibh Hittor., Vol. I, Part ii, p. 95. ' ScHtrrM, Sutcia Lit., p. a/j.
Bibliotheca Americana.
lg\
raphy with success, and died in 1549. We suppose 1^32.
that the above is the book referred to by Mr. Biddle', ,11 l,
under the title of " Ziegler's work on the Northern
Regions (Argent, ed. of 15.32. fol. 92. b.)" in reference
to Cabot's voyage. It is the only work of Ziegler which
was printed at Strasburg in 1532, and although the
words " Liber de re^ionibus septenlrionalibus" do not
appear on the title, we know that there is a part of the
work devoted to the northern regions (under the quaint
name of Sc/tondia, which Ziegler uses for Groenland, Ice-
hind, &c.), and which was published under Biddie's title
latinized, but only in 1542 {supra}.
In the chapter on Sc/iondia, under the head of Groen-
/andia, on the reverse of leaf xcii, the author says:
" Pctrus Martyr mcdiolancnfis in hifpanicis nauigatioibus
fcribit, Antoninium qucndam Cabotum folucntcm a Britannia,
nauigaUb continue ucrfus Icptcntrioncm, quoad incident in
crultas glatialcs incni'c lulio, indc ergo conui-rlum rcmigafFc
continue fccundum littus lefc incuruans aultrum ucrlus, donee
ueniret ab fitum contra Hifpaniam fupra Cubam inlulam Cani-
balum," &c.
Moreri* mentions a work of Ziegler which may have
some bearing on the subject : De Rebus Indicis liber;
unless it is the chapter de Moluccis insulis, added to the
edition of 1542.
Direct rtftrtnctt
: ( Fheytac, ^na,
•j Mkusel, Bihiii
( Panzek, jinna
Fheytac, ^naUela Liti,, page 1 1 14.
liothrta lliiiorica, VdI. I, Pjrt II, p»ge 9;.
nna/ci Tyfogr., Vol. VI, page 111, No. I zl.
17 1. nUTTICU OR GRYNMUS— Recto of the fini leaf:
NOVVS ORBIS REGIOii
NVM AC INSVLARVM VKTERIBVS INCOGMTA-
RVM,||una cum tabula cofmographica, &
• Memoir of Setunian Cubul, p. 31 * Ui^ii'.nr.aire (igth eJit. , p I iS.
.^ ^
292 Bibliotheea yfmerieana.
1532. aliquot alijs confimilisHargiimenti libellis,
quorum omnium catalogusUfcqucnti patc-
bit pagina. || His acceint copiofus rerum
memorabilium index. ||
iv rpiddtf} eJfit.
Then printer's mark and :
Fat.i uiam inucnicnt.
Basileae apvd Io. Hervagivm, Mense
Martio, Anno m.d.xxxii.*
%* Title one leaf 4- twenty-three unnumbered leaves -f pagei
numbered 584. Woodcuts on pages 30 and 129.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
" Ed. collectionis prima'," and certainly an invaluable
collection, which reflects credit upon John Huttich, who
alone compiled it. Simon Gryn.x'us onlv wrote the pref-
ace, yet it bears the latter's name, and having been
printed by Hervagius, Meusel' calls the present work
Co//ec lio Huttichio-(jrytheo-Herva^iano.
John Huttich was born at Mentz towards 1480, and
died in 1544, at Strasburg, where he held one of the
canonships in the Cathedral of that city'. " Er war ein
grosser Freund der Alterthiinier," says Jocher*.
As to Simon Grynxus, he was an inveterate talker',
one of the early Reformers, the personal friend of Luther,
Calvin and Melancthon, and the fortunate discoverer
of the last five books of Livy, hitherto lost, and after-
* ^"5!''' •• A new glube of regions and
islands unl<nown to the ancients, togetlier
wi'.h a co5m.,gra|-hicai table, and some
other treatises containing sin-.ilar things ;
the catalogue ot" which uill appear on the
following page. An index of memorable
things has been added.
" 1 am obvious."
" Destiny will work iti way out."
Basle, at John Hervagius", March, 1531.
' Kloss Catalogue, No. 2887.
' Bih/iciitij Uiiiitua, Vol. Ill, Pt. I,
p. III.
' Johannes, Scripiortt Hitior. Mogun-
lin.. , Vol. Ill, p. 321.
♦ ^U^emeinet Gtlthrt. Lexic, Vol. 11,
col. 1771.
• HuiT, Je clar. intirf,, Vol. I, p. 166.
f '
Bibliotheca Americana.
493
wards published by I'>asmus. Not less than seven of
his descendants, all bearing the name of Grynaeus, have <
acquired great reputation as scholars and theologians.
He died in 1541".
Baillet says of the printer^:
•• Erasmc estimait fort flirtuigius, ie disait que nous avons obliga-
tion a Aide dc nous avoir donne le premier le Prince dcs Orateuri
[PosKrior S(alig(ran. page ^\\, mais que nou5 sommes bcaucoup plus
redcvables a Hervagius de I'avoir mil en un ciat beaucoup plus accom-
Fili, k de n'avoir cpargne aucunc depense ni aucun soin pour lui donner
a perfection."
The chapters which are of importance to the student
of American history are :
The first three voyages of Columbus, pp. 1 1 ;-i 18.
Vinccntc Yancz Pinzon's voyage, pp. 122-130.
The duplicate of Vcspuccius' third voyage, pp. 130-142.
The four voyages of Vespuccius, copied from Gruninger's edition
( No. 60), pp. 184-187.
The extract of the fourth Decade of Peter Martyr, pp. 570-584.
Mr. Grenville says':
"The Title-Page announces a Map, with a description of the Map
by Munster', but no map has, as far as I can learn, ever been seen in
this edition. Neither do Camus, Meusclius, Maittaire, Panzer, or
any of the Bibliographical books appear to have noticed in this and
in the subsequent editions the constant deficiency of the map."
We have been more fortunate, for not only do we
know of a number of catalogues'" which advertise the
Novus Orbis of Basle, i 532, " with a map," but we have
seen several copies of the latter edition which contained
it. Whether they were the maps really belonging to
the work, and described by Munster, we are unable to
• Athtnaf Kauricat, p. 71.
' /ugements, Vol. I, p. 381, and Bji/.
BuchJruck., p. 117.
• Bibliotheca Grtnviltiana, p. 498.
• In ijhulam cmm j^rafhiir iniriductio
per Sehaittanum MunUtrum. It is in this
kind of geographical treatise that uccuri
the passjge so olten quoted :
" In Oceano occidcntali fcri uouut Oibii noKrit
temporibui ib Alberico Veipulio et Chriitnphoro
Columbn multia jue alijs insiciiibui uiris inventus
est ifui lion abi re i|uartaorbif pars iiuiKupari poresl.
ul jam terra nmi sit tripartita, leit qiiadripartita^
quum hx lndiaf).ririsuta^suama||;iiiiuJinc Europam
excctlaiit. prtT'itTlim ea t|uam ab Amertcn, primo
iuuciitore. Americam vocaitt." (Redo of dill* ).)
'• See, among others, Wakknaer's, Tro-
mcl's, Tross', Bihliallitca lltbiriana. Fart
Til, Nui. 2848 and 1849, &c.
«532.
i;
294
liibliotheca /tmericana.
1532. say, as no two copies of this edition had the same. Wc
■■ have before us one, which is as follows :
On one line: COSMCXiKA PI I ICVS VNIVKR-
SALIS. «4^ Then a highly ornamented border, ami two
inscriptions within a stpiare, one beginning with the word
INDIA, and the other SCV'I'ARVM. The newly
rediscoyereil world is represented on the north of a long
strip of land, bearing the inscription Terra do Cuba; the
isthmus is cut asunder, as in the Chinese maps. The
southern part contains these words only: Parias Cani-
bali, AMI-KK'A || ll-.RRA NOVA, Prijilia. Then,
in type of this si/e, Jie word :
ASIA.
This, which we call A, we are inclined to consider as
the genuine maj). We have seen four or five copies of
the Noviis Orhis of Basle, I5;j7 (/;//>-</), each, containing
a map which is literally copied from the jiresent, but
with this only ilifterence: the word ASIA is printci
in a kind of type somewhat different and smaller. The
latter, which we call H, is also frecjuently seen in the
Novus (Jtbis of Hasle, 1555.
Another Novus Orbis of Basle 15J2", contains a map
bearing the following inscription :
'rabuhi noiianim Inliilanim, cjiias diucT-
iis rci'pcdibus Occidcntalcs & Indianas
uocant.
In ihi', which we call C, the word AMI'.RICA is
not to be found; we only reail on the southern part of
this continent :
" Nou orbis," Infula Atlantica (piam uocant Brafd
& Americain," ami Xlf Mvt || Jll^fH. ||
" Bihlhthtta Bmuniana, \\ i6, Nu. 51.
Bibliotheca /Imericana.
295
It is in appearance entirely difFerent from A and B; I C'2 2.
and, if our niemf)ry serves us right, we think it helongs __««___
to some of rhi- small folio I'lolemies. At all events, we
find in the Ptolemy of II. I'etrus, Basle, 1540 (itifra),
one which resembles it in many respects. The chief
differences between the latter and C, consi'.t in a different
title, the absence of the (jerman inscri|)tion, and the
addition of a large caravel on the Pacific, close to the
Southern c(>ntinent.
The demand for bibliographical rarities of this kind
always brings a supj)ly. The imagination of book-
sellers is fertile, as collectors know; the Plo/emies and
Munsters published at Basle in large numbers have not
all found their way into the waste basket, and we fancy
that these present an easy method of supplying the
cartographical deficiency in the Novtis Orbis, s(j fre-
quently complained of
The edition of I'aris, 15.32 (No. 172), contains no
additions. That of Basle, 1557 {infra), has Maximilian
of Transylvania's Letter concerning Magellan's Voyage.
In the etlition of Basle, 1555, the following have been
ailded : The Corte/ Narrations (Second and Third), the
letters on the propagation of the (iospel among tne
Indians, the epistle of the Bishop of 'Temixtitan "in Hu-
ketan," and the summary of I lerborn's Discourse on
the conversion of the liulians to the Catholic faith. As
to Baltha/ar LyiTius' edition'*, Brunet says:
" Cc rccucil rctilcrrnc la panic dc la cijllciiion ilc (irvii.fus i|ui se
rapporti: a l','\tin;ri(|iic, ct ilc plus la cli ,.ii:rt.itic)ii ilc Varrfriiis, vtii-
gaircmcii' noiniiic' C'lii/iiir Hiirri'iroi, iicvt-u Ju ccl'.-hri: (can tit; Harris."
'This " partie (jui St. rapporte a rAmerii|ue," con-
sists of:
Navigtitio Criitof'ori V.ohmhi.
" (''inzi'Htii I'inxoni.
" Americi l^esputii.
" Navux orhiiyiii f\t naviftiilione: ptiitur f^urrfrii iliimrwm dt Orphyra rfgioHt (
in Amtntam s ifuibui aJjuHximui Oaif. KutlvrUjin, iivo, 1616
^53^'
lg6
Bibliotheca Americana.
P. Martyr, He Insulis nuper inventis.
Ferdinandi Cortesii narrationes.
Nic. Herborn, de Indis convertendis.
All taken from the 1555 edition.
Cornelius Ablijn's version in Dutch", contains in
addition the first three decades of Peter Martyr. Under
the date of 1534, we describe Michael Herr's'* trans-
lation into German, which gives only the chapters in the
original of 1532.
Dirtcl rtftrtncti :
Mf.usEL, Bihltothtctt Hiilorita, Vol. in, Part I, page i»i.
PANir.ii, Annalt$ Tyfogr., Vol. IX, pjge 405.
Rich, No. 7.
TiBNAUX, No. 38.
Camus, Ultmthei lur de Bry, page 6.
BnuNf.r, Vol. IV, tol. iji.
T«oMii., page 3, No. 4.
Ci'al. Bihlioih. T/itrniana, V1I. n, page 150.
Bihliotheca Barlotviana, page 1 i.
172. IDEM OPUS-Reao of the first U.if:
NOVVS ORBIS RE- II
GIONVM AC INSVLARVM VE- i| tcHbuS inCOg-
nitarum, una cum tabula cofmographica,
8c II aliquot aliis confimilis argumenti libel-
lis, quorum || omnium catalogus fcqucnti
patebit pagina. || His accclllt copioius re-
rum mcmorabilium index. ||
^* Dit Nhutvtfytf nil JtrLanJi, chap. Vjnder Lor, fol , 1 563. > 4 11 813 np
ftn injf tylarJtn ./,, ,0, k:,r to, alitn B. L. (IMvatr Library, I'ruvidcnce. See
eudin n entU httcknbtrtn iniehni f-ewfut Bihlicttitcj br<,uniana. No. 138.)
^X" tVo'r nu .„,„rf vamitn l'o:,,u. "Not AVr, 4» it is printed Ji.»ra, p.
galtiurtH HI Uiipanieiini Arilwiip, Jan 64, in line 7 of note loi.
Bibliotheca Americana.
297
Then vignette representing a galley bearing the lilies of France,
with the motto :
VOGUE LA GALEE. PARISIIS APVD GALE-
OTVvi A II Prato, in aula maiore Palatii regii
ad primam columnam. jj
Colophon :
ImpreiTum Parifiis apiid Antoniiim Au-
gcUcrum, impcnris loannisjl Parui 8c Gale-
oti a Prato. Anno M.D.XXXll. VIII. ||
Calen. Nouembris. ||
1532.
* *
*
Folio, ot larger size than No. 171 ( which is also a folio),
title one leaf (wiih table ot contents on the vers<j); + twenty-
four preliminary Icivcs, including nineteen of index, -\- live
hundred and t'uurlccn |)aj;cs (p. ^iz marked ^02, and p. ^14,
marked ^07 ), 4- one leat containiiij; on its mto the register
and colophon ; the veij'j blank. Map. The woodcut on page
30, in No. 170, is here omitted.
(Private Librar., New York Jiij Providence.)
I
The map in one of the copies before us, instead of
being that which is usually found in the Paris edition
(described, supni, in No. 171, as D), is the map which
we call A on page 294. '1 he other copy" contains Oron-
tius Fine's map. Cancellieri' says ot this edition "piu
rara di tutte."
Dirtcl rtftnntti! I Maittai«», Annaltt Typogr., V.il. II, Part II, fife 77V
i Pan/mi, Annaiti Tyfifr., Vol. vill, page 155, No. ii^i.
HuMBoi.DT, F.xamni Critique, Vol. IV, |)a((e 111. note.
BnuNItT, Vol. I\, 'ol. 131.
BihtiuhtiJ Brotciihtna, page 16, No. 54.
' Diktioikei.1 Barlowiana, page Ij.
' Dmiria-ziam.
.3»
298
Bibliotheca Americana.
'532* 173. HUTTICH OR GR TNyKUS-Precisely like the above, with
———-———• this cxieption :
Instead of Galliot Du Pre's printer's mark, there is jchan Petit's,
but dittcring somewhat from the two specimens inserted in Brunct
as the name o[ the printer is repeated several times rcithin the vis-'
nettc. and the lions' heads' are of a much holder type. Then below :
PARISIIS AFVD lOANNEMllPa-
ruum Tub flore Lilio, uia ad fanctum
lacobum.
As ro the map, it is that which belongs properly to
the Pans edition, and is as follows:
In a scroll : ^ NOVA, F/F INTKGRA VNI-
VKRSl OlUilS i)KSCKli>TlO. $- Then a double-
folded homeotencal mappcnuind. On the richt of
the reader there is a separate continent, bearing the
following insonprions: BKASIKLIK RF.GIO KF-
GIO PATALIS. 4fe IFRkA AVSTRALIS RE , ||
Txri^'oT-V''!' *^^ """^'^' ^''"'"^ '-•ognita.llCIRCVLVS
ANIARCIICVS; and below, an elongated penin-
sula rising from south to north, and containing many
words in small type, among which we read: Mons paf-
T!'i\^- ^'■/''■'^"'fi- ^' ^'"^'-'A K real; Monte frezofo and
A II i\l F II RI II CA. II On the left of the readerfemerg-
ing from the border, there are several narrow strips
with the names: Terra Jionda, Cuba, Vtuatans, lanaica
Lf/J- .^;?"V'-'' we notice a coat-of-arms exhibitinu the
dies of I-rance quartered with three dolphins. In the
lower part of the map, within a square frame, the in-
scription :
"Orontius . F.' Delph . ad lectorem."
Orterimus tihi, candidi lector, vniversam orbis tcrrarvm dcscrio
nonem.juxta recentmm C.eographorum ac Hydrographorum menterE.
olll .'; '•,""'■'" ■'^\.^;"'^-. . Wh.n w.. ra . knowledge, especially in matter, pertaining
ol lea the w„n,i..rtul aa>v„y ,li.pUyed by t,. C...,mo«r..rhv, and his skill . sT Z"
th.. un.ortun,,.c mun, ,he extent .,f his r..pher. «<• ..rr inclined „, believe h«
».J»»I'
■ 'W»|i|
Bibliotheca Americana,
199
seruatatum i^quatoris, turn parallelorum ad eas qune ex centris pro-
portione, geniina cordis humani (ornuila in piano co-extensam : qiia-
rum la;ua borcalem, dextra vero Australcm Miindi partem complec-
titur . Tu igitur inunusculuin hoc liberalitcr cxiipito : halietoque
gratias Christiano Wechclo, ciijus fauorc et impen^is h.xc tibi coin-
municarimus . Vale, 1531. Mcnse Julio."
(Private Library, New York.)
^532.
Dirtet rt/irencei 1 f At.ctvo, Bihiioiheca Americana, MS., Vol. ir, page 641.
\ Asher Catalogue fur 1865.
I'J^, FRANCK (SEBASTIAN)-'' V^t\\\mc\\: fpicgcl viui I533«*
bildnir/, des gantzen erdbodens in 4 Muchern, neurlich "
in Afiam, Aphrica, b.uropam vnd America von neu-
wcn vnhekanten welten, Infcln vnd crdtrichcn fo ncwiich
erfunden worden fcindt geftclt und ahgtjthcilt . . . iiitt
aus Berofo, Joanne de niontevilla, S. Brandons Hif-
tori und dergleichen fabeln, fundc'r aus angenummenen
glaubwirdigen erfainen weltbefchrihern nuilllig zu liaufF
tragen etc. Tiih., Ulr. Morhart 1533. in-fol."
(Oraessh'.)
This edition is the earliest we could find of Sebastian
Franck's well-known Mirror of the II 'orld. We describe,
infra, under the dates of 1534 and 1542, original copies
of this curious work, which was translated into I'leniish
in 1563.
the following may contain some curious
matter concerning ihc New Worlii: " I'ro-
tomathrlis : opus varium, ac Icitu non
minus utile i)uam necellarium. I've. Pjri/iii
iifiuti Simonem Colinafum MUX XX II. f'A,
<um fi^^. Main. II. p. 76)t. liiht. Thott.
Ml. I't. I. p. a "—(Panzer.)
Tile tliiril part ot the Proiomat/ifiis bears
tlic title of De Coimngraf/iiii iive minJi
iphttra l.ihri A^, ami it is in tlii;. tliat llie
reader who hai. access to the worli iiiiiat
look ("or tlie patsnijes, if anj there be,
relating to America.
' Tr,ior, Vol, II, p. 6^7, contains .ilio
a notice of an ejition of l?H' *hich
may lOily he the edition ul 1^36, which
bears the date of 15^41111 the litlc-page
and '■ i.iusent funti luiii.lert vier und drcys-
segsten jar," in the CVili^phon.
*" KDKN (RICH Alii))— TtiMUe ..f
the new India, with tillier Newfound-
landes and llandes. Lond. E. Sucton,
1535." (I.owNoits, Bil>liiij;r. Miinu.il. sec-
ond editiiin, Part 111, p. 711; llKiNEr,
UxArsHi!, ivc.)
'I'liia ii only Kdcn's tranilailon of
Monster, and >hould read I^S? instead
of'SU'
joo Bibliotheca Americana.
'533* ^75' COLU.MBIAS ( CHRliiT()VHER)—Reclo of the first Itaf ;
BKLLVM CHRISTI/llANORVM prin-
CIPVM, PRAECIPVE GALLO 1| RVM, CONTRA SARA-
cENos, ANNO sALVTis || M.Lxxxviii pro terra
fandta gcftum : autorc || roberto momacho
\sic\ II carolvs Vcrardus de expugnatione
regni Granatae qus con jj tigit ab hiiic quad-
ragclimo fccundo anno, per Catholicu
rcgcm II Ferdinandum Hilpaniarum.H Crif-
tophorus Colom de prima inrulariim, in
mari Indico litarum,|| luilratione, qus Tub
rcgc Ferdinando Hifpaniarum fada eft. ||
Dc Icgationc regis Aethiopia^ ad Clemen-
ten: pontiHcem vii. ac Rcgc Portugallice :
item de regno, hominibus, atqj moribus
cius/ II dem populi, qui Trogloditae hodie
cHe putantur. II loan. Baptifta Fgnatius de
origine Turcarum. || Pomponius Lcctus de
exortu Maomethis. || Lector humaniflime
habes hie opus quarundam hiftoriaru, quas||
iam primu typis noftris ex antiquo &
fcripto exemplari in com || modum tuum
euulgauimus.il basileae excvdebat henricvs/
PETRVS MENSE AVGVSTO. jj
Colophon :
BASILEAE EXCVDEBAT HENRICVS PE/ || TRVS
MENSE AVGVSTO ANNO || M.D.XXXIII. ||
Bibliotheca Americana.
301
* * Folio; title one leaf, -f iiuicx in two unnumbered leaves, -f- ^533'
one blank, + one hundred and torty-nine numbered leaves, -4- _^^^^_
one leaf, blank on the recto, with printer's mark on verso.
(Private Lilirar., Nrw V«irk aiiJ Providence.)
The early authors, when referring to the first letter
of Columbus, generally quote this collection. The De
Insulis is inserted, pages 1 16-121, umler the following
title: Christophorus Cohimb \sic) de prima Insularum in
mart Indicio siiarum lustratione.
" Kt pour ce ^ui est d'Hcnric Petri [the printer, born in 1 508']
on pcut voir ce qui est sorti de sa i>outique liaiis le catalogue cjue ses
heritiers en firent imprimer in-4' a Basle, avec une continuation."
(Baillkt'.)
Dhtcl refirtncti : Panim, jinnalet Tyf>ogr., Vol. VJ, page 196, No. 937.
• Ghaksse, Vi>I. II, page 128.
Bihliathfca Crfnvi/iinnj, pajif 610.
Bihlmthaa Browniana. pajjc 17, No. 57.
Kluts Catalogue, page 24Q, Nu. 3366.
176. MARTYR [PETER)— Recto of the first leaf:
PETRI MARTYRISilAB anglkria me-
DioLANEN. oRAioRis || chiriirimi, Fernandi
& Helilabcth Hirpaniarum quondam rc-
gum||a coniilijs, dc rebus Occanicis 6c Orbe
nouo decades tres : quibus |i quicquid de
inuentis nupcr terris traditum, nouarum
rerum cupi-||dum ledorem retinere polllt,
copioie, fideliter, erudire(]j docetur | eivs-
DEM praeterea II LKCiATlONIS BABY-
LONICAK LI II BRI TRES : \'BI PRAEIER
oratorii mvneris jl pulcherrimum exem-
' Bailer Buchiirucktrgtuh., pp. 147 ' yugrmem dti Savatii lur Us princi-
149, tai-simile oi the printer's mark, and fdux ouvraf^ei dts auteuri. Vol. I, page
iketch ol' Petri, the printer. 382.
'JV
302 BMotheca Americana.
1533. pliim,ctiam qiiicquid in iiariariim gentium
mori-ll bus & inftitutis infigniter pryclarum
uidit, quy(|j terra maricp accidcrunt, omnia
Icdu mire iucunda, gcncrc diccndi poli-
tillimo traduniur.il
Then printer's mark (a palm tree and palma beb).
BAsiLEAE, II apud loauncm Hebclium ||
M.D.XXXIII.JI*
Colophon :
Balilea;, per lo. Bcbclium, An. a Chrifto
nato M. D. XXXIII. pridic calcnd. Scptcmb.
\* Elongated folio; title one Icaf+cleven unnumbered preliminary
leaves including the index -f ninety-two numbered leaves.
(I'rivute Libr., Nt« V„rk, I'rovi.lenir jnd W«hinjt..n city.)
Contains only the first three decades, and the abridg-
ment of the fourth.
Di'til reftrtmsli i
Panii», ^n«alt, Tyfogr.. Vol. vi, page I97, and Vol. u, pjfe 407
.McvtlL, Bihli3t)ttcj HiiloriiJ, Vol, |i|. Part I. pan fj
Ri.H, No. «. • . r s , J-
Tknai'X, No. 40.
TkuMtL, No. 5.
Bihlioi/ieca Hrhriunj, Pjrt vi. No. 141 5.
Bihliol^tca Brownianj, p.ijjc 1 •*, No. 58.
Rothclin t'jtalogur, No. 4351;.
Kloss Catalogue, page- lyj, No. S695, JcKribe* McJancthon". topy
with marginal notes.
• yl'igiiit : The thrrr drcaJes ot' Peter
Martyr J'Anghiera, Milancsi-, the m.»t
celebrated orator, tounsrllor o(' tin- late
sovereigns ol'Spain, FrrJinand and l>abella,
which, by srtting torth in a lopiou;, (ailh-
tul and learned manner everything con-
cerning the countries recently discovered,
may captivatr the attention ot" the reader
curiout ot' novelties. Also, three books ot'
the same concerning his ambany to Baby-
Ion [Cairo], which, besides the linest
specimen ot oratorical talent, e«hibit> in
language ni..jt elegant and ot the highest
interest to the reader, every remarkable
thing seen by him on the subject of the
customs and institutioiu ol' the diiferent
nations.
Basle, at John Behelius', 15JJ.
Bibliotheca Americana. 303
177. ZVMMARylOA (J.\-Rtcto tf the first leaf: ^533"
Itti^ifl- I ^'^^^" Aloitip Xniiib. iiuf| brm l! oroffcit
lllill|" ' im l)ol|fu Worculoiili, Dfii iiiiiu || rtcmciiu
lidi nriHrt ^rirftrr v^oijnit, an ^l^abft || (^IrmciK; ben
«tbrn)irn, ^h ^ononia brrliort in offncn (^onfiftorio am
ixir. tad v^annarii «nno || Jil. D. .vv.vin. • Tlf(f«
Vudllrine jnlialt. (^rftlidi, («in fnrt^r (irfdircibunn bed
^orenlanbe, fant|it ber (lanblunn im (^onfiftorio || ^'{nm
anbern, ein «eubbrieff bee .Uiinifid bon ^l^ortn || nal an
S^abft (Element ben «iebenben. |i ;{iim britten, (^iu 3enb-
brieff be« ^Jlorenfonifl^ ;, an ^^nbft (^'(ement. || (^in hir^
3umarinm non biffem 'JJ^areufoniq, fei-||nf ^^^oltfern, bnb
iren bitten am (^nbe bijee 'i^iidjleind. * ;{n le^t (^in
ienbbrteff bee t^ifdioffe ber oroffem || ftabt ^emi^-titan
in ber 92enien erfunbenn i melt, flen 2olo[a in ^rani! ||
reidi oefdiribrN.ii
**' 4'"' "*' ''*''"' ""^ ''"''> '■'''■' "'"^ leat -f- eighteen unnunilu'red
leaves. (Pri^jtr Librir>, Nrw Y..ik.)
" L» Icttrc dc I'cvcquc dc Tcmistitan (villc de Mexico) [juan
Zummaraga], adrcsscc an chapitre dcs Fraiu iscains tciui cii is'jz
a Toulouse, qui »c trouvc i<jintc a cct (ipusciilc en traduction allc-
mandc, traitc dc I'ctat ci du progri-s des missions dans le Nmiveau-
Monde. Le tcxtc original sc tr'Mivc aussi paiini Ics pieces cuntenucs
a la tin dc la L'hronique d'Amandus."
(Tmi.M *.!.'.)
Tromcl seems inclined fo consider \V[{)lfang] Stockcl
of Dresden as the printer of this iniscciluiicous collection.
According to Santarenr, Stockcl exercised his traile as
early as 1495. Kalkenstcin says' "his 1519;" while the
latest date ascribed to Sttickel hy I'an/.tr* is 1524.
' H 4/. Amir., p. 4. N'j. 6. Thi) '|uiit4- " Di>lion,iire /liiiiiogr., V'ul. i, p. 396.
tion 4tipc«« of Mr. Atbrr't aitrrtinn it ' (tutkichte Jer Uuihjruik,, p. 181.
made in hit catalogue Am 1(65, Nu. iH. * Annui'ei Typogr., Vul, xi, p. 304.
304 Bibliotheca /1m eric ana.
'533* 17^* SCHONER vy.)— Recto of the Jint Itaf:
lOANNlS SCHO/
NF.RI CAKOLOSTADII OPVSCV-
lA'M GIXHJRAPMK'V.M KX DIVKRSORVM M
bris ac cartis fumma cura 6c diligcntia col-
ic || Chim, acconiodatum ad rcccntcr cla-j|
boratiim ab codcm globiini dc-|| fcriptionis
tcrrcna\ || ioach 1 m i c.\ m erarii. ||
Forte oculis clari (pcctas qui fulcra coeli
III liibifctuni c'tiam Imuina fletti- loliim
Noil til res iiiiliiJiiia tiia ilia iiipiiliiic Icitor,
ilia mayis puliia f(l, li;i'C (|U(iii/, piikra taiucn.
yuici iliihitas : 11 do .ithcria uitaiii traliis aura,
Palniia Icil iiilus & tibi priihet iter.
Hanc uis, quanta patct, brcuibus cognolirerc cartis.
Hoc modicum lulhaiis pcilpicf K'ltor upus.
Ncc ([u r luiii olim iiec (|u;r moilo Icripta retpiires
Cuiicta tibi paruo plana tutura libro.
" Ex urbe Norica id . Novembris . Anno XXXllf."
%♦ 4to, sine itnno ,iut hio, title one leaf + nineteen unnumbered
leaves, woodcuts of globes.
(Private Library, Providence.)
It is in this work that the reader will find the first
(see supra, page 65) of tliat long series of calumnies
which have fastened on the meniorv of Vespucci lis the
odious charge of having artfully inserted the words
" 'Verra di Amerigo' in charts which he had otherwise
altered. *'Americus Vesputius maritinia loca Indite
superioris ex Hispaniis navigio ad occidentem perlus-
' BitHtthtta Bro-wniana, p. 17, No. 56.
Bibliotheca .-/mericana.
305
trans, earn partem quic superioris Indiac est, crcdidit
esse Insulani quam a suo iioniint: vocari instituit "
Yet it is a noticeable fact that Schtiner's own globe,
made in 1520, and still preserved in the city library ar
Nuremberg, gives this name of America vel Brasilia sive
papa^alli terra to the southern part of the new continent.
See caps, xx, xxi, Rejiiunes extra FtoUmiekm^ and the
last page for a notice of Bra/il.
•' Even ill 1 $33, the attrunoiner Schuncr iiiiiintaincd that the whoie
ut tl)c so-calleil New World was a pan of Asia , supcriaris Indiz),
and that the city <it Mcxicu i Teniiiititan i cunijuercd by Corte*. wa«
no other than the Chinese coinmerrial city of Quinsay, so excessively
extolled by Marco Polo."
(HiiM«4)L1IT'.)
«533'
Oirici rtfirtnctt : I UorrtLMAua, Hiiior. Nackr. v. iVvriiA. MdtlUm^iicn, pi«(c jo.
HuMRiil.Di, Examen Crilijue, VdI. v, p4fc l?l
Santaiim. yeif^Kt
Calal. BiilhlA. Bunav., Vul. II, p4(r )0
I yg. APIANIUS {l-JHERi-Move a vignette of a mounted gl*hi :
COSMOCiRAPHI- i tvs i.ihkr I'Ktri afiam ma- || theni;t-
tici, lain ilciiuo intcgritati icUitutu> 1 per Gcmmam Phrvfium. ji
Item ciuldetn CiemiiKf Phrylii Lihcllu!. dc Locorum dc- || Icribcn-
(idiuMi ratione, & dc eoKiitt disltaiitii> in- || ucnici)di!>, nuiiq' ante
hac vilus. |i V.tiicut Antucipie tub Icuto Balilicfi p' Grcgur-u
Buiitiu. II
Colophon :
loan. Graplicus typis cudebat Antuerpiar, || Annu M.D.
\ XXI II. Ilinenlf Feb'r. ||
[" Veneunt in pingui Gallina per Arnuldum Birckman.'"]
*** 4to, sixty-six numbered leaves.
(Private Library, Paru.j
See recto of leaf 34, and verso of 51.
' Knimoi, Entw. e. phyi. lfe/t/>e$.ir. * " P. Apijni Imirtdiutit GftfrafiUaf
\'iil. 11, |>. 6n ■it 'English tr.iii lation InguUt , t5}3, 4to." (BitHfina Htk*-
• MAirrAUK, /i'lnaUi Tyfx-^r,, Vol 'i, rianj, Vm v, N... jjc;* , or think i*efi-
Part II, p. 786. tical with uur No. 141;.
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180. IDEM OPUS-'' Frib. Brifg., Paris, 1533, 4*0."
(Graesse.)
181. " Marinei Siculi. Opus de rebus Hifpaniae
memorabilibus. Compluti, 1533, folio."
{Bibliotheca Heberiana^.)
182. IDEM-" Ohr^i de las cofas memorables de
Efpana. Alcala, Eguia, 1533. fol.— Gothic Letter."
^ (Ebert'.)
183. LOR/Tz-" Henrici Gla||ream Helvetii, Poetae
Lav- II reati, de Geographia Li- 11 ber vnvs, ab ipfo
Av-llthore iam tertio |1 recognitvs. H Apvd Fribvrgvm
Brif-Wgoiae, An. M.D.XXXIIL|1[Co/o;>/^ok] Apvd Fri-
bvrgvm Brisgoicvm 11 Anno M.D.XXXIIL |i Excvde-
bat loannes Faber |1 Emmevs Ivliacensis. || 35 foliod
leaves ; and one with woodcut on the reverse. 4to."
(Historical Nuggets' )
1534
* 184. IDEM OPUS— " De Geographia, woodcut dia-
-= grams, with xylographic inscriptions. 8vo. Venetiis, J.
A. de Sabio, 1534"
(Libri Catalogue*.)
I p„t ,1 No 3619. * Ternaux mentions (No. 44) under the
^ Dictionan',' ^o. 13I13, and Bihiio- date of 1534: " Novus orbis regionum ac
theca Heberiam, Part 1, No. 468 1 . insularum veteribus mcogn.tarum, 5^sr/M.
' No 1247, and Maitt.mre, Annaks In-tol. Deuxieme edition, which we
T\pozr Vol '11, Part 11, p. 786; Pan- think to be only the following German
ZER Annaks Typographici ab artis in-venta translation (No. 188), with a title borrowed
erizine. Vol. vii, p. 60. for :he Bibliothique A.viricaint from the
* For 1861, No. 278. edition of 153*.
Bibliotheca Americana. 3°7
18 c. FRANCIS OF BOLOGNA-Recto of the first leaf: ' 534*
LA LETERA H Mandata dal R. Padre
frate Francefco da Bo |1 logna, da Lindia,
ouer noua Spagna: & dallal|Citta di Mex-
ico al. R. P. frate Clemete da Mo H nelia,
Miniftro della Prouincia di Bologna, |1& a
tutti li Veneradi padri di efla prouinl|cia
Tradotta in vulgare da vno frate |1 dil pre-
fato ordine de minori d'offerlluanza. Doue
fi narra la moltitu- 11 dine de le perfone
che fono co H uertite & che fi conuertano 1|
alia fede, & il grande pre H fente che li
hanno ma/ H dato al noftro Papa H Paulo
terzo, la qualita dell' acre di detto mon/ H
do nouo, la gradezza del paefe, I'oro,
I'argeto, H e pietre preciofe, la bota delle
acque, i coftumi H del vino, di monti, boichi,
animali, & gra H de abondantia di tor--
mento, & altri H grani. La qualita de gli
huomi 11 ni & d5ne, gli effercitn, la H tede,
la ruina de loro H Idoli, & modi 11 che
tenea H no prima, & altre infinite cofe
piace 11 uole da intendere. 11*
Colophon :
€ In Venetia per Paulo Danza. |1
V^;::^te7fronrd7R=ve.end to the Reverend Father CJement of Mone-
Father Francis of Bologna, written from '-, Supe - of ' - ^ "J- ^j^^^, „f ^^al
the city of Mexico in India or New Spam, and to all tne reverena
^J't'fi
ni^ngn^p^fta
r^fnfmfn9»w« iiiiiii,^"(^ifl
308 Bibliotheca Americana.
1534* *** +*°' ■""' '"'""' "'" ^'"^''' ''''^ °"^ leaf-f six unnumbered leaves.
4- one blank.
(Private Library, New Vorlt.)
We place the present work under the date of 1534,
on the authrrity of the following notice, which we bor-
row from Orlandi' :
"Francefco AUe Minore Offervante di S. Francisco. Copia di
lettera cavata dall' originale, Icritta dal Mefico I'anno 1534.31 fuo
fratelli, e madre. Zani, nel Genu Fagante, p. 4, fol. 87."
According to Panzer^ Paul Danza printed between
the years 1526 and 1534.
Ternaux^ published a translation into French of this
interesting Letter.
Direct reference : Rich, Supplement, page I .
186. PETER OF GAND— Recto of the first leaf:
CHRONICA II coMPENDiosissiMA AB || exordio mundi vfqz ad
annum Domini || Millefimum, quingentefimu trigefimu || quan-
tum : per venerandum patrem. F. || Amandum Zierixeenfem,
ordinis Fra || trum Minoru, regularis obferuan- || tis, virum in
Diuinis & huma || nis rebus peritifTimum. \ Eivsdem tractatvs
DE II feptuaginta hebdomadibus Danielis, || Adiectae svnt epis-
To II lae duas qua; Chiiftiani regis Aethopis, Dauidis, ad || Clemen-
tern feptimum, Rhomanum pontificem, || anno Domini 1532
deftinatae, cu articulis quibuf||dam de fide & moribus Aethi-
opum Chriftiano- || rum. \ Aliae quoqz tres epiftols, ex noua
maris || Oceani Hifpania ad nos tranfmiflk, de fru£tu || mirabiJi
illic ilirgentis nous Ecclefis, || ex quibus animus Chriftianus ||
merito debeat lastari, ||
\ Antuerpiae apud Simonem Cocum. Anno Do- || mini
M.CCCCC.XXXIIII. Menfe Maio. 11
province. Translated into tlie vernacular
language by a brother of the said minor
order of Observance. Herein is shown the
great number of persons converted to the
faith, the great present sent to our Hope,
Paul III; the greatness of the country; the
gold, silver, precious stones; the good qual-
ity of the waters ; the customs, wine,
mountains, woods, animals ; the great
quantity of wheat and other grains ; the
constitution of the men and women ; the
armies, religion, destruction of their idols
and former worship, and many other things
very well worth knowing.
' Notixie degli scrittori Bolognesi,^. 117.
' Annates Typogr., Vol. XI, p. 131.
' Recueit des pieces relatives a la conqueti
dii Mexi/jue, 1838, pp. 205-221.
Bibliotheca Americana.
309
Colophon: *S34'
1 Symon Coquus Antuerpianus, morans i| in vico vulgariter, —-— =
nuncupate Die Lom- 1| baerde vefte, eregione Manus deaura- 1|
ts, excudebat. Anno Domini, M. || CCCCC.XXXIIII. Menfe
Maio. II*
* * Sm. 8vo ; eight unnumbered leaves + one hundred and twenty-
eight numbered leaves.
(Private Librar., New York and Owl's Head.)
"Amandus, surnomme (says Tromel) de Zierilczee, de sa ville
natale dans I'ile de Schouwen', etait un religieux franciscain du com-
mencement du XVI' siecle, qui, comme provincial de son ordre, con-
tribua beaucoup a I'amelioration des monasteres dans les Pays-Bas.
Par la suite il devint professeur de theologie a Louvain oii il mourut
le 8 juin 1534'. Ce qui nous intcresse le plus dans sa Chronique,
nue nous avons sous les yeux, ce sont les lettres ecrites par differents
religieux residant au Mexique, qui s'y trouvent jointes et qui traitent
du progres des missions catholiques dans ce pays. Aucun biblio-
graphe n'en fait mention et nous ne trouvons nulle part une citation
de ces lettres, qui ne sont pas sans interet."
Among the letters mentioned, there is one by Peter
of Gand, alias De Mura, dated June 27th, 1529, which
has been translated into French by Ternaux', from
whom we borrow the following note :
" Frere Martin de Valence s'exprime ainsi au sujet de ce religieux
[De Mura] dans une lettre addressee au reverend pere Matthias
Wevnssen, general de son ordre, en date de 1531 : " Au nombre des
t'reres erudits dans la langue des Indiens, est un iaique nomme Pierre
de Gand, il s'exprime dans cette langue avec beaucoup d'eloquence,
ct instruit avec le plus grand soin plus de six cents enfants. C'est lui
qui a la direction des chceurs dans les jours de fete. II marie avec les
plus grandes solennites aux Indiens qui leur sont destines pour epoux
* AngUci : Very compendious chronicle
beginning with the creation of the world,
down to the year of our Lord, 1 S 34» by the
Rev. Father F. Amandus Zierikzee, of the
order of St. Francis, of the regular observ-
ance, a most learned man in divine and
human matters. The treatises of the same
on the seventy weeks of Daniel. There
has been added two letters of the Christian
King of Ethiopia, David, addressed to the
Roman Pope Clement VII, in the year
1533, together with some items concern-
ing the creed and customs of the Christian
Ethiopians. Also, three other letters ad-
dressed to us from New Spain in the Ocean,
concerning the wonderful development of
the new church which is springing up
there, and must justly rejoice the human
mind.
Antwerp, by Simon Cocus, A. D. 1533,
in the month of May.
• De Wind, Nederl. Geschrid., p. 1 34.
V. Heussen, Ondh. -v. Zetland, Vol. II,
p. 52.
" FoppENs, Bibliothtca Belgica, Vol. I,
• Rtcueil des pieces relatives a la Conquite
du Mexique, 1838, pp. 193-103.
'W^*(W ,«|»_VH.:'
II piiuq^iHiMiiiiii. mii'mwrmim .m.v^.'v
310
Bibliotheca Americana.
1534-
les jeunes filles chretiennes bien instruites. L'inip6ratrice notre
souveraine, a envoye d'Espagne six respectables et savantes religieusei
pour elever ces jeunes filles," . •
Direct references: f Meusel, Bibliotheca Historica, Vol. I, Part I, page 98.
-j SwERTius, Athentc Belgica, — .
I Tromel, No. 8. , ,.*'• .
Bibliotheca Barkiuiana, — .
Nijhoff Catalogue, No. 84, 7.
187. BORDONE {B.)—fVithin a wide ornamented border:
ISOLARIO II DI BENEDETTO BORDONE ||
Nel qual fi ragiona di tutte Tlfole del
men/ II do, con li lor nomi antichi & mo-
derni, || hiftorie, fauole, & modi del lore
vi II uere, & in qual parte del ma || re ftanno
& in qual pa || rallelo & clima || giaciono. ||
Con la gionta del Monte del Oro || noua-
mente ritrouato. || con il breve del papa. ||
Et gratia & priuilegio della Illuftriffi || ma
Signoria di Venetia co/ 1| me in quelli ap-
pare. || A HMDXXXIIII. jj
Colophon :
ImprelTe in Venegia per Nicolo d'Arif-
totile, detto Zoppino, nel mefe 1| di Giugno,
del. M.D.XXXIIII. II
*^* Folio, title one leaf + nine preliminary leaves, containing
three double maps 4- seventy-four numbered leaves.
(Private Librar., Providence and Washington city.)
On page lo there is a plan of the city of Mexico
before the conquest.
Direct references: f Panzer, Annates Typogr., Vol. VIII, page 541.
I Clement, Bibliothejue Curieuse, Yo\. v, page 91.
I Haym, Bihlioteca Italiana, Vol. IV, page lOJ.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 18, No. 61.
, * ' Bibliotheca Americana. 3"
I 8 8 . HUTTICH-GR YNAEUS-HERR-Recto of the first leaf: 1534*
f Aaf I ten tttt^i* 3^W^«
S^ m ^teller atten «ltt»e!t6efi^r^bertt unficfanti ll
lO " Sttttsjl oljcr \}m beti^ortttpJcfcm uunb glj^ianl--
ern Im meber-Hfiettgai^ett mm ^erfunkn. ®omit ben
flttctt tttib gebrcttdjen ber %mmtxi bcnllbolifer. 5(tt(^
m% ®tttter ober aSttren mou be^ Inen funbemunb Innll
ttttfere ficnbt broi^t ^ob. ^obe^ flnbt men oui^ ^le ben
nrfiirttna unb ll att^erfumtnctt ber giirttcmbjicn mm%=
ftett »oWer bet «tt- 1| betouten ^eJticJ§ bo felnb ble
^ortwtt 1 gjlofeottlten 1 1| Slettjfen H ^reuffen i ^uttgern i
©fdjtafett. etc. || ttudj ottjeljgttttB nub innljalt blft ttmb- 11
getoetttett blatd. 11
eebTttit jfi ©ttttjbtttg bttt^ ©eorgett SJlrlJ^er ll bon
«ttbtci am ♦??-J?e^ettbett tog beS aRor^enS. 9tn. mM.
ixxiiii. ll
* *
Folio, title one leaf + five unnumbered preliminary leaves +
two hundred numbered leaves (last through misuke numbered
242) ; printer's mark on verso of the last. Two columns,
very small black letter ; no map.
(Private Libr., Providence and Washington city.)
German translation by Michel Herr of Huttich's
Novus Orbis (No. 170).
Travels of Columbus, Pages 28-37.
" «' Vespuccius, " 4i-45> 49~57'
" FirM edition" (Kloss'.)
- Catalogue, page 31*. No. 4389, <!=- «>"r """^'"'^ "°'"' ""^ """'' *"''
icribes «' Melancthon'» copy, with nu- ten.
"^^
312
I C'24., Direct reftrtn,.cs i
Bibliotheca Americana.
Catal. Biblhth. Bunav., Vul. 11, page 44.
Cata/. Biblioth. TAereiiana, Vol. Ill, page 166.
Bihliolheca Greifvittiana, page 498.
Biblicilkeca BrownianOy page 18, No. 62.
Hiilorical Nuggets, No, 2018.
Rich, No. 9.
Ternaux, No. 45.
Tromcl, No. 7.
Bkunet, Vol. IV, col. IJZ.
189. RADIAN (JOACH)— Recto of the first leaf:
EPITOME II TRIVM TERRAE PARTIUM ASIAE,
AFRiuAE ET KVROPAE coMPENDiARiAM Lo- || coruiTi dcfcriptioiiem con-
tinens pr^cipii autem || quorum in Adtis Lucas, paflim autem
Euan- II gelifta; & Apoftoli meniinere. || cvm addito in fronte
LiBRi ELENCHO || regionum, urbium, amnium, infularu, quorum
No II uo teftamento lit mentio, quo expeditius plus Lector quae
uelit, meminere queat. || per ioachimvm vadianvm medicvm. ||
TIGVRI, APVD CHRISTOPHORVM || FR03CH, MENSE SEPTEMB.
ANNO 11 M.D.XXXIIII. 11
%* Folio, title one leaf, + eight preliminary pages, + index in
thirty pages + two hundred and seventy-three numbered pages for
text. Mappamund, with the word AMERICA inscribed.
(Private Library, New York.)
Joachim Vadianus, or von Watte, was born of an
aristocratic family at St. Gall in Switzerland, Nov. 29th,
I484^ In our short sketch of this honest and learned
man {supra, page 161), we forgot to state that after
having been a great duelist in his youth, he turned his
attention towards the sciences, and soon acquired great
reputation, not only as a theologian, a geographer, a
mathematician and a physician, but also as a poet, for
he received the laurel wreath which the Emperor was
wont to award to the greatest poetical genius in his
dominions'. We describe, infra, another work of Va-
dianus, which contains passages bearing on the subject
before us.
• NicERON, Mimoiret, Vol. xxxvil, piy. ' Teisbisr, Elogc>, Vol. I, p. 42.
Bibliotheca Americana.
3^
Panzer' describes what would seem two editions of 1534'
the above, both published in 1534, one in 8vo, the other
in folio ; yet the title of the 8vo is the only one which
corresponds entirely to our folio. We describe {infra)
an 8vo edition, but it is dated Antwerp, 1535, instead
of Zurich, 1534 Draudius^ cites another 8vo edition,
also printed at Antwerp, and in 1548, with additions.
See cap. insvlae oceani precipvae, on page 267.
Direct reftrtncei t
Maittaire, Annatti Typogr., Vol. II, Part I, page 384 (containj
also valuable details concerning Froschover and his publKations.)
Indices Lihr. Prohib. (Madrid, fol., 1 667), page 557.
Catal. Bibliot. Bunav., Vol. 11, page jl.
Napione, Del Prima Scopritore, page 78.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part v, No. 5388.
I go. PETER MARTYR & OVIEDO-Recto of the first leaf:
LIBRO PRIMOIIDELLA HISTOHRIA DE
L'INIIDIE OCl|CIDENl|TALIll4fe||
yerso of the same :
SVMMARIO DE LA GENERALE ||HISTO-
RIA DE L'INDIE OCCI-l|DENTALI CAVATO
DA LI-IIBRI SCRITTI DAL SI-HGNOR DON
PIETRO II MARTYRE DEL CONSI || GLIO
DELLA MAESTAIIDE L'IMPERADORE,|| ET
DA MOL/fE II ALTRE PAR- 1| TICVLA- || RI
RELA-||TIONL||^ll
Recto of the first leaf of the second part :
LIBRO SECONIIDO DELLE IN || DIE OCjl
CIDEN II TALI II ^ II MDXXXIIII. |1 Con gratia &
priuilegio. ||''"
' AnnaUi Typogr., Vol. VIII, p. 3«3.
Nos. 62 and 63.
* Bibliotheca Classica, p. 786.
* Anglice : First book of tl e history of
the West Indies.
Summarv of the general history ot the
West Indie's, taken fiom tlie work written
by Don Peter Martyr, of the Council of
His Majesty the Emperor, and from many
other private accounts.
Second book.of the West Indies, 1534,
with grace and privilege.
Summary of the General and Natural
Historv of West India, composed by Gon-
zalvo, Ferdinand de Oviedo, alias de Val-
des, a native of the country o," Madrid,
40
314 Bibliotheca Americana.
I ^ ^ ^.t l^erso of the same :
— = SVMMARIO DE LA||NATVRALE ET GEN-
ERAL HISTO||ria de I'lndie occidental!, compofta
da Gonzalo ferdi- 1| nando del Ouiedo, altrimenti di
valde, natio de || la terra di Madril : habitatore &
rettore de || la citta di fanta Maria antica del Darien, ||
in terra ferma de I'indie: il qual fu riue || duto & cor-
retto per ordine de la Maefta del Imperadore, pelo
fuo II real configlio, de le dette In || die. & tradotto di
lingua caftigliana in Italia- jjna. Co priuilegio || de la
IIluftrilT, II Signoria di Vinegia, || per afli XX. ||
Redo of the first leaf of the third part :
LIBRO VLTIMO D EL SVM M A || RIO
DELLEIJINDIE OCCI DEN || TALI || ^ ||
MDXXXIIII.il
Colophon:
C In Vinegia, Del mefe d'Ottobre.||MDXXXIIII.||t
*^* 4to, title one leaf + seventy-nine numbered leaves -j- one blank
4- one title-leat'-f- sixty-four leaves -f one leaf for tavola -f-
one leaf giving a description of the two maps -|- one title-leaf
■\- fifteen unnumbered leaves. Text in Roman characters.
Between the first and second parts, a folded map of " Isola
Spagnvola." On verso of fol. 48, recto of 49, and verso of
52 in part second, large woodcuts. Finally a very large map
bearing the following inscription :
inhabitant and governor of the old city of
Santa-Maria del Darien, on the mainland
of the Indies; revised and corrected by
order of His Majesty the Emperor, through
his Royal council of the said Indies, and
translated from the Spanish into Italian,
with the privilege of the Illustrious Seig-
niory of Venice for twenty years.
Last book of the summary of West
India, 1534.
Venice, October, 1534.
f Haym, Bibtioteca Iialiana, Vol. I, p.
176, No. 10, ascribes the date (probably a
mistake by the printer) of 1543 to this
title, to which he adds ! " ^ questo libro
gli eruditi fanno seguire la ttoria del P.
Giuseppe di S. Teresa qui sutto riferiia."
* *^ Au iiombre des trouvailles importaiites sur Ici
premieres anitees dc U dccouvcrte des lerres amc*
ricaineSf il faut placer sans hesitation celle qui a cte
faite ii y a peu de temps a la Biblioihe^iue Imperiale
de Paris ct que j'ai etc le premier a signaler. Je
veux parler ici dc la precieuse carte du Bresil ct
d'une parlie de TAfrique, construite en [Octobrc]
I5J4, par un I'ortugais portant le nom dc vi^j'i'AKO
ViBia\3. Mr. 1* Capitaine de frcgatc Mouchez
qui a etc charge par la gouvernemetil trani,ais dc
continuer en les perfectionnant Ics travaux de
TAmiral Roussir), a etc emerveiUe comme moi dc
Texactiludc comparative d*un pateil monument
geographiquc. J'en ai parle du reste dans ma rc-
ccnlc publication dcs yayagtt du P. Tva (TEvrtux
au Maranham in I6| 3 [p. 44s]. EUe nous a ili
moiitrde par le savant Mr. Cortambcrt."
(F. DINI9I.
Bibliotheca Americana.
3^S
"MDXXXIIII. Del mese di Dicembre. |1 La carta uniucrsale ]
della terra ferma & Isole dellc Indie occidetali. cio e del mon || do _
nuouo facta per dichiaratione delli li- H bri delle Indie cauata da due
carte d-i' na- 1| uicare fatte in Sibilia da li piloti della H Maiesta Ce-
sarea. || Con gratia & priuilegio della Illustrissi || ma Signoria di Vene-
tia p' anni XX. . ^ n i-i. \
(Private Libr., New York, Providence and Harvard CoU. Libr.)
Diria reftrtnctn f Pan«», Annalti Ty{,ogr.,\ol. Till, page 541, No. I77J-
- Rich, No. 10.
Terjaux, No. 43.
Stevens, Historical Nuggtts, Vol. It, No. 1808.
Libri Catalogue for 1859, page 13, No. 93.
Bibliothtca Brotuniana, page 18, No. 60.
IQI. ANONrMOU&— Beginning of the first leaf:
LETERA DE LA |1 nobil cipta : noua-
mente ritrouata alle In-||die con li cof-
tumi & modi del luo Re &||foi populi :
Li modi del fuo adorare con la 1| bella
vfanza de le donne loro : & de le dua H
perfone ermafrodite donate da quel Re-
al 11 Capitano de larmata. 1|
In fine :
EL V. S. V, Al Suo, D, L. S.
Data in Peru adi, XXV, de Nouemhre,
Del, MDXXXIIII,
* * Octavo for shape, four unnumbered leaves, printed in italics.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
The present is evidently a modern reprint, to which
the Historical Nuggets'- prefixes the query whether it
might not have been printed at Milan in 1830; but of
the original of this plaquette, we can find no traces.
» See Mapottca Columbiana, p. a. No. 6. " Vol. il, p. 467, No, 1689.
534-
3i6
Ribliotheca Americana.
^534* ^^ describe {infra) under the date of 1535, a plaquette,
iscssgas- similar as to the text, but which is only a fac-siniile
made by the elder Harris from an original in the British
Museum. The latter is dated '■'■ 'Ahaiial. Adi. xxv. di
Settembre. M.D.XXXF" Under the date of 1539, v/e
describe nnother, but evidently an original, bearing the
date {sine loco) o{ ^^ xxx di Settembre. M.D. XXXIX."
As to the substance of this mysterious Italian pla-
quette, we can only cite Ternaux'.
" Description d'une viile que I'auteur nomme Zhaval. La relation
est si obscure qu'on ne peut devincr dans quelle partie de I'Amerique
I'auteur la place, d'autant plus que Ic recit parait plein d'exageration'."
The nearest approach to such a name we could find
is Zavalita, a settlement of the province of Antioquia,
in the Nuevo Regno de Granada, mentioned in Alcedo's
Dictionary.
192. MAXIMILLIAN OF TR. Csf PIG/IFETTA—'* l\ Viag-
gio fatto dagli Spagnuoli atorno al mondo. reni/e,
1534 in 4to. (non i^^S/ans lieu)."
(Livres Curieux''.)
The only work bearing this title we know of is the
translation into Itf.lian of Maximillian of Transylvania's
Letter to the Abp. of Saltzburg (Nos. 123 and 124),
and of Pigafetta's account (No. 134), both describing
Magellan's voyage, and supposed to have been pub-
lished at Venice in 1536 {infra). The above is the
only notice which we could find of an Italian version
mentioning the locality.
• Bibliotheque yimericaine, p. 9, No. 4a. several large editions, and we know that
* The fact that the plaquette was pub- in Italy, in the sixteenth century, the
lished several times is not an argument in demand for news from the new world,
favor of the authenticity of the circum- whether real or imaginary, remained un-
stances related therein. llic " iVloon abated for a number of years.
hoax," in our own country, went through ' Page 29, No. 14.J.
1
Bibliotheca Americana. ^t?
IQ'3, ANONYMOUS— Rerto of the first leaf:
COPIA DELLE LETTERE DEL
PREFETTO DEL 1| la India la nuoua
Spagna detta, alia Cefarea Maefta re-
fcritte. II
* * Sm. 4to, for size, sine anno aut lo:o, two leaves ; text in
Roman characters.
(Private Library, New York.)
Francisco Pizarro, the most cruel of those rapacious
adventurers who have rendered the name of Spain for-
ever odious throughout the southern part of this con-
tinent, which they ravaged, decimated and deluged with
blood, was born near Truxillo, in Spain, toward the
years 1475 {Gar ci lasso de la Vega'), 1478 {H err era"), or
147 1 {Pizarro^ y Orellam, Prescoti*), and was killed at
Cuzco in Peru, June a6th, 1541. He was an illegiti-
mate child, who had been abandoned, and would have
perished, had he not been nursed by a sow'. While yet
a lad he looked after his father's swine, or served with
^534-
' Historia General del Peru, trata de su
deicubrimiento y como lo ganaron los E.pafl-
oles, laiguerras civiles ijuc hwvo entre Pizar-
roty Almagros sobre la partija de la tierra.
casiigo y levantamiemo de tyranos, y otros
succesos farikularei que en la historia se con-
lienen, eurito por el Tnca Garcilaso de la
yega; Cordova, fol., 1617; 8 + 300 -f 611.
This is only the second part. The first is ;
Primera parte de los Commentarios Reales,
qve tratan del origen de los Tncas, Reyes
qve f'veron del Perv, de s-v Idolatria, Leyes
y gouierno en pais y en guerra ; de sus vidas
y conquistas, y de tcdo lo que fue aquel Im-
perioy su Republica, antes que los EspagHoles
passaran a el i Lisbon, fol., 1 609 (coloph.
dated 1608); 11+264 11. (Priv. Libr.,
N. Y. and Provid.)
' Hist. General, Decad. vi, lib. 10,
cap. 6,
' yarnnes Illustres del Nuevo Mundof
Madrid, fol,, 1639. (The author was a
grandson of Francisco Pizarro'.! daughter.)
♦ history of tie Conquest of Peru, Vol. 1,
cap. 1 1.
" Primera y Secunda parte de la Historia
general de las Indias, con todo el descubri-
mientoy cosas notables que han acarcido dende
que se ganaron hasta el atlo de 1 55 1, con la
conquista dl Mexico y de la Nueva Espaftai
Saragossa, fol., by A. MiUan, 1553 (nearly
all notices of this edition state "1552-
1553"), lii + 140 11., map (B.hliriih.
Broiutiiana, second part. No. 97) ; id.,
Medina del Campo, fol., 1553, 122 + 1 39
11.; (1^., Saragossa, tol., 1554. (The first
part by P. Bernuz, the second, by Millan.
— Private Libr., N. V.) As to the 8vo
editions published at Antwerp by Steelsio,
Nucio and Belloro, in 1554, we confide
their description to the patient investiga-
tions of our continuators.
i'WfHJI!?^'#''Wi!!WW'!S)i».^»H! /WW (fw
j(.(l«|u|gwilHppti
318
Bibliotheca Americana.
534. him in the Italian wars. The story is, that having lost
5a_____. one of the herd, he dared not return home, and joined
at Seville some expedition to the New World. Pizarro
y Orellana states that he served under Columbus. We
first hear of him in connection with Ojeda's expedition
in 1 5 10, His deeds under Pedro Arias and with Diego
de Almagro {supra, page 245) have been related by
Xeres*^ and Augustin de Zarate^. As to the bloody
expedition which commenced in January, 1531, when the
piratical flotilla of Francisco Pizarro sallied forth from
the Bay of Panama to carry fire and sword on both slopes
of the Andes, the chief historians to consult are, besides
those already mentioned, Pedro de Cie9a de Leon**,
'•ll'553-JI
en cafa df
* Verdadera re/acion df la conquiita del
Peru; Seville; fol., 1534 {i>:fra) i id.,
Salamanca, fol. 1547.
' Hisloria del descubrimiento y conquista
del Peru, con las coias naturahs que sefiaUid-
mente alii se Italian, y hs successes que ha
a-vido; Antwerp, 12010,1555,8 + 27311.;
id , Seville, tbl., 1577, 4+117 + 3 11.
(Priv. Libr., Provid.)
" Parle Primera jl Dela chronica del Peru.
Slue tracta la demarea- \\ cion de Jus prouin-
cias : la defcription dellas. Las \\J'undaciones
de las nueuas ciudades. Los ritos y \\ cnjlum-
bres de los Indios. T oiras cofas ejlraiias\\
dignas defer fabidas. Fee ha por Pedro d'
Cie^a 1| de Leon -vezino de Seuilla. "
Colophon : Impreff'a en Seuilla
Marti; n de Moniejdoca. Acahofe a quinze
de I' Mar^o de mill y quinientos y\\ cinquenia
y ires aHos,
%*Fol., 10+ 134 11.
— La Chronica \\ del Perv, Nveva- Ij
menle escriia, por |j Pedro de Cie^a de
Leon,\\ vezino de Se }l uilla. || En Anvers \\
tn ca''.: de Manin Nucio, \\ M.D.LIIII. ||
*i* 8vo, 8 + 204 11.
— Parte Primera || De la chro j| nica del
Peru que tra || ta de la demarcacion de sus
prouincias, la descripcion \\ dellas, las fun-
daciones de las nueuas ciudades, los\\ ritos y
costumbres de hs Indios, y otras co || sas
isirahas, dignas de ser sabidas || Heiha por
Pedro de Cieca || de Leon, -vezino || de Se-
uilla. II .... £n An'vers \\ Por Juan Bel-
loro a la enseHa del || Salmon . 1 554■
\* 8vo, 8 + 285 + 9. Map.
— Primera Parte de la Chronica del Peru
.... En Anvers en casa de yuan Steelsio,
1554. (Title arranged in all respects, and
collation the same, as Belloro's edit.)
The tirst three, in a private Libr. Prov-
idence; all four in a private Libr. New
York.
We vouch for no other original Spanish
editions.
This valuable historian had the inten-
tion, when he published the first part of
his History, to write two additional parts,
the contents of several books of which he
give': in the original edition. Leon Pinelo
does not seem to have been aware of the
existence of the remaining parts, since he
only says : " Si acabira otras tres partes,
que prometio, fueran de mucha estima-
cion" (Epitome, p. 84). Barcia adds (Col.
649) " porque la primera tiene, i deber
tener tanta, como pondera el P. Melendez:
Tesoros l^erdaderos de las Indias, lib. 3,
cap. 8, donde dice, que aun esta no se halla
en el Peru;" while Antonio (Bibl. H.
Nova, Vol. II, p. 184) only expresses his
regrets. Robertson considered these MS.
parts as loat, while Prescott ^Hist. of the
Conq. of Peru, Vol. II, p. 328) thought
they had never been written. Rich {Bibl
America foetus, p. 8, No. 24) was the first
to state that "The 11. and ni. parts in
MSS. were seen in Madrid some years ago,
but it is not known what became of them."
When this most honest and trustworthy
Bibliotheca Americana. 319
Levinius ApoUonius', Diego Fernandez'", Benzoni",
Pedro Pizarro", Miguel Cavello Balboa", Fernando
Montesinos^ J. de Arriaga", Jose de Acosta'^ Juan
de Velasco'^ the poem of Ercilla'^ the two valuable
accounts in Ramusio" so often quoted, the books xlvi
and xLVii in Oviedo", and the third and fourth Decades
1534-
bibliopole offered for sale the collection of
MSS., comprising the copies and originals
collected by Antonio de Uguina and Lord
Kingsborough, the third part of Ciena's
worii was found among them, and pur-
chased by a bibliophile in this city, who
has it still in his possession. This third
part bears tlie following title :
Tercero libra de las Guerras CiviUi del
Peru el qual se llama la guerra de li^uilo.
Hecho for Pedro de Cieza de Leon ; Coro-
nista de las Indias.
Folio, 424 leaves.
As to the second part, it is yet missing.
What is called in the Italian version
(Venice, 8vo, l 564-1 566) La Seconda parte
and la Ter%a parte, is only a translation
from GoMARA.
» de Peruuia, Regionis, inter Norn orbis
prouincias ceteberrima, inuentione : & rebus
in eadem gestis, I 'bri V. Ad lacobvm Cla-
ro'vtivm Maldeghemmae ac Pittemiae Domi-
num. Ereuis, exacta-jue Noui Orbis, &
Peruuia regionis chorographia i Antwerp,
8vo, 1566 (generally considered the first
edition, but Rich (No. 44) and Ternaux
(No, 97), mention a izmo edition of
1565). The edition of 1567 is only the
present with a new title-page.
'" Primcray Segunda parte, de la hiitoria
del Peru. Contiene la primera, to succedido
en la Nueva Espana y en el Peru, sobre la
execucion de las nuever leyes ; y el allana-
miento, y castigo, que hi-zo el Presidente
Gasca, de Goncalo Pi^arra y sus se<juaces.
La Stgunda contiene la tyranniay al^amienta
de los contreros y dan Sebastian d: Castillo,
&c.; Seville, fol., I 57 1.
" La liistoria del Mondo Nvovo. La
qval tratta dell' hole & M-iri nMuameme
ritrouali, & delle nuoua Citia da lui propria
vedule, pet acjua ($f per terra in quattordeci
anni; Venice, 8vo, 1565; id., 8vo, 1571.
" Relacion del descubrimienlo y conjuista
di los Reynos del Peru y del Go-vierno y
horden que los Naturales tenian y tessoros
que en ellos se hallaron y de las demas cosas
que en el an subcedido hasta el dia de sufecha.
Heehepor Pedro Pifarro conjuislador y pob-
laiir destos dichos Reynos y -vecino de la
ciudad de Areguipa, Aao 1 571. MS.
Private Libr., Boston. We think that it
has been printed in the Navarrete-Salva-
Sainz Coleccion de documentos.
" Hiitoire du Perou, in Ternaux' Re-
cueil i Paris, 1840.
'* Mi-moires sur Pancien Pcrou, in Ter-
naux, loc. cit. Our readers are aware that
there are two works by this author, -viz. ;
Memorias Antiguas Historiales del Peru,
and the Anales. Ternaux has given only
the former. There is a transcript of both,
in the original Spanish, in a private library,
Boston.
" Extirpacion de la idolatria de los Jndios
del Peru y medios para la contjersion de ellos ;
Lima, 4to. 1621.
" Hisloria natural y moral de las Indias {
Seville, 4to, 1590. (See supra, p. 240,
note 10.
" Histoire du Royaume de S^iito, in Ter-
NAUx's Recueil. A compiratively modern
work, but written on the authority of valu-
able manuscript sources, such as Alfonso
Palomino. Fr. Marco de Nizza, Aloszo
DE Montenegro, Bravo de Saravia, &c.
'" La Araucana; Madrid, 8vo, 1569
(first part); id., 1578 (second part); id.,
1590 (third part) ; Salamanca, 8vo, 1597
(fourth and fifth parts).
" Di vn capitano Spagnuolo Relatione
del discoprimiento & conjuista del Peru,
fatta da Francisco Pizaarro Gf da Her-
nando Pi-zzarro sufralello.
— Di vn Secretairo di Francisco Piz-
■zarro. Relatione deb cor.quista fatta della
prouincia del Peru, detta dipdi la Nuoua
Castiglia, con la descrittione della gran Citla
del Cuscho. In the Raccolta, Vol. HI,
fol. 371, sq.
'» Historia G'neral, only in Vol. IV of
the Madrid edition, fol., 1855.
1534-
320
Bibliotheca Americana.
of Herrera. The manuscript sources", however, still
present a mass of valuable materials, which no student
of the history of Peru should overlook.
Independently of the above-mentioned printed works,
there are several small volumes, which have greatly per-
plexed bibliographers. The first is a letter from some
anonymous official, directed to Charles V, and giving
the first account of the battle in which Atahualpa was
made prisoner by Pizarro. This was written originally
"' The following are preserved in a
private library, in New York :
— M. C. Balboa, Miscellanea Antar-
tica, 400 11.
— MoNTESiNos, Anales del Peru, and
Memorias. 267 11.
— M. DE Paz, Dialogo sobre los sucesos
varios acaccidos en este Reyno del Peru.
— Nicholas de Alberino, VerJadera
y copiosa relacion de todo lo nucvamcnte
sucedido en los reynos y provincias del Peru
dende la ida a ellos del Virrey Blasco Nunez
Vela hasta el desbarato y muerte dp Gon-
zalo Pizarro. (Seville. 1549). Jio H.
"Copied from a .MS. in the Imperial Libr.,
Paris. Appears to have been printed, but
no copy is known." — Rich's annotation.
— De la Gasca, Cartas y papeles sobre
los asuntos del Peru. 114 11.
— Valverde (the bloody Bishop;. Re-
lacion del Peru, 19 11.; (</., Carta al Emp.
Carlos V. sobre las revueltas del Peru.
April 2, 1539. 43 11.
— Replica de Diego Fernandez a las
objcctiones puestas a su Historia por el lie.
Santillan, 40 11.
— About 700 leaves of" Piifela f^arioi,
extending from 1524 to 1556.
In a private library, Boston :
— Relacion de los primeros descubrimi-
entos de Francisco Pizarro y Diego de Al-
magro, sacada de la Bib. Imp. de Viena.
La forma que en estos Reynos del Piru de
Fray Francisco dc Morales al Rey. Carta
de Gabritl de Rojas a Don Antonio de
Mendoza (Respuestas al instruccion del
Rey), 12 de diciembre, 1561. Relacion
Bumaria de la entrada de los Espaftolos en
el Peru hasta que Uego el Licenciado Baca
de Castro : Del P. Neharro. Conquista i
Poblacion del Piru. Anon. Official ac-
count, by Pedro Sanchez, of the division of
gold and silver at Caxamalca, June, 1533.
Extract from a VIS. of Cara-vantes, relat-
ing to burial of Pizarro, &c. Another
extract, containing an account of Pedro
de la Gasca. Carta de F. Pizarro a Juan
de Samano, 8 de junio, 1533. Carta de
Bena/cazar, como poblo y se concerto con
Alvarado. Carta de Pedro de Al-uarado al
Emperador, 15 de enero, 1535. Breve
relacion del viage de Alvarado. Capitula-
cion entrj Pizarro y Almago en el Cuzco,
12 de junio de 1535. Informacion secreta
en los Reyes 20 agosto de 35 por el obispo
Berlanga para saber como ha sido tratada
la hacienda real. Carta de Francisco Pi-
•zarro a Juan Vazquez de Molina, 29 dc
junio, 1535. Carta de Francisco Pizarro
al Emperaior, I de enero, •535. Carta
Je jilinagro al Emperador, i de enero,
1535. Razon de las partidas de oro, plata
i piedras que se fundieron, marcaron i quin-
taron en la puatrera fundicion del Cuzco
desde 20 de mayo de 35 hasta 31 d julio
de id. Carta de Diego de Almagro .'1 Em-
perador, 15 de octubre, 1534. Twelve
doubts or queries (parece papel de Fr. Bar-
tolome de las Casas. Acto de la fundacion
del Cuzco heclia por Francisco Pizarro.
Carta de la Justicia y Rcgimiento de la
ciuJad de Xauja, 20 de julio de 1534.
Relacion de Francisco Pizarro y otros,
desde Xauxa, 25 de mayo de IJ34. Carta
de Diego de Almagro al Emperador, 8 de
mayo, 1554 Carta de Francisco Pizarro
a D. Pedro de Alvarado, 29 de julio, 1536.
Extractos sacadis por MuRoz. Carta de
Suarez de Carvajal al Emperador, 3 de
noviembre, 1539. Carta del Licenciado
de la Gama al Emperador, 10 de marzo,
1539. Carta de Francisco Pizarro tl Em-
Bibliotheca Americana.
321
in Spanish, and in all probability printed ; but it has,
thus far, eluded the vigilant eyes of bibliographers. It
is known through what seems to us abridged versions
in three foreign languages. One in the Italian — it is
the present No. 193. We place it first, because the
German version {infra. No. 195), which is dated Feb-
ruary, 1534, states that it was made " aus Hispanien
und Italien." After the Italian we have the G rman
translation, or rather abridged paraphrase, just men-
tioned. We then describe {infra. No. 196) a French
version, also dated 1534, but which numbers seven
leaves. Do these seven leaves imply some extra mat-
ter, or a different account altogether ?
«534.
/direct referemes; i Bibliotheca Heberiana, Hart I, No. 1961.
\ Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 537.
pr-adur, 28 de febrero, 1539. Cartas de
Felipe Gulierresn al Emperador, 10 de feb.,
'539' y 3° ^^ diciembre, 1540. Cartas
de Manuel de Espinar al Emperador, 6 de
enero, y 30 de mayo, 1539. Carta de
Gonzalo Fernandez de O-viedo al Empera-
dor, 25 de octubre, 1537. Carta de Fran-
cisco Hizarro al Obispo de la Tierra firme,
28 dc agosto, 1537- Relacion de Manuel
de Espinar. Declaracion con juramento
de San Juan de Uscategui, Valladolid, 3
de agosto de 1543. Carta de la Justicia y
Regimiento de la Ciudad los Reyes al Au-
diencia de Panama, 14 de juliode 1541
Carta de D. Diego de Almagro a la Real
.^udiencia de Panama, 14 de julio, 1541
Carta del Maestre Martin de Arauco, 1 5
de julio, 1 541. Carta de Almagro al Au-
•liencia. 8 de nov. 1541. Carta de Ir.
yicente de Fatverde, obispo del Cuzco, a la
Audiencia de Panama, 1 1 de nov. 1 541.
Relacion de f^aldiz'ia a S. M. 15 de oct.
1550. Carta del obispo, Fr. Vicente Val-
■vrrde, al Emperador, 20 de marzo, 1539.
Relacion (escrita por Pedro Sarmiento) del
viage que hizo el magnilico senor capitan
J'irgc Robledo i de las dos cibdades quel
dicho poblo e fundo en la provincias de
Ancermay Quinvaya,&c. Relacion (escrita
por jfuan Baulista Sardela) de lo que sus-
cedio al mag. S. capitan Jorge Robledo en
el dcscobrimiento que hizo de las provincias
de Antiochia e cibdad que en ellas fundo.
Descripcion de los pueblos que hay al rede-
dor de la cibdad de Santana de Indios.
Carta de Pedro de yuldivia al Emperador,
4 de set. I 545. Dicho del capitan Fran-
cisco de Caruajal sobre la pregunta 38 de la
informacion hecha en el Cuzco en 1543
a favor de Vaca de Castro. Carta de Fran-
cisco de Barrionuevo y otros al Emperador,
25 de junio, 1542. Carta de Belalcazar
al Emperador, 20 de set. 1542. Carta de
Hernando de Silva y otros al Emperador,
24 de set. 1 542. Carta de Vinlura Beltran
al Emperador 8 de oct, 1542. Extractos
sacados por Mui^oz. Relacion de las cosas
que S. M. deve proveer para los reynos del
Peru, embiada desde los Reyes a la corte
por el Licenciado Martel Santoyo, 1542.
Capitulacion con Orellana. Extractos sa-
cados por Mufioz de un papel de Augustin
de Zarate. Relacion de lo que ha sucedido
despues de la prision del Vitrei Blasco
Nuficz Vela en aquellos reinos hasta que
nos partimos del puerto del Nombre de
Dios, que tue a 27 de marzo deste ano de
1545. dm ie Belalcazar al Emperador,
20 de diciembre, 1 544. Relacion de lo que
en sustancia escrivio el Licenciado Casca
cerca de lo sucedido en el Perii en el des-
barata de Gonzalo Pizarro i de los que le
seguian. Carta de Gonzalo Pizarro a Pedro
de Valdivia, 30 de oct. 1 546. Montesinos,
41
J 22 Bibliotheca Americana.
I C34t I 94* HONTER {J.)— Recto of the first leaf:
^^ DIONYSII II APHRiDE TOTivs OR/ |1 bis
fitu, Antonio Becharia Veronenfi inter- ||
prete, confumatillimum opus. || ioannis
PR^TEREA II Honteri Coronenfis de Cof-
mographiae || rudimentis libri^duo. || Coelo-
rum partes, flellas cum flatibus amnes, ||
RegnacJ cum populis, parue libelle tenes.||
EXCVDEBAT HENRICVS |1 PETRVS BASILEAE. |1
Colophon :
BASILEAE EX AEDIBVS || HENRICI PETRI. MEN||
SE AVGVSTO, II ANNO |1 M.D.XXXIIII.||
*,^* 4to, title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves + ninety-nine
numbered pages, + two blank leaves, with the printer's device
on verso of the last.
(British Museum.)
There is nothing on America in the Dionysius, not
even the slight allusion contained in the address in
the edition of 151 8 (No. 93); but in Honter's work,
which commences on page 65 with a separate title,
the reader may consult page 91, the chapter: nomin
INSVLARVM OCEANI ET MARIS. /« OCC'tduO DoTCadeS, HcS-
Anales del Peru, and Memorias antiguas
historiales del Heru. Relacion de la suce-
sion y govierno de los Ingas Sefiores natu-
rales que fueron de las provincias del Peru
y otras cosas tocantes a aquel reyno por el
illmo. Seflor Don Juan Sarmitnto, Pre-
sidente del Consejo Real de Indias. In-
struccion del Inga D. Diego de Castro Tilu-
cussi Jupangui para el Licenciado Lope
Garcia de Castro. Suma y narracion de
los Ingas que los Indius llamaron Capac
cuna, &c., traducido por Juan de Betanzos.
Relacion brebe de la Conquista de la Nueva
Espafla, por Fr. Franciuo de Aguitar. Re-
lacion del suceso de la venida del tirano
Chino sobre este campo y de las demas
cosas sucedidas a cerca de ello. Una rela-
cion de lo sucedido en Indias con Limahon
Corsario Chino. Compendio historial del
estado de los Indios del Peru, con mucha
doctrina y cosas notables de ritos, costum-
bres e inclinaciones que tienen, nuevamente
compuesto por Lope de yllienza. Dos Re-
laciones dirigidas al Virrey del Peru, Don
Andres Hurtado de Mendoza, 1 561 y
1 57 1 . Relacion del descubrimiento y con-
quista del Peru, escrita por uno de los Con-
quittadores.
iriHk
Bibliotheca Americana.
zn
peridesy Fortunata, America, P arias y Isabeha, Spagnolla ^ 1 534'
Gades. . =5=
John Honter was a Cronstadf theologian, who intro-
duced Reformation into Poland*. He died in 1549.
We are unable to state whether the above elementary
cosmography differs from the Rudimentorum Cosmograph-
icorum, which we notice, infra, under the date of 1548.
Direct rcfertnctt! J Bibliotheca Thottiana, Vol. iv, page 105.
\ Pahmb, Annatti Tyftgr., Vol. ix, page 406, No. 933.
I Q C. AKONYMOUS— Recto of the first leaf:
m gi^ittnlett ttiibliaitollett.ll9Jlettfe ScI1rttarlo.ll1534.ll
* ♦ Sm. 4to, sine loco; title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves.
* (Private Library, New York.)
This account is essentially the same as the Copia delle
Lettere (No. 193), but more succinct.
" Gazette d'une excessive rarete et qui parait avoir ete imprimee
a Nuremberg. Elle contient la premiere nouvelle de la decouverte du
Pirou et est restee inconnue a tous les bibliographes que nous avons
pu co;suker. On y annonce que le gouverneur de ^''f^'^^P^^J'^/j
dans I'Inde a ecrit a sa majeste (1 empereur Charles V.) qu .1 e t
arrive un navire du Perou avec une lettre du Regent Francisco P.s-
carlo (Pizarro) annon9ant qu'il a debarque et quM s'est ^'^P^;^ ^u
pays. Qu' avec 200 Espagnols (infantene et cavalene) .1 s eca.t em-
barque, et qu'il etait arrive chez un grand seigneur appele Lass.ko.
qu'il a^ait refuse la paix et I'avait attaque. que les Espagnols avaien
6te victorieux et qu'ils s'etaient empares de jooo casullans (p eces
d'or) et de 20.000 marcs d'argent qu'ils ont tire deux millions
d'or du dit Cassiko, etc., etc."
(LiBRI.)
M.,k,r\\L lit D 201 W<,«/Vor«mA«flf<.fiMj; Venice, 4to,i 617 5
^ t« i«. C.M.r,. U.ic., Vol. which, as we have since ascertained con-
„, p-'T on^he authority of Czv.T- tains, also, details concernmg D< Stob-
TINMR. St'""" """e"^- ^''- » ^''P"^' "'"* ^"'^"'' ' " ^^''
324 Bibliotheca Americana.
\ C'XA., 106. ANONYMOUS— (Vithin a border :
?
•53+-
Then woodcut' representing ch abs supporting a shield ; and
below :
©n leg benti a ILpn rijes jFracogs lljufte tieuSt
j^oftre trame II tre OTonfort. II
^^f /« fl/ the first leaf:
ScnfuBuent les II letres tre J^rancogs iPi^arro ||
gouuerneurtiu ridje pags ct^rouincc nommee le
^cru fai-llfant mention ties metueilleu- ||fc» c^ofes
tant beue^ par cess II propreis geuli que par letres
a II lug Piiuouees par ceulx q au mefme pags
tabitetllaux quellesi font eontenues plufieurs cijofes
nou- II uellesi tant tre ricljeffes en cette prouince
troutiees || r tiicellug pags emenees que tie plufieurss
aultresi II marrijantiifes et ridjeffes : x tt Ijepuig le
tempsJ ql 11 monta fur mer iufqueis a prefent. II
*^* i2mo, seven unnumbered leaves.
(British Museum.)
Direct reftrencet ; J Bihliothtca GrenvUtiana, page 537.
\ Catalogue de Livres Curieux, No. 138.
' Similar to the mark in Marquet Typogr., No. »io, and Brunit, Vol. iv, col. 104*.
Bihliotheca Americana. 3^5
107. FR/iNCK (SEBASTIAN)— Recto of the first leaf: * 534*
^ I I tmb dilbeni^ bed gani^en || erbtlioDend bon
WW^ @e(iQ|tiano groncoliaSorblfl in uler liui^cri
ncmUi^ in 9i|l- 1| am 'M<j|)rica i ^nro^am i tinb 9lmcrlcai
gjtcit bnb ttbttili . ^ni^ otter boriii &c- II griffner i fianbcr i
nation i f ffluiui^g bnb Sietn i getegcnlicit i groffc i loeite i
ge II mat^ftie^genfdiolftitinb ber borinn gctegencr bolifcr
tinb cittttioncr i nam jl men i gejtalt i lelicn \ wef en i religion
fjianben i ceremonien i gfa^ i rcgimct 1 1| ^lotticel) i fitten i
bram^ifriegigemerfiifrui^titllieriHeibttng bii bcrllenbe--
rnng i etigentlid) f nr bie angen gejielt 1 9lu(^ ettoag bo nem ll
gefanbcnen tteltcn tinb 3ttM«'«i*t "^"^ ©erofoiSoonnell
be monte biaaiS. »ronbon8 §ijioriibn bcrgleii^en ||
fatclttifnnb anft angennmnem glanbtoirbigen 1| erfornc i
ioelt|(|rti6ernimufelig 5^ §««!( *''»ll9^ ^^ ""^ ^^^^"'
weitleiiffigen biic^ern in || ein ^anbebut^ engeteibt bnb
ber-llfajftibormalg bergUii^eu 11 w ateiitr^ nie an^H
gangen. II <»lit einem ju enb angeleniften JRegifter otteS
ittn^alteS.ll^nm^t §eribnb fi^antoet bie mcrtf beS §er.-
renber fo binnber bar-lltir^ ijiiiifier bie menfi^ett finber.
ajlal. xlbj. Ixiiij. II*
ANNO. M.D.XXXIIII.
♦ Anglici : World-book : mirror and
likeness of the whole globe, set forth and
arranged by Sebastian Franck of Woerden
[in Holland], in four books, namely m
Asia, Africa, Europe and America. Also
of all the lands, nations, provinces and
islands comprised therein; situation, size,
plants, properties, and of the people and
inhabitants thereof, names, shapes, mode of
life, morals, religion, creeds, ceremonies,
laws, government, policy, manners, cus-
toms, war, industry, fruits, animals, cloth-
ing and fashions, properly represented to
the eye. Also something about the newly
found world and islands, not tVom such
like fables as those of Berosus, John of
Monte Villa [Mandeville ?] and S. Bran-
don's history, but from accredited, trust-
worthy, experienced geographers, broujzht
together with great pains from widely dif-
fused books, and embodied and published
in a single volume, the like of which in
German was never before published.
Come and behold the work of the Lord,
so wonderful among the children of men.
Ps. 46, 64.
3^6
Bibliotheca Americana.
\ C'lA., Verso of folio ccxxxy\\:
tanfent funff || littnbert ^ier bub btel)ffi|teii tot. II
On the verso of fol. ccx begins the account of America :
H ^m 9(mrrica bent bicrbten te^I ber toetti^litiio
i^.mc.xcbii. erfunben.
*^* Folio, title one leaf + four unnumbered preliminary leaves +
two unnumbered leaves + leaves marked in-ccxxxvn -j- sevon
unnumbered leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
Sebastian Franck or Francus seems to have been an
author of some consequence, since we find him included
among the Prima classis, in qua auctorum damnatie me-
morise Opera edita, &c.' ; but as we have not access to
such outlandish authorities as the works of Arnold*,
SeckendorfF', Crenius* and Keckermann', we borrow
the following from Jocher*.
" Ein Wiedertaufer und Mysticus aus Deutschland oder von Woer-
den in H-jlland, hielt sich um 1535 zu Ulm auf, von dannen er sich
aber wegen seiner Irrthumer wegbegeben mussen. Er lehrte mit den
Stoicis, dasz alls Siinden gleich waren, und alle Secten und Religionen
mit zur wahren Kirche gehorten, verachtett die heilige SchrifFt, und
drunge nur auf den Geist ; dannenhero er von Luthero, Melanchthonc
und andern widerleget worden, auch noch vor Luthero um 1545
gestorben."
Bayle says^ concerning the work before us :
"II nc taut pas oublier une Chronique Allemande ou il mela bien des
choses prodigieuses. Mr. Moreri a parle de lui sous le nom de Franck
mais il u'en dit presque rien, quoique Mr. de Sponde" qu'il cite eut
pu tournir des particuJaritez, & entre autres celle-ci, que Francus fut
chasse, de Strasbourg, et que sa Chronique y fut condamnee."
' Index Libror. Prohib. (Madrid, fol., * de Histor, in Opera Omnia} Geneva,
1667), p. 884. fol., 1614
' Kirchen und Ket%er Histor. ; Frankft., ' Allgem. Gelehrt. Lexic, Vol. II, p. 7 1 9.
fol., 1699. ' Diclionnairt, art. Francus.
* dmm.de Lutier. f FTinkft.,^to, l6gi. ' ylnnal. ad ann. 1519, num. 9. af,
* j^ttimadvert. } Lyons, 8vo, 1697. Baylc.
•n
es
:k
ut
iit
Bibliotheca Americana. 327
Iq8. XERES (^FRANCIS)— Within a border and under a vignette : I534..
). prouittcia tiel oru^o Uamaua la nueua OTaftiHa :
irfluquiftatia pot cl magnitico II g esforcatio cauas
Ufto jFrancifco pijarvo l)iio Uel capitan ©on^alo
pirarro taua || Ueto tie la ciuUatJ tie Crugillo : como
capitan genetal tie la cefarea 5 catijoUca II mageftati
t\ emperatiot b reg nlo fenot : iSmbiatja a fu ma=
geftati por jFrancisco : tie Xere? natural tie la mug
noi)le B mug leal clutiati tie ^euilla fecretario tiel II
folJtetiicljo feftot entotiag las puincias g couquifta
tie la nueua (ttaftilla g bno II tie los primetos con=
quiftatiores tiella. ^^^^^iS=S****^
C dFue bifta g examinatia efta otra por man=
tiatiotie los fenores (nquifitiorejs II ticl arrobifpatio
tie ^euilla: r impreffa en cafa tie IJartljolome
perej en el mes tie Julio, afio tiel parto birginal
mil X quinientosi g tregnta g quatro.* ^ ^.
S IS S
* * Folio, title one leaf + eighteen unnumbered leaves, printed in
* two columns, the verso of the last leaf, which contains a con-
tinuation of a piece of poetry, is in three columns.
(Private Library, New York.)
* AngUce ! A true account of the con-
quest of Peru, and of the province of
Cuzco, called New Castil, subjugated by
Francisco Pizarro, Captain [in the service]
of His Majesty the Emperor, our master.
Dedicated to his Majesty the Emperor, by
F. Xeres, a native of the Most Noble and
Very Loyal city of Sevilla; serretary of the
said captain throughout the conquered
provinces and countries of New Castil, and
one of the first conquerors of that country.
A work seen and examined by order of
Messrs. the Inquisitors of the Archbishop-
ric of Sevilla, and printed in the estab-
L
318
Bibliotheca Americana.
1534-
"Je n'ai pu trouvcr sur Francisco de Xcres d'autres renseignemenu
que ceux qu'il nous donne lui ineme. On voit par le titrc de son
livre, qu'il etait secretaire de Fran9ois Pizarre ct Tun des premiers
conquerants du Perou : cc fut par Tordre de ce chef qu'il ecrivit sa
Relation a Caxan^alca meme II fut de retour h Seville le 9 Janvier
1 534 [June 3d, see recto of E 8, in this edition]. C'est probable-
ment I'Histoire du Perou, sans noin d'auteur qui se trouve cite sous
le No. 41 [our No. 199, a very different work], de ma bibliotheque
americaine ; mais comme je n'ai jamais vu I'original, je n'ai pu verifier
ce fait.
" La conquthe du Perou fut traduite en langue italicnne, ou plutot
en dialecte veiiitien, par Domenico de Gaztelu, gentilhomme navar-
rais, natif de 'I'udela, et secretaire de don Lope de Soria, ambassadeur
de Charles V pres la republique de Venise oil I'auteur la fit imprimer
en 1535, chez Stephano da Sabio [our No. 200, and at Milan, in the
same year, by Gotardo da Ponte, our No. 201]. Le texte espagnol
fut reimprime en 1 547 a Salamanque chez Francisco Fernandez de
Cordoue [//»/rrf]. II parait que cette seconde edition, la seule que
j'aie pu me procurer, fut revue avec beaucoup de negligence, car on y
trouve quelquefois des passages tronques, dont on ne peut comprendre
le sens qu'a I'aide de la version de Gaztelu : ce qu'on a eu soin de
faire observer dans les notes.
" Cette relation, fort rare aujourd'hui, est restee inconnue a plusieurs
historiens cspagnols : je citerai entre autres Pizarro y Orellana qui,
dans son ouvrage sur les hommes illustres des Indes, ne dit pas un mot
de Xeres ni de son livre, quoiqu'il ne parle presque que des Pizarre,
et qu'il remplisse ses marges de citations.
" Barcia a fait entrer I'histoire de la Conquete du Perou dans sa col-
lection intitulee : Historiadores primitivos de las Indian*."
(TernauxV)
This edition of Xeres contains the following passage,
which is not in the edition of 1547 :
^ porq en efta clutiatr He ^euilla algunosi con
emi)iuia o malicia: s otros con ignorancia tre la
bertrati en fu al)fencia p maltratatro fu Ijonra bn
ijitialso liolieUo it tie atrenta ta falfa cotta ptre ^
ta Ijonratram^te g ta lecos ^fu natural ija biuitio i
Iji^o t fu Bfenfa log figuietes metross.
lishment of Bartholomew Perez, in the
month of July. The year of the Immacu-
late Conception 1534.
' Vol. 111.
' Introduction to his own translation of
Xeres i Paris, 1837.
Bibliotheca Americana.
329
This is followed by a long piece of poetry, containing 1 534*
a greater number of stanzas' than in the Salamanca 1-
edition.
Besides the Italian versions already mentioned, there
is another in Ramusio*, an English translation in Pur-
chas', and one in French in Ternaux's* Recueil.
IQQ. ANONYMOUS— IVithin a wide border, and under a large
square vignette ( which, we think, is only a repetition of the border
and woodcut in No. 198).
<H
llamatia la nucua ©aftlUa. iLa iil tierra pottiiuina
bo II lutttatj fue marauillofamente conquiftatia en
la feliciljinma bentura tiel iBmpetatior g i^cg
nueltto feftor; g por la prutiencia g porla pru=
tiettcia g effueno tjel mug maBnifico g bale II rolo
cauallero el ©apitan jFrancifco plfarro ©ouerna II
t3t g atielantatio tje la nuewa cafttllaig Ue fu
tif* nail no l^ernanUo pi^arroig Tie fus animofos
capiianess II r fieleg g elforiaUos compafterost q cd
el U t^llaron. II
Colophon,
Within an ornamented border, and below the double-headed eagle
escutcheon :
(E iSfta otra fue imptelfa II en la mug noble g
•"It [the Canqu\ita\ ends in Barcia Tom. xxvi, 1853, and Oayangos con-
with some poor verses in defense of Xeres, jectures tliem to have been written by
by a friend, which are ampler and more Oviedo." Ticknor, Httt. of Span. Lilt.,
important in the original edition, and con- Vol. II, p. 40, note 37.
tain notices of his life. Thev are reprinted * Raccolta. Vol. Ill, fol. 37»-9a.
in the Biblioteca Je Autor'e, EtpaghoUt, " Filgrimcs, Pt. 11, B. vil, pp. I49'-4-
42
2^0 Bibliotheca Americana.
I c'lA., muB II leal ciutiati He 3e II uillaien rafa He 13atto=
-_ — lome II pete^ en el II me» tie II Sltrll. II * II afto He
mil r (lulniStofiJ g ttefinta » quatro. II
* * Folio, title one leaf + eight unnumbered leaves, printed in
long lines; the verso of the seventh leaf contains a portion of
the text, followed by a repetition of the large chap-like
vignette on the title-page. Recto ot the eighth leaf blank.
(Private Library, New York.)
This Narration is very different from Xeres' (No.
198). It was evidently composed by one of Pizarro's
companions, and seems to be the original of the third
part of our No. 190, but more succinct than the Italian.
The Bibliotheca Grenvilliana' states that it is identical
with the Relatione d'un Capitano Spagnuolo della Conquista
del Peru, published by Ramusio, but with " many varia-
tions," an assertion which we have no means of verify-
ing at present.
Direct referenctt : [ Schwindel, TAesavrvt hibtiithtcalit, Vol. l, page 1 66.
\ Fanzir, AnnaUi Typ<igr.,Yo\. Vll, page ia4, No. 38.
I TiRNAux, No. 41.
Ebert, No. 5129.
Graesse, Vol. U, page ijl.
Brunet, Vol. II, col, 230.
Bibliotheca Uebtriana, Part vii, No. 4600.
IC'JC. 200. XERES-GAZTELU— Recto of the first leaf :
LIBRO PRI II MO DE LA
CONQVISTA II DEL PERV & prouin-
cia del Cuzco || de le Indie occidentali. ||
Then, coat-of-arms with the double-headed eagle, holding in its
claws a medallion, with the following legend inscribed thereon:
EXIVIT SONVS EORVM, then :
Con gratia & priuilegio per anni X. ||
• Vol. II, page 536.
nvi
Bibliotheca Americana. 331
Ftrsa of the title-page : ^535*
Neflum ardifca di ftampare il prefente
volume o 1| far ftampar ne ftampato da
altri dare a vendere in |1 li loghi del noftro
dominio fotto la pena che nel || breue
appare".
Colophon :
Stampato in Vinegia per Maeftro H
Stephano da Sabio del MD || XXXV. Nel'
mefe 11 di Marzo. ||
♦ * 4to (signatures in eights), title one leaf, + fifty-nine unnum-
bered leaves, -{■ one leaf with the above colophon on the recto,
and on the verso an escutcheon sporting a large crown with
the word SABIO. The narrative begins on the recto of the
fifiileaf.
(Private Librar., New York, Providence and Harvard Coll. Libr.)
' Mr. Grenville, in a MS. note added
to his copy (now in the Britisli Museum),
refers to this passage as indicating that the
present was the iirst of the two editions of
Gaztelu's vers'on.
In reply to Grae88r'b fling at Brunet,
viz. ! " Ciuand il dit que ces deux derniers
volumes [Gotardo de Ponte's and Stephano
da Sabio's editions] sont la traduction de
I'ouvrage de F. Xeres (V. Oviedo et Xeres),
je ne comprends pas comment la version
d'un livre pourrait ctre imprimee en 1 5 3 5 qui,
selon les propres mots de I'auteur (a la fin
de la y^erdadera rclacion 1547, v. Oviedo),
avait ete ecrit dans la ville de Caxamalca
par ordre de Frani;. Pizarro peu avant le re-
tour de I'auteur a Seville, le 3 Juin 1538."
{Vol. II, page 151,) we beg leave to state
that there is no authority whatever for this
"peu avant le 3 Juin 1538." On the
contrary, there is evidence that Xeres wrote
his account long before that date. The
Verdadera relacion ends with the arrival in
that city of the vessel commanded by Rod-
riguei:, on board of which it is more than
probable that Xeres was a passenger, as the
craft belonged to him ; " La vna de lat doi
tiaos postrcras q lUgaron, en la j! vino for
maestre Fracisco rodriguez et de Frandsco
de Xerez natural desta ciudad d" Seuilla i el
(}ual escriuio esta relacion," Sec, Sec. (Recto
of the last leaf in edition of 1534.) This
vessel reached Seville, June 3d, 15341
" En el iohredicho aHo (i. e. " y4«o d' mil y
quiniitot y treynta y qtro" see a few lines
above, where he refers to the arrival of a
vessel " a nueue d'enero"), el tercero dia del
met d' Junio llegaro otros dos naos en la vna
venia for maestre Fracisco rodriguez."
(Recto of E8.) The Xeres, which is the
origin.:! from which the present Italian
translation, as well as the Spanish reprint of
1547 weremade, was printed in July, 1534.
Tliere is no difficulty, therefore, in under-
standing how a worli commenced at Caxa-
m.ilca as early as March, 1533, which is
the date when Francisco Pizarro " ordered
that a rclacion should be written to be sent
to His Majesty," and which was completed
• 5.'
t h i
33^
Bibliotheca Americana.
I e-? c, Italian translation of Xeres' Conquista (No. 198), by
"^ Domenico de Gaztelu or Gazulo", but with the omission
of the last sentence and stanzas in the original.
Alcedo says' of the translation :
" Nacio en la villa de Ochandiano del SeBorio de Vizcaya (Ternaux
says in " Tudcla") ; era Caballero del Orden de Alcantara, Ministro
del Tribunal de la contradixia mayor y del Consejo de Hacienda."
Direct reference! i
' Haym, Bihiioleca Italiana, Vol. I, page 177, No. a.
Pinelo-Barcia, col. 649.
Rich, No. 11.
Brunit, Vol. II, col. 130.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part IX, No. 3179.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 536.
Bibliotheca Broiuniana, page 19, No. 65.
Livret Curieux, No. 1 39.
201. IDEM o.''t/5— Above a woodcut like that described in No. 200.
LIBRO PR I 11 MO DE LA
CONQVISTA II DEL PERV & Prouen-
cia del CuzcoUde le Indie occidentali. |1
No imprint.
Colophon on the verso of the last leaf:
([ Iirlpreffo in Milano per Domino Go-
tardo II da Ponte a compagnia de Domino
lo. II Ambrofio da Borfano nel Anno || del
Mille cinquecento e || trenta cinque. ||
in all probability a few days after the vessel
arrived at Seville, in June, 1534, should
have been printed in July of the same year,
and republished in a different language nine
months afterwards.
We should also add that Brunet gives
the date of 1535 10 de Ponte's edition,
whilst Graesse prints it "1538." The
title of da Sabio's is also given by the latter,
in a manner which differs materially from
the copy before us. Must we understand
that da Sabio printed two separate editions
of the Gaztelu version in 1535, and that
de Ponte likewise gave two, one in 1535,
and the other in 1538?
' Antonio, Biblioth. H. Nova, Vol. I,
p. 329.
• Bibliot. Americana, MS., Vol. I, men-
tions also an imaginary edition of Gaztelu's
version of Xerei, "Madrid, 4to, 1525."
We think there is a life of Gaztelu in
Baena, Hijos de MadrH.
i)^jjj^uj(.jKww III w II J M>ir
Bibliotheca Americana.
333
Then, within a frame, a shield with an eagle, and the words 1535"
GOTARDVS.-__DE.___PONTE =— —
** 4to (signature in eights), title one leaf + three preliminary
leaves + forty unnumbered leaves.
(British Museum.)
This rarissime edition is altogether inferior to the
preceding, in typography, paper or woodcuts, and seems
to be only a clumsy imitation, but evidently of 1535.
Direct reftrencn i ( Bibliotheca Grenvilliana,
\ Livres curieux, page 29, No. 139.
( Brunit, Vol. II, col. 130.
20 2. APUNUS {PETERy— Recto of the first leaf:
Jt COSMO k, II GRAPHIC INTRODVCTIO 1|
cum qulbufdam Geometria ac Ajiro- \\ nom'ies principijs ad earn || rem
necejfarijs. \\
Then sphere, and below : MD XXXV.
Colophon :
Venetijs per lo. Antonium de Nicolinis de Sabio^ \\ sumptu ^
requifitione D. Melchioris \\ Seffa. Anno Domini. \\ MDXXXV.
Men/is lanuarij. ||
* * Sm. 8vo ; title one leaf + thirty numbered leaves + one leaf,
* verso blank, but on the recto. Nicolini's printer's mark, and
the device dissuhlivm infida societas.
(Private Library, New York.)
See verso of leaf 22 and recto of 23 ; and, supra, our
Nos. 149 and 150.
Direct references : f Cancellieri, Dissertazioni, page 46.
■) Canovai, yita, page 300.
(Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. iv, page loi.
20 'J. SABELLicus (M. c.)— " RhapfodisG Hiftoriarum
Enneadum.
" Paris, 1535, folio."
(Meusel'.)
« Bibliotheca Hiitorica Vol. l, Part I, page 96.
JI|J,l»lll«JW'ILI«'
334
Bibliotheca Americana.
ICOC. 204. BB/iGOAf^S(y^c. pw/z,.)— "Supplementum Chron-
icorum, Omnes Fere Hiftorias quae ab orbe condito
hadenus geftae funt iucunda admodum dicendi breuitate
compledlens. Opus fane quam vtiliflimum, & cuiufuis
conditionis viro perneceflarium : primum quidem a
Venerando patre Jacobo Philippo Bergomate ordinem Ere-
mitarum profeflb confcriptum, deinde vero eruditorum
quorundam diligentia, multis mendis, ac fuperfuis qui-
bufdam rebus diligentiflime repurgatum, in ftudioforum
omnium gratiam atque vtilitatem. Cui infuper addita
eft noftrorum temporum breuis quaedam accefllo eorum
annorum hiftorias ac res turn priuatas tum externas
compledlens quae ab anno. 1500. ad annum 1535. tum
hie, tum etiam alibi geftae funt. Parifiis, M.D.XXXV
(1535). Apud Simonem Colineum, in vico D. Joannis Bel-
louacenfis. Cum priuilegio. Et a la fin. Praeftantif-
fimum hoc atque utiliflimum totius orbis Chronicorum
opus : ea omnia quae ab ipfa mundi creatione ad annum
ufque 1535. perada funt breui quodam ftylo compledlens
excufum eft Parifiis, opera ac praelo Jacobi Nyuerdi ad-
fcriptitii bibliopolae & chalcographi : fumptib. uero ac
diligentifl". cura, Simonis Colinaei, & Galeoti a Prato bib-
liopolarum Parifien. Anno a Chrijio nato M.D.XXXV.
pridie Calendas Augufti. in Fol., Feuillets 443. Sans
les pieces liminaires.
" Quoique cette Edition soit furieusement tronquee, on ne la doit
pas tout a iait rejetter, a cause du Livre XVII. qui sert de Suplement
a rOuvrage, & qui contient certains articles, qui ne sent pas a me-
priser: comme ceux tP Aldus Manutius, Christopborus Longolius, Jo.
Calphurnius, Janus Lascaris, Sec, mais il faut absolument I'accom-
pagner d'une Edition plus ancienne : entre lesquelles je choisirais
celle de I'an 1506. in Fol."
(Clement'.)
i^(
I
Biblintheca Americana. 23S
The chapter ^^ w permaximis insults, &c., is on folio 1535"
412. —=!!=-=
This truncated edition, with the valuable chapter
XVII, however, was republished at Venice, 1547% folio.
Direct references ,
' Bibliothttiue Curieuse, Vol. HI, page t8o.
Histor. Typogr.i London, 17 1 7, Part II, page 12.
Maittaire, Annates, Vol. 11, Part 11, page 824.
' NicEBON, Memoires, Vol. xvil, page 223.
Fabricius, Biblioth. Lat. med.. Book IX, page 38.
205. VARTHEMA-DIAS— Recto of the first leaf:
Uattijema Bolognefe nello iSgitto, luUa ^o-llria
nella Arabia tjeferta, U felice, ueUa 13er II fia, ncUa
Jntiia, $f nella iSttgopia. ILe fetje II r I biuete ^
coftutni ticlle pretate ^ro II uincie. C IBt al ^fente
asiotttoui al II cune Jifole nouamcte rittouate. II
Then large vignette similar to the one in the edition of 1522, bat
not so well finished.
Colophon :
C Stampato in Vinegia per Francefco
di AlefTan/ll dro Bindone, & Mapheo Pa-
fini compani, a || fanto Moyfe al fegno de
Langelo Ra- || phael. M.D.XXXV. || del
mefe d'Aprile. ||*
%* Sm. 8vo, title one leaf + leaves numbered from 2-100 +
three unnumbered leaves,
(Private Librar)-, New York.)
Direct references: j Haym, Bibliotheca Italiana, Vol. I, page 181, No. 3.
Panzer, Annates Typogr., Vol. viil, page 545.
Anglice 1 Printed at Venice by Francis the sign of the Angel Raphael, April,
di Alexandre Bindone and Mapheus Pa- 1535.
fini. Companions of St. Moses [ .' ], at The rest as in No. 98.
2^6 Bibliotheca Americana.
I CT 5. 206. ANONYMOUS— Recto of the first leaf:
3La notU <£itta nuouamente
ritrouata alle JnTiie con U
fuoi coftumi r motii Ucl
fuo He r foi popoli
Hi mo))i tiel fuo atiorare con la
tcUa bfan^a trcUe tronne loro.
I5t lie le tiua perfone ermafrotrite
donate tra (luel Meal Otapi-
tano tella iErmata.
Then square vignette.
In fine :
Data in ZhauaL Adi, xxv. di Settembre.
M.D.XXXV*
*^* 410, sine anno aut loco, text begins on verso of title, followed
by three unnumbered leaves, printed in italics.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
Our transcript is made from two impressions, gen-
erally considered as authentic originals, but which are,
in fact, only fac-similes executed by the elder Harris.
The original is in the British Museum.
Direct references ;
Bibliotheca Grenvittiana, page 8a2, and Part il, page 445.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 18, No. 63.
Brunet, Vol. Ill, col. 1021.
Graesse, Vol. IV, page 183.
* jStiglice ; Letter from the noble city ners of their women, and concerning two
recently discovered in the Indies, with the hermaphrodites given by the King to the
customs and manners of its King and captain of the flpct.
peoples, their religion and the tine man- Dated Zhaval, September 25th, 1535-
Bibliotheca Americana. 337
207. or/EDO ( G. F. DE\— Below the arms of Spain, printed in red: I 5 3 5 *
|ci btflaritt general
Then at the bottom of the page :
yerso of the title-page :
iitimera parte Ue la ijiftotia natural jj sfw^ lli^al
tie lass inUias gHaiS r tierra firme tiel mar oceano :
efcripta por ef capi || tan gonmlo i)eruanTjej tie
(©bietjo r balties : alcape He la fortalem tie- 1| la
ciutiafl tie lancto Bomiugo tie la gfla efpanolaifi
cronilta tiela ^acra || cefarea u cati)Olicas magef=
taties tiel emperaUor tiou carlos quiiito tie tal ndtre:
rei) Hue efpafta: r tie la fereniffima r muj) potierofa
regna tiofta Juana fti matire nueftros II feftoresi.
H^tsx cugo mantiatio el auctor efcriuio las cofas
marauillofas que ag en tJi- II uerfa» gflas r partes
tieftas intiias r imperio tiela eorona real tie caftilla:
fegtt lo bi il tio X fupo en begnte x tios afto<5 r mas
que ija que i)iue r refitie en aquellas partes : il 3La
qual ijiftoria eomienra enel primero tiefcubrimietito
tieftas intiias : v> it contie II ne en begnte libros efte
primero bolumen. II
In fine :
. . . Ea qual it acabo x imprimio enla mug
notle g mug leal cibtiati tie ^ebilla i en la emprell ta
43
1
!
o^g Bibliotheca Americana.
1535. tie juam orwmijerBet 1 cl poftteto tJia Kel meg tie
g>etiemtte- ^fto He mil r quinientos g tregnta g
eittco aftos. II
♦ * Folio, title one leaf, + four preliminary leaves, + text 1-186
* 4. table i86i-i9i (Colophon on verso), + Epistola 192-193,
writh arms of Oviedo on the verso of the last.
(Private Libr., New York, Providence and Washington city.)
As we have already stated (page 257) the present work
is entirely different from the Natural Hystoria de las
ludias, published in 1526 {supra, No. 139). This is
the genuine "General and Natural History of the
Indies" of Oviedo, so often quoted. It was originally
divided into three parts, numbering in all fifty books.
The first part is the present No. 207, which contains
nineteen books, and, we think, a portion of the fiftieth
(on shipwrecks). These nineteen and a half books were
republished at Salamanca, in 1547 {infra). In 1557,
the twentieth book, which is the first of the second
part, was printed separately'. No other portion of
this work appeared in print until 1851.
The traditions and stories concerning the subsequent
fate of the unpublished parts, still find credence even
among usually trustworthy bibliographers. Some of
the latter, forgetting that in the edition of 1557, there
is a notice printed, announcing the fact that the print-
ing of the rest of the work was interrupted by the death
of the author^ believe to this day that a great conflagra-
tion destroyed the printing establishment of Francisco
' ^ Libro . XX . De la (egunda parte de
la general |1 hiftoria de las Indias . Efcripta
por el Capitan || Gon9alo Fernandez de
Ouiedo, y Valdes . Al- || cayde de la forta-
leza y puerto de Sacto Domin || go, d'la ilia
Efpanola . Cronifta d' lu Mageftad. || ^ue
trata del eftrecho de Magellans. || '[ En
Valladolid . Por Francifco Fernandez de
Cordoua. || Imprelfor de fu Mageftad . Aflo
de M . o . LVii. II
*^* Folio, title one leaf + sixty-three
11. BLACK LETTER.
(Private Libr., Providence).
» The end of Chapter XXXV, on fol.
LXIIII, which is the last, reads as fol-
lows :
" .... to para fu fuftentacion eftas
almendras que tengo dicho.
" 1 No fe imprimo mas deft« obra, por-
que murio el autor,"
%\
1
Bibliotheca Americana.
339
Fernandez de Cordova, His Majesty's printer, with all 1 53 5.
its contents, including the printed parts and manuscripts —_—--—»
of Oviedo ; while others assert that the unpublished
books have never been written at all, and exist only in
the imagination of booksellers. Even Brunet himself,
as late as the last edition of his valuable Manuel, asserts
that "on ne sait ce que sont devenus les livres 21 a
28," although he himself cites the work which contains
these very books in full.
The facts are simply these :
After Oviedo's death, the manuscripts of the remain-
ing twenty-nine and a half books were scattered, but
nearly all collected again, since in 1775 a set was kept
in the archives of the Ministerio de Gracia y Justicia
de Indias ; and Jose Alvarez Baena stated, when- he was
about to print his Historical Dictionary, that he had
copied and collated the whole, preparatory to publish-
ing it: "Todo se hallaba copiado, comprobado y en
disposicion de imprimirse." At all- events, when the
Royal Academy of History commenced collecting the
manuscripts of Oviedo, for the purpose of publication,
it obtained possession of the original codices, bequeathed
at the beginning of the seventeenth century by the Pro-
fessor of Divinity in the Cathedral of Seville {Maestre-
escuela), Don Andres Gasco, to the Casa de Contrata-
cion, and which once belonged to the Convent of Mon-
serrate. They lacked a few pages, which, we believe,
are still missing, and the XXVIIIth Book, which was
afterwards found among some stray papers collected
from the scattered archives of the Jesuits, in the library
of the Count de Torre-Palma,
The whole work has been lately published by the
Royal Academy of History of Madrid, in a style and
with a care which confer the greatest credit on the editor,
printers and publishers'.
• Historia General y Natural de las In- Oviedo y Valdes, Primer Cronista del
dias, islas y tierra-firme del mar oceano, Nuevo Mundo. Publicala la Real Aca-
por el Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de demia de la Historia, cotejada con el co-
340
Bibliotheca Americana.
'535' As to the composition of the work, it seems to date
as far back as 1526*. Mr. Ticknor infers from several
passages in Books xxxiii and xxxiv, that Oviedo kept
each book or each large division open for additions as
long as he lived'. The work, it is well known, was
written from official documents, sent to him expressly^
as the authorized Chronicler of the Indies ; an office
held probably before by Fray Bernardo GentiP, and
afterwards by Herrera and Solis.
There is a translation into Italian by Ramusio' of
this first part, the first ten books of which were trans-
lated into French by Jean Poleur"^
Direct TtftTtnui:
Panzer, Annates Typogr., Vol. vil, page 1 14.
TCRNAUX, No. 46.
BlUNET, Vol. IV, col. 299.
Bibliotheca Heheriana, Part VI, No. 2833 (with autograph).
Bibliotheca Brotuniana, page 19, No. 64 (with autograph).
Historical Nuggets, Vol. 11, No. 1067.
dice original, enri<)'jecida con las enmien-
das y adiciones del autor, e illustrada con
la vida y el juicio de las obras del mismo
por D. Jose Amado* de los Rios.
Madrid, Imprenta de la Real Acidemia
de la Historia, 1851-52-53-55.
*J^ Folio, 4 vols., map.
The 1st vol. contains from Book I to Book XX.
" ja " " " XX " XXIX.
" jd " " " XXIX "XXXIX.
" 4th " " " XXXIX " L.
which " libro quinquagessimo es el ultimo
libro de la Historia natural y general : le
qual tracta de los infortunios e nautragios
acaescidos en las marcs de las Indias, islas
y Tierra-Firme del mar O^eano."
* " Yo he escrito en este breve Sumario,
6 Relacion, lo que de aquesta natural His-
toria he podiJo reducir a la memoria, i he
dexado de bablar en otras cosas muchas,
de que enteramente no me acuerdo, ni tan
el propio como son se pudieraran escrevir,
ni expresarse tan largamente. como estan
en la General, i Natural Historia de Indias,
jue de mi mono tengo escrita." apud Bar-
cia's reprint. Vol. I, p. 56.
* History of Spanish Litterature. Vol. 11,
p. 33, note 23.
* " Dcmas desto digo que yo tengo ^edu-
las reales, para que los gobernadores me
envien relation de lo que tocare a la his-
toria en sus gobernaciones para estas his-
torias." Introduction to B. xxxiii. Vol.
Ill, p. 258, of the Madrid reprint.
' " Aunque el protonotario Pedro Martir
que era de Milan, e fray Bernardo Gentil
que era Sicilians, e ambos fueron historio-
gratbs de S. M., hablaron en cosas de In-
dias." (Oviedo, lib. 34, cap. 3.) AH we
could ascertain concerning this Gentil is
what we found in MuRoz (Prologo, D. Xiv),
viz. : " era del orden de Santo Domingo,
residia y enseflaba en Espafta a principles
del Siglo XVI : era conocido del celebre co-
mendador griego [?], y gozaba creJitos de
ingenioso poeta. De escritos Suyos naJa
he polido saber mas de que penso ilustrar
las hazanas del gran capitan en versos he-
roycos ;" and he refers to three letters
(libb. 5, 15 y 17) in the Opus Epistol. of
Lucio Marineo (infra).
" Raccolta, Vol. in, from fol. 74 to fol.
223.
' VHistoire Naturelle et Generalle dts
Indes, Isles, et Terre Firme de la grand mer
oceane. Paris, by Vascosan, 1556; fol.,
5-^-135 11. (Private Libr., Providence.)
We cannot recollect where we have seen
that Poleur had been Francis I's valet-de-
chambre.
Bibliotheca Americana. 34^
208. «fiWCH (G/j£GOijr>-" Margarita Philoso- I 535.
PHicA, rationalis, Moralis philofophiae principia duo
decim libris dialogice compledens, olim ab ipfo autore
recognita, nuper autem ab Orontio Fineo, Delphinate caf-
tigata et audla, vna cum appendicibus itidem etnen-
datis, et quamplurimis additionibus et figuris ab eodem
infignitis. Quorum omnium copiofus index verfa con-
tinetur pagella. Virefcit vulnere virtus. Baftleae Hen-
ricus Petrus excudebat impenfis Conradi Rejchii Anno M.D.
XXXV. 4.
" Hirfch . Millen . 11 . p. 5^ • Bologn. Crev, 11 . />. 54 • -8'^^-
Schw. iun." (Panzer'.)
'• E' certo che in una Carta fin dal IS35. /«/>'•'«'» '" ^"''^'1''' ^'"^'
Paria a 24 . 0 25 gradi di Latitudine Australt. (Margar . Philos . p .
1534)." (Canovai'O
This map bears the following title:
TYPVs vNiverfalis terrae, ivxta moder-
norvm distinctionem et extensionem per
REGNA et PROVINCIAS.
And this inscription :
paria feu prijilia.
It seems that there is in the editions of the Margarita
published after 151 2, a Declaratio Speculi orbis compositi
a Gualtero Liid. canonico Deodalensi, which can only be
an extract from our No. 49, as we have smce ascertained
that it does not contain the passage relating to America,
which we mention. M. D'Avezac cites* concerning
Walter Ludd's works and supposed editions of other
cosmographers, OberlinS Gravier" and Beauprg.
,44. Piiltsiu!, af. IMiLLW^ Magasm Encyclo-
''■ « j5««fl/« Typografi , Vol. vi, p. 308, piJijuf, for 1799. Vol. v, pp. 32.3-7-
°« vSp d'Amtrko Vespucci, p. 185, note, ment de Saint-Die , Epinal, 8 o, 1836, pp.
' Protection des Cartes de Geographic p. zoz-^.
„j,; ' Beaofbe, he. at., pp. 59-87.
I [
W
344
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20Q. yADlANUS (J.y-iVithin an elegant border:
^ EPITOME II TOPOGRAPHICA |1 TOTIUS
ORBIS, II conferes ad ea potiflimu lo-||ca, quoru paflim Euan-
gelifte II & Apoftoli memnere. || Cum elencho audo. || Per
lochimum Vadianum || Medicum. || Acceflit peregrinatio Petri
et II Pauli Apolloloru cum ra- 1| tioiie temporum || Per Erafmum
Roterod. || cum Priuilegio. || I. G. 1535. ||
Colophon :
Antuerpie apud loan. Grapheum || anno. M.D.XXXV.
%* Sm. 8vo, title one leaf + three preliminary unnumbered leaves
-|- two hundred and twenty numbered leaves.
(Private Library, Parii.)
See, on fol. 208, the chapter: Insula Oceani pracip.
Direct refereticet ; i Maittaire, Annales Tyfogr., Vol. Y, Part II, page 306.
( Panzer, AnnaUt Typogr., Vol. VI, page 2j, No. 107.
210. PTOLEMY-SERVETUS— Recto of the first leaf:
CLAVDII PTOLEiiMAEi
ALEXANDRINI || geographicae enar- ||
RATTONIS II LIBBRI OCTO.II EX BILIBALDI PIRCK-
EYMHERi||tralationo, fed ad Graeca & prifca
exemplaria a Mi-||chaele Villanouano iam
primum recogniti jj Adieda infuper ab eo-
dem fcholia, II quibufexoleta urbium no/ 1|
mina adnoftri fecu || li more expo || nun-
tur. II oyiNQVAGINTA ILLAE QyOQVE CVM ||
ueterum turn recent turn tabula adne5luntur varijo; \\ incolen-
tium ritus &" mores \\ explicantur. ||
.
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Woodcut, with the words VSVS ME GENVIT ; then : '535*
LVGDVNI II EX OFFICINA MELCHIORIS ET ||
GASPARIS TRECHSEL FRATRVM. || M.D.XXXV. [j
Ferso of the titU-pnge :
MICHAEL VILLANOVAiN VS || LECTORIS. || AMPLIf -
siMO DOMINO II Sebadiano epifcopo Brixi-
nenfi, Bibaldus || Pirckeymherus.||
♦♦ Folio; title one leaf -I- one hundred and forty-eight pages +
* one blank leaf + fifty fuliued leaves for maps, viz.: ten for
Europe, four for Alrica, twelve for Asia, one for hemisphere.
On the obverse of folio 28, which treats: oceani occiden-
TALis SEU TKRRAE NOVAE TABULA, there is 3 rude map, where
on tht^ western part, between N. L. 50° and 30°, are laid down
PARIA3, J'MiCLI.A INSVL, lAMAIQUA, SPACi NOHA [j/V]. U>jae>-
the latitude line of 2;° N. there is a label in small black
letter : " Spagno'.ia que et Offun [ ? ] dicit gignit aur' mastice,
aloen, porcellanim, canellam et zinaber' Latitudo insule 4. 40
milliaria longitudo 8 80 milliaria. Et inuenta est per Chris-
tophoru Columbu laniien Capitaneum Regis Castilie an domini
1492. Aadle loco panis vesaint serpentibus maximis et radi-
cibus dulcibus sapore castanear' presetentibus. Under the
cquuor, and to tht right of 5° S. L. there is another inscrip-
tion likewise in ru Je black letter : Hec terraann adiacentib^
insulis inuenta est p' Cristoferum Columbum lanuensem ex
mandato Regio Castelle." Beneath this, to the left, in large
Roman capitals TERRA NOVA. Opposite these words, to
the right, a rude woodcut of savages, and a wild animal re-
sembling a she-panther, with a black letter inscription under-
neath, beginning : Reperitur hie anial, &c. Folio 50 contains
the last map, headed in rude woodcut engraving : orbis . typvs .
VNIVERSALIS.IVXTA . HYD OGRAPHORUM . TRADP lONEM . EXAC-
TissiME . DEPiCTA . I $22 . L . F. On the west opposite 40
N L ifaMla, a little further to the souih fpagno/a. Opposite
15° S L. Batoia {sic), to the right of this Cambates. Below
in large black letter amCriCa. The remainder of this
splendid volume is ended by : INDEX PTOLEMAEI copio-
sissiMVS, &c. Beneath, the same woodcut as on the grand title-
page. Register A-F in sixes, F in seven, with Errata on the
recto of last leaf; verso blank. (As far as we can recollect,
this map is identical with the mappamund in the Ptolemy
of 1522.) (British Museum.)
.
J44 Bibliotheca Americana.
'535* ^'°'' ^^^^^^^ concerning the life, works and martyrdom
, of Michael Servetus, born at Villanueva in Aragon, in
1509', or at TudcUa, in 151 1', or at Tarragona', and
burnt alive, at the instigation of John Calvin, at Geneva,
October 27th, 1553, we refer the reader to the works
and dissertations of De la Roche\ Struvius', Chauffe-
pie', D'Artigny', Alwoerden', Sandius", Bock^ Seelen",
Benson", Maty'", Boysen", Mosheim", Wigand", Gib-
bon'\ Wright", Sigmond", Drummond", Romey'",
Saisscf'^ de Valayre", Galiflfe", Rilliet", Schade", and to
Calvin's own defence'^ which never did, and never can,
exculpate him from his complicity in this dreadful crime.
Our readers are aware that one of the charges brought
against Servetus, and which led to the immolation of
tnat unfortunate man by a set of fiendish fanatics, whose
' Michel de la Ruchf, Bihlioth'erjue
An^loisr; AmstcrJ., iSmo, 1717-2S, Vol.
II, p. yi) ; Al.woF.RIiKN, Hiilor. Miih. Ser-
•veli . , . Pisseriiiiione exfoiita ; Hdiiist.,
4ti), 1727; NicERoN, Alimoirci, Veil, xi,
p. 114-
' U'Arhgny, Nouveaux Memoires, Vol,
II, p. 56.
' CiiAUKtEi'iK, art. Servel, nute A.
* U. cil.. Vol. V, pp. 5-22, anJ M(-
moires rf I.iteialurt i LoiiJ., 8vu, 1712.
* Bi'hlioth. Hiilor. Lilt. ; Iciu, 8v(i,
1763, Vol. Ill, p. 1828.
* Bihiiiilheca Anti-Trinilariorum, Cic. ;
Ainsteriiani, 8vo, 1684, pp. 6-15.
' Hisloria ^ntilrinitiiriorum ; Lcip/ig.
8vo, 1774-76, Vol. II, p. JiJ, 17
* Htltila I.iiieraria ; Lubeck, l2mo,
1716, N. II, pp. 52-76.
* Brief Accouni of thr ptrsecution and
turning of Ser-velui for an heitlicf Lond.,
8vo, 1743.
'» yiulhenlic Memoirs oj ihe Lije of
Richard .Mead, M. D. f London, 8vo,
»755-
" Hisloria Mich. Serveii, Ditsertattone
tnarrala} Vitemb., 4to, 17 1 2
" /Indertueilig^er l^ersuch einer ■vollstiin-
digen und unparlheyischen Keiisergeschichle;
Helmst., 4to, 1748.
" De Servelismo s. de /inlitrinitariii j
Ratisbon, 8vo, 1575-
'* .VliscfUaniMius Works (Land., Svo,
1814), Vol. V, p. 400 t<].
" /Vn A/iology for Servetus ( Wisbech.,
8va, 1806.
'" i/ie Unnoticed Theories of Servetus, a
Dissertation addressed to the Medical Society
of Stockholm ; Lond., 8vo, 1826.
" The Life of Michael Serx-etus, the
Spanish Physician, -who, for the alleged
crime of Heresy, was entrapped, imprisoned
and burned by 'John Calvin, in the city of
Geneva, Oct. 27, 1553, Lond., 121110,
1830, reprinted 1848, i2mo.
" Hommes et Choses de Divers Temps f
Paris, i2nio, 1864, pp. 121 to 171.
'• Mrlanges d'llistoire, de .Morale ei
de Criti'jue ; Paris, l2mo, 1859, pp. lly
to 217.
'■"' Fragment Historitjue sur Michel Ser-
vel (Lcgendes et Chroniques Suities) f Paris,
l2nio, 1842.
" Notices GiniaUgiques sur les families
genevoisesf Geiii'vc, 8vo, 1831-1836.
Procis Criminel Intente a Geneve, en
1553, contre Michel Servel, redigce d'apres
les Documents Originauxf Geneva, I2nio,
1844.
" Etudes sur le proces de Servtt f Stras-
burg, 8vo, 1853.
'• Defensio orthodox^ fdei de sacra Tri-
t.iiate, centra prodigiosas errores Mirhaelis
Serveii Uispani 1 uhi ostenditur hareticoi
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345
foul memory should be held in abhorrence for ever, was I 53 5.
a passage from the present edition of Ptolemy, stating _-, — -—-m
that Palestine was not such a fertile country as people
generally believed, since modern travellers related that
It was entirely barren. We have shown, after Mosheim
{supra, page 202"), that the incriminated passage was
already m the Ptolemy of 1522. Besides, it was omitted
in the second edition which Servetus published in 1541
{infra).
" J'ai d^ja observe que Gomara fait allusion aux editions de Servct
de 1535 ct 1541. Dans la premiere on trouve : ' Iterum Colonus
rcversus Continentem et alias quam plurimas insulas adinvcnit quibus
nunc Mispani felicissime dominantur. Toto itaquc quod ajuni aber-
rant ccelo qui hunc continentem Anicricam nuncupari contcndunt,
cum Americus rnulto post Columbum camdem tcrram adicrit, nee cum
Hispnnis Hie, sed cum Portugallensibus ut suas merces commutaret, eo
se contulit.' Cette note severe et en partie injuste, n'a pas empcche
I'editeur d'ajouter a son edition la carte de 1522 qui oftre en grand*
caracteres le nom d'Amerique."
(Humboldt".)
Direct riftrencet ;
Raidil, Comment, de Claud. Plol. Geogr., page 6l.
FAI1RIC1U3, Bihiioth. Graca, Vol. v, p.ige 276.
Panzer", Annaln 'I'ypogr., Vol. VII, page 365, No. 776.
HoKifMANN, Lexicon, Vol. Ill, page 319.
Brunet, Vol. IV, col. 955.
Labanott" Catalogue, page 8, No. 43.
lure gladii coercendos esie, £f nominatim de
/lomiiie hoc lam imfio jinlc & meriio iump-
tum Geneva J'uisse sufpliciuiii,per Joannem
Cal' 'lam; Oliva 8vo. 1554.
" See, also, an elaborate aiticle in the
New Memoirs of Literature i Lond., 8vo,
i72<;-7, Vol. I, p. 26, irj.
'•'■ Examen Critique, Vol. iv. p. 137,
note.
" Thanks to the Rev. S. R. Johnson,
Professor in the N. Y. General Theolog-
ical Seminary, we have at last obtained
tlie loan of a copy of Panzer's /Innalrs
Typcgrupliici ! a work wo were unable to
purchase, hire or borrow in New Voik
.^r Philadclphi.1, and which we were com-
pelkd to gi) to Boston to consult. We
should not mention this circumstance,
wliich in other communities will cer-
tainly seem trivial, but for a desire on
our part to state, tliat if we have among
us book collectors whose selfishness is a
scandal and a disgrace, we can also boast
of a few bibliopliiles who delight in plac-
ing within the reach of those who need
them all the resources at their command.
Dr. Johnson is one of these, and we take
this method to acknowledge the favor re-
ceived at Ilia hands, and to express our
sincere gratitude.
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346
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I C*} Ct 211. STEINHOW£L (})— Within an ornamented border, with
— medallions in woodcuts :
Hn ^^'^ flemc^ne anjenge.iSann Hatter SBettt Ijetfom--
tnettiptttcmett || 8ottnbeni®tottbeiet)9enfd)cfftetti|l !)if=
torlctt I tticfctt 1 manicr i fltten i on || bub oUgong. ^u^beu
filtttttttlrllblBften §lMei£>n att ®(o|lfe dnb 21^W
9la(^ .©l-llftorlfi^er aSartljeltllftcWliett.ll 4fe II ©etruift
jtt granifenfort i m 9Jlct)n 1 1| »el e^rljtlon eBenolffen. 11
7» fine :
M.D.XXXV. Im Augustmen.
11
k
1536-
* * Folio, title one leaf + five unnumbered preliminary leaves,
* text i-cxxxvii numbered leaves. Woodcut by H. S. Benham*.
(Private Library, New York.)
See verso of cm :
35011 %mx\n bcm blcrbten djc^l ber SBelt 1 1| ^tuno
iHa . ccrrxrbii . crfuttbett.il
We are of impression that the present is a later edi-
tion of Henrich Steinhowel's Chronicle, of which the
Kloss Catalogue" mentions one dated Frankfort, 1531.
Direct reference: ' Graesse, Vol. II, page 140.
212. LORiTZ OR GLAREANUS—^ Tit Geographia liber
. unus, ab ipfo autore iam tertio recognitus. Apud Fri-
burgium Brifgoiae An. M.D.XXXVl. D/V^wV autor Joanni
a Lafco Poloniae baroni. In fine : Apud Friburgum
Brijgoicum Anno. M.D.XXXVl. Excudebat Joannes Faber
Emmeus Juliacenfis. 4.
« Hirfch Milieu, in. p. 52. Bibl. Dilherr."
■^ (Panzer'.)
'■' Page 191, No. 4049. ' Annalei Tyfogr., Vol. Vll, p. 6i, No. 19.
(V
r
Bibliotheca Americana.
213. TRITHEMUS {J.)— Recto of the first leaf:
347
1536.
lOANNIS TRIiiTHEMir
ABBATIS SPANHEllmenfisEpiftolarum
familiarum libri duo ad diver || fos Ger-
maniae Principes, Epifcopos, ac eru || di-
tione praeftantes uiros, quorum 1| Catalogus
fubiedus eft. |1
Woodcut representing two heads, then :
CAVTVM EST PVBLICO EDICTOH
Caefarea Maieftatis, ne quis alius impune
intra |1 quatuor annos imprimat. || H AGA-
NOAE EX OFFICINA II Petri Brubachij,
1536.
** 4to, title one leaf + seven unnumbered leaves + three hun-
dred and forty-four pages.
(Imperial Library, Paris.)
Whatever may be the merits of this laborious Bene-
dictine (born in 1462, died in 1516 or 1519'), as a pro-
lific describer of books which existed only in his imagin-
ation, or else which were destroyed immediately after
his elaborate description of them, for no traces have
been seen since, he is entitled to a place in this Biblio-
theca only on account of a letter, dated August 12th,
1507, and addressed to Jo. Valdicus Monapius, wherein
the " uncritical" Spanheim abbot complains that he is
too poor to purchase a map (probably Ruysch's) which
cost at Worms as much as forty florins. The passage
is on page 296, and as follows:
'_^Spondi's continuation of Baronius' lit, Jugemem des Sa-vans, Vol. Il, page
Annaltt, Anno 1499, n. XI, apud Bail- i„ note i.
1536.
348
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" Comparavi autem mihi ante paucos dies pro acre modico, sphaeram
orbis pulchram, in quantitate parva nuper Argentina impressam,
simul et in magna dispositione globum terras in piano cxpansum cum
Insulis et Regionibus noviter ab Americo Vesputio Hispano inventis
in Mari Occidentali, ac versus Meridien ad Parallelum ferme deci-
mum* (quadragesimum)."
Kloss' annotation' " Ed. unica" can only refer to a
separate edition of those valuable Epistles, as the/ are
included in the Opera historica, Franco/., 1601, fol*.
Direct references :
Maittaire, Annalei Typogr., Vol. ii, Part n, page 853.
Panzer AnnaUi Typogr,, Vol. vii, page 115.
MoRERi, Dictionnaire, Vol. VIII, page 230.
Cancellieri, Dissenazloni, page 46.
Brunet, Vol. VI, No. 18731.
Canovai, (■'iaggi, page 299.
Lelewel, Geogr. du Moyen-Age, Vol. II, page 145, note.
Bodleian Catalogue, Vol. Ill, page 669.
214.. "Petri Martyris ab Angleria de rebus
Oceanicis et de orbe novo decades. Lut. Paris. 1536.
In-fol." (Ternaux'.)
y
We failed to discover other mentions of this edition
than those to be found in Graesse^', who copies Brunet,
and in Brunet', who copies Ternaux. The British
Museum, Mazarine and Imperial Libraries at Paris,
as well as the private collections in this country, all so
rich, have been duly ransacked, but such an edition
could not be found.
* " Parallelum decimum doit designer
50° d'apres I'usage, bicn connu par l.i lettre
de Toscanelli, dc compter 5° pour chaque
intervalle." — D'Avezac.
' Catalogue, page 258, No. 3628.
* Vossius, de Latin Hislor., page 644.
*■ Bibliolhi^ue /imcricaine, Jio. 47 hii.
* Tresar, Vol. I, p. I 30.
' Manuel, Vol. I, col. 293.
* The translation of Oviedo, by Poleur,
mentioned by Ternaux (Xo. 47), under
the date of 1536, is erroneously dated. It
was printed at Paris by Vascosan in 1556-
(See, supra, p. 340, note 9.)
i<: \
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349
\
215. MjiXIMILIAN OF TRANSYLVANIA & PIGAFETTA. 153"*
Recto of the first leaf: - — =»
IL VIAGGIOllFATTo DA GLi spa||gnivo-
LiA II TORNo a'l || mondo. || Con Gratia per
Anni xiiii.llMDXXXVI.il
* * 4to, nne loco (but supposed to have been printed at Venice),
* title one leaf, + three preliminary leaves, + forty-seven un-
numbered leaves. On the recto of the last leaf, a short vocab-
ulary of the language of Brazil. No water-mark.
(Private Librar., New York and Providence.)
The present contains an Italian translation of the two
accounts of Magellan's voyage already described {sufra,
Nos. 122 and 134). The version of Pigafetta's narra-
tion is taken from Fabre's French translation, which
itself was made from the Italian. If Pigafetta's account
was originally written in French, how is it that Fabre
had to copy an Italian original? If it was originally
written in Italian, how is it that the present translation
was made from the French ?
" Je m'etais d'abord fie a Ramusio, qui s'exprime a faire^croire que
c'est lui qui le premier avait songe a traduire en italien PExtrait dti
voyage de Pigafetta fait par Fabre, et la lettre de Maximilien Tran-
silvain ; mais j'ai trouve depuis que Ramusio n'a tait que copier une
traduction imprimee a Venise en 1536 [the above].
" II n'a change que fort peu de mots. II a abrege le discours pre-
liminaire, a supprime les numeros des cent quatorze chapitres dans
lesquels Fabre avait divise I'ouvrage, ct y a ajoute les titres dcs cha-
pitres dans lesquels il I'a divise lui meme. II en a mcme copie lea
fautes les plus grossieres . . . •"
(Amoretti'.)
Direct references:
Bibliotheca Heheriana, Part IX, No. 3129.
BihUctheca Grenvillianti, page 548.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 19, Mo. 67.
Historical Nuggets, No. 2753.
Libri Catalogue tor 1861, No. 2S8.
Brunet, Vol. V, col. 1 1 67, contains also a sharp but merited
reply to the overrated Dibdin'.
' Premier voyage autour du Monde, p. xlv, note. » See Library Companion, p. 409.
^^o Bibliotheca Americana.
1 5 3 ^» 2 1 6. FLAMiNius (JOHN ANTHoNTT)—" Epiftok ad Pau-
lum III. Pont. Max. initio Pontificatus . f/w/^^'" ^^^^'^
recentis Aphricani defcriptio ad AmplifT. P. Antonium
Puccium Sandorum Quatuor Cardinalem . Eiufdem de
quibufdam memorabilibus novi Orbis nuper ad nos
tranfmiflis ad eundem . Eiufdem Confliftus ille Pannoni-
cus cum Turcis, in quo Pannoniae rex interiit. In fine:
Bononiae ap . Vincent . Bonardum Parmen . et Marc, Anto-
nium Carpen .Jocios . Anno Jalutis M .D . XXXVI. Menfis
Martii . 4.
" Bibl. Sen. Lip/."
(Panzek*.)
This Flaminius must not be mistaken for the John
Flaminius whose life and death are related in so touch-
ing a manner by Valerianus^ The reader will find a
full account of John Anthony Flaminius (/. e. Zarrabini
de Colignola, 1464-1536), in Vossius', Fabricius* and
Tiraboschi'". We suppose that this epistle de quibusdam
in Novo Orbe, is also to be found in Capponi's edition*
of Flaminius' Letters.
217. ziEGLER (JAMES)— ' Tcrrae JanSlae^ quam Palaef-
tinnm nominant, Syfiae, Arabiae, Aegypti et Schondiae doc-
tiffima defcriptio, una cum fingulis tabulis earundem regionum
typographicis (lege topographicis) authore iacobo zieg-
LERO, Landavo-Bavaro. Holmiae plane regiae urbis cala-
mitojfma clades, ab eodem, dejcripta. Terrae Jan£lae altera
defcriptio, iuxta ordinem alphabetic quae ad fcripturam
proxime direBa efl, utilijfima etiam plebeio leSiori, authore
' Annales Typogr., Vol. IX, p. 415, No.
164.
' dc Litterator. Infelicilale, Lib. I, p. 23.
• de Historicii Latinis, p. 682.
* Bibtiothtca Med. £f Infim. Lot. Lib.
VI, p. 501.
* Storia de la Let. Ita!., Vol. vii, p. 1408.
* Efist. Familiares; Bologna, 4to, 1744.
Bibliotheca Americana. 35'
vvoLFGANGO vvEissENBVRGio, prUettt Academiac Bafili- 153"'
enfis Mathematico. Index totius operis locupletiffimus, qui ===
in priori editione defiderabatur. Elenchus, quo libro et
capite Bibliorum, et quoties finguli Palaejlinae loci continen-
tur. Argentorati, apud Vuendelinum Riche/ium 1536.
[/«-/o/.'] (Mkusel".)
See the chapter relating to '* Schondia," and our No.
170.
218. BROCARD ^ PETER MARTYR— Recto of the first leaf:
DESCRI- II PTio TERRAE SANCTAE || exaaiffima, autore Bro-
cardo Mona-||cho libellus diuinarum fcriptura- 1| rum ftudioils,
multo II vtiliffimus. II
De Nouis Infulis nuper repertis, & de |1 moribus incolaium
earundem,||per Petrum Martvrem || res ledtu digna. ||
t ANTVERPIAE |1 In sedibus loannis Steelfii || Anno a
Chriftonato||M.D.XXXVI.||
Colophon :
Typis loan Graphei. |1 M.D.XXXVI. ||
♦ * Sm. 8vo for size, signatures in fours, title one leaf + twenty-
* eight unnumbered leaves, then the Je insults in nineteen un-
numbered leaves, on the verso of the last a vignette, with the
words : «' 10. steel sivs. Concordia, res parue crescunt."
(Private Libr., New York, Brooklyn and Providence.)
A copy before us, in all other respects like the pres-
ent, lacks the colophon.
The first part contains only an account of a journey
to the Holy Land in 1232, by a Dominican monk, of
German origin, call jd Brocard, Brochard, or Brocardus,
often quoted by Danville. The second part, which
' Gesnek, Bibliotheca, p. 3S8. Catai-.g. Lihror. rarior. (ed. 1753), P- 734!
» Bihiioth Hislor., Vol. I, Part 11, p. Boecler, Bihliogr. critica, p. 571; Baur,
95 ; Feeytag, AnaUcta, p. 1114; Vogt, Bibliolh. Lib. Rar. uni-vcrs., Vol. iv, p. 323.
■ nil iipinfH III
352
Bibliotheca Americana.
IC'26. begins at the twenty-ninth leaf, is the extract from
Peter Martyr, described, supra, page 187, No. no.
larty
Direct referenceti
Bibliotheca Grenvil/iana, page 98.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 19, No. 66.
Bibliotheca Barloiviana, — .
Rich, Supplemettt, page 2.
Brunet, Vol. I, col. 1270.
IC-jy. 219. SACRO BQSco [GioyANNi Di)—" S^h&r^ Volgare
— -==! novamente tradotta con molte notande additioni di
Geometria, Cofmographia, Arte Navigatoria, et Stereo-
metria, Proportioni et Quantita delli Elementi, Dif-
tanze, Grandeze, et Novimenti di tutte li Corpi celefti,
cofe certamente rade et maravigliofe. Auctore M.
Mauro Fiorentino Phonafco et Philopanareto, curious
woodcuts {two containing a globe with America). 4to,
Fenetiis, B. Zanetti, 1537. Printed 'ad ijlanzia di Gio-
van Orthega di Carion Burgenje Hijpano comorante in
Firenze.' No doubt this Orthega was the author of
the arithmetical Treatife printed at Rome in 151 5, as
Mauro calls him a mathematician."
(LlBRl'.)
It is evident that a work originally written in the
early part of the thirteenth century cannot contain any-
thing on America ; but the De Sphera of Sacro-Bosco
(;. e. John Holywood, Oxon.) became to the mathema-
ticians and geographers of the century following the
re-discovery by Columbus an inexhaustible source of
commentaries, some of which certainly contain refer-
ences to the oceanic discoveries, attributed, especially
by the Italian commentators to Vespuccius. The above
contains only a woodcut, but Fr. Giuntini's Commen-
taria (chap. 111), present features of greater interest;
unfortunately the date of publication^ excludes the
work from our Bibliotheca.
Catalogue for 1861, No. 6412.
Lyons, 1578, 8vo.
•^
uiwnpn^
Bibliotheca Americana.
2 20. GIUSTINIANI (AUG.)— Recto of the first leaf:
zsz
1537
*
"^ CASTIGATISSIMI d%^
ANNALI CON LA LORO COPIOSA
TAVOLA II della Eccelfa & lUuftrifTima
Republi. di Genoa, da fideli & approuati
Scrit/ II tori, per el Reueredo Monfignore
Agoftino Giuftiniano Genoefe Vefcouo di||
Nebio accuratamente racolti. Opera cer-
tamete molto laudeuole, a Stu/Hdiofi afTai
comoda, & communemente a tutti vtilif-
fima. Facedo per || la varieta delle opere
chiaramente conofcere, quanto fi deb || ba
da tutti riprouare el male, & conftante-
mente pro/ 1| curare el bene della fua Re-
publica. II ^ ^ •<? II
Then large woodcut, two angels supporting the arms of Genoa, with
the inscription AVREA LIBERTAS VEXILLVM GENEVE.
% GENOA. II ^ M.D.XXXVII. *•? ||
Cum gttttitt t pritttle0t0.
* John Stoeffler, b^rn in Suabii, in
1452 (Bayle). or in 1471 (D'Avezac,
Prcjectiiins Giogr., p. 49), died in 1 5 30
(D'AvEZAC, he. cii.), or at Tubingue, in
\^zx(Voiilzs,dc Matkesi. lib. ill, p. 148),
or at Blaubers, in 1531 (Melch. Adam,
yit. Philos., p. 74), of the plague or from
the effect of a shelf which struck him
on the head, in accordance with his own
prediction (Calvisius, ap. Bayle), was
not only a mathematician, astronomer and
astrologist, but also a remarkable cosmo-
grapher. We, therefore, suppose that there
may be a map or some passage relating to
America in the following work :
" Cosmographica aliijuot descriptionesjo.
StCeJieri jusliiigensis malhematki insignis }
de sphara cosmograpkica, dc duplici lerra
proiectione in planum, hoc est, qua ratione
commodius chartre cosmographica, quas map-
pas mundi vocant. designari queant. Omnia
recens data per Jo. Dryandrum. Marpurg.
Euch. Cervicornus, 1537."
*^* 4to, 20 11. + 5 plates or maps.
45
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C "2 7 • Colophon :
=— ^ Finifcono li annali della Inclita Citta
di Genoa co diligen 1| cia, & opera del
nobile Laurentio Lomellino forba, ftapati||
in la delta citta Lanno deirincarnacione
del noftro Si/ 1| gnore. M.D.XXXVII. Et
nono della reforma || ta Liberta. Regnante
el quinto Duce. Per || Antonio Bellono
Taurinefe con gratia || & priuilegio della
eccelfa Re/ 1| publica di Genoa, a di || xviii.
de Mazzo. || 1^ || ^ ^ II ^ II
%♦ Folio, title one leaf + thirteen unnumbered leaves + two hun-
dred and eighty-two numbered leaves.
(Harvard College Library.)
These are the well-known annals of the Republic of
Genoa by Giustiniani, the editor of the polyglot
Psalter (No. 88 bis). The work contains on fol. ccxiix
an interesting account of Columbus, and a mention of
the bequest supposed to have been made by the Ad-
miral "«//' ufficio di. S. Georgia la decima parte" of what
he owned, for the erection of an hospital, we believe.
The passage is sometimes cited to impart an air of
authenticity to the codicil, made according to military'
usage, and written on a blank leaf of a breviary, said to
have been presented to Columbus by Alexander VI,
and found afterwards in the Corsini library at Rome, or
picked up in a book-stall, and purchased for a few
cents'.
As to the Annals, Bayle quotes Francesco Zazzera*,
to prove that the manuscript was tampered with by the
• Nous on Columbus, p. 1 60. » apud Mich. Justiniani,^/( Scrittori Ligur., p. 19.
Bibtiotheca Americana.
355
editor or publisher. Some extracts and translations 1537'
into French will be found in one of the histories of
Lewis XII, published by Theodore Godefroy'.
Dirtcl reftrtnces s [ Jovius, Elogia Doctor, viror., cap. cxxx.
Vossius, Je Hittor. Latin., lib. ill, page 68 1.
Haym, Bihiioltca Italiana, Vol. i, page 1 51.
FoNTANiNi, BibUot. deir Eloquensui ital.. Vol. 11, page ^1^.
CancellierI, Ditsertazioni, page 139.
Brunet, Vol. 11, col. 1618.
5(A/;oM«:a Grtnii/V/iaiKi, Part II. page ail.
Crevenna Catalogue, Vol. T, page 201.
221. BORDONE (^B.)— Within a wide ornamented border:
ISOLARIOiiDI BENE-
DETTO 11 BORDONE NEL QVALI
SIllRAGIONA DI TVTTE LE ISOLE I| Del mondo,
con li lor nomi antichi &|| moderni, hiftorie,
faiiole, & modi II del loro viuere, & in qual
parte || del mare ftanno, & in qual || parallelo
& climallgiaciono.llRICORRETTO ET
DI II Nvovo RisTAMPATo 1| con la gionta del
Monte II del Oro nouamente || ritrouato. ||
Then vignette, and IN VENETIA.
Colophon : ,
Stampato in Venetia per Francesco di
Leno. II
V Folio, sinne anno, title one leaf + nine preliminary leaves +
seventy-four numbered leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
We suppose the above to be the edition mentioned
by Rich^ with the following note :
' Our readers are aware that this learned ton's, and Jean de Saint-Gelais' Hisloires
jurist published at Paris, between 1615 dc Loun XII.
and 1622, Claude de Seyssel's, Jean d'Au- « Biblioikcta Americana Vitus, No. 19.
ii
»^6 Bibliotheca Americana.
XC<in " This edition was probably published before 1 540. At the end
^'^'' i, a copy of a letter from the Prefetto of New Spam, giving an ac-
_ in a ..up/ ,. „ , n- :_ . r,, At p. lO IS a
' count of the conquest of Peru, by Pizarro, in^ ^33-
plan of the great city of Temistitan (Mexico).
Direct rtferencet : ( Mapoteca Colombiana, No. 10.
J Sttvem' American Bibliographer, page 41.
(Brunit, Vol. I, col. nil.
2 2 2. NUNEZ (PEDRO)-'' Tratado da Sfera, com a Theo-
rica do Sol, ^ da Lua, e 0 primeiro libra da Geografia de
Claudio Ptolomeo Alexandrino [aumentados con muchas ano-
taciones y figuras para fu mas facil inteligencia'] Hunc
Nonnius [/. e. the above Nunez], annotationefque &
figuras adjunxit. Simul editus eft :
" Urn [das'] Tratado em defenjam da Carta de marear
com 0 regimiento da altura [en los cuales Je declaran todas
las principales dudas de la nauegacion, con las tablas del
movimiento deljolyju declinacion, y el regimiento de la al-
tura ; aft al medio dia, como en los otros tiempos] Olifipone
apud Germanum Gallardum 1537, in folio."
(Antonio*.)
Black letter, pp. 26. (Rich*.)
" El celebre Martin Alfonso de Sousa, propuso a Nunez varias
dudas sobre la naucgacion, de resultas de la que habia hecho a la
India por los mares del sur ; y la satisfaccion que dio a ellas la abrio
campo para examinar los principios cientificos de la nautica y reiutar
los errores en que se incurria, por la ignorancia de los navegantes.
Con este objeto habia escrito y publicado en 1537, dedicandolo al
Infante D. Luis." (Navarrete'.)
For a magnificent and true eulogium on Nunez, the
greatest of the Portuguese mathematicians (born in
1492, died in 1577), the teacher of Don Sebastian of
"r^enacion ,obre la Hhtoria de la 1 f (*'"'*• *'^ .'^"'''',T°'- "' P;""-
Nautica, pp. .7-174. ' *'*'""*• ^"'"""^ '""•"^ ^°- *^-
Ribliolheca Americana.
357
Portugal, and the precursor of Newton (as regards the 1537'
theory of light and colors, in the De Crepuscu/is), see
Navarrete', Barbosa y Machado'*, Stockier', Montucla'",
and Teissier^. M. Denis says that " le P. Simon de Vas-
concellos lui attribue un Roteiro do Brasii, qui n'a jamais
ete public."
2 2'^. HUTTICH-GRrNAEUS— Recto of the first leaf:
NOVVS ORBIS REGIO ii
NVM AC INSVLARVM VETERIBVS INCOGNITA-
RVM II una cum tabula cofmographica, &
aliquot alijs confimilis || argumenti libellis,
quorum omnium catalogus||fequenti pate-
bit pagina. || His acceflit copiofus rerum
memorabilium index, jj
Then printer's mark, and
Nihil arduum fatis.
ADIECTA EST HVIC POSTREMAE EDITIONI ||
Nauigatio Caroli Caefaris aufpicio in co-
mi/ II tijs Auguftanis inftituta.* || bash eae
APVD lO. HERVAGIVM MENSE || MARTIO ANNO
M. D. XXXVII. II
♦ Biblioteca Lmiiania. * Anglici : Like No. 171, with the ad-
• Ensaio hiuor. i^hre e origem e progr. dition of the following:
dasrr.athcm. em Portugal i Paris, Svo, 18 ly. "To this last edition is added the navi-
•///■««■«</« .l/<jM.-md«>tj(edit. 1756), gation undertaken under the auspices ot
Vol. I, p. 468. the Emperor Charles.
'' Eloges des Scavant, Vol. 1, p. 471. " Basle, November, 1537."
3^8 Bibliotheca Americana.
I Cjy. Colophon:
-^—~- BASILEAE PER lO HERVAGIVM MENSE NOVEM-
BRI. II ANNO M. D. XXXVI. [sic] ||
%* Folio, title one leaf + twenty-four unnumbered leaves + six
hundred pages -f one leaf on veno of which the printer's
mark. Mappemund described as B, supra, page 294.
(PrivatL Libr., New York and Providence.)
In addition to the contents of the early editions, this
contains the letter of Maximilian of Transylvania, from
page 585 to page 600.
Direct referinces i
Bihiiotheca Heber'iana, Part xii. No. 8 J I.
Bihliotheca Bronvniana, page 19, No. 69.
Bihiiotheca Barlowiana, page 14.
Bihliotheca Brevoortiana, — .
K.li)S3 Catal., page ao6, No. 2888.
TroMel, No. 10, under the date of 1536k.
I C'28. 224. 5W5£Z.i./ct/s— " Rhapfodiae Hiftoriarum Ennea-
dum. Bafle, Hervagius, 1538, 2 vols., fol."
(Meusel'.)
" Cette edition en quatre volumes in folio, chcz Hervagius [the
complete edition of 1560] avait ete precedee I'an 1538 par une Edition
en deux Volumes in folio, chez le meme Hervagius ; mais celle-ci ne
contenait que les Enneades, & les dix Livres d'Exemples, avec une
Hiitcrica Synopsis, qui continuait les Enneades jusques a I'annee 1538.
Cette continuation fut faite par Celius Secundus Curion."
(Bayle'.)
225* LORiTZ OR GLAREANus—" De Geographia Liber
unus. Venet. Sabio, 1538, 8vo."
{Bihliotheca Heheriana'.)
• Bihliotheca Historica, Vol. I, Part l, * Dictioitnaire, Vol. iv, p. lo8, note E.
page 96. • Part i, No. 2967.
Bibliotheca Americana. 359
226. MARINRO (L.)—lVithin a tasteful border : '539*
.INITVM.SAPIENTIE. TIMOR. '^
DOMINI II
Then the arms with the double-headed eagle, followed by
ILudo naatinco ^iculo OTo- II tonifta li im Mm^-
taticj^ II tie las cofass memora II bUs tie ISfpafta. II
Alio de. M.D.xxxix.
Colophon :
C acaljofe la prefcnte obta tje laa co- 1| fag JU
lufttfg 8 excellentess tie iSfpafta. iffompuefta pot
el tjoctimmo II baron Eucio laarineo ^iculo OTovos
ttifta be fu. 3. OT. OT. II iW. ISn la noble milla bv
aicala be |iK«are8. 3&n II cafa be *uan be i3tos
cat I a (iTatotie biasi bel II mes be *ulio. Mt ittil g
(©uinientofii lis Ctegnta s llueue aftos. II (/.)
* ♦ Folio, title one leaf + nine preliminary leaves + one hundred
and ninety-two numbered leaves.
(Harvard Coll. Library'.)
Our readers recollect that the great decay of letters
in Spain under John II, Henry IV, and even of Fer-
dinand and Isabella, was followed by a revival, due
chiefly to the example of Italy at that time, and the
influence of a few Italian scholars who had made Spain the
land of their adoption, among whom the author of the
work before us may be said to have exercised a greater in-
' Prescott's bequest.
,
360
Bibtiotheca Americana.
1^-5 0. fluence than any other. Lucius or Lucas* Marineo, called
, Siculus, owing to his Sicilian origin, was born about
the year 1460. From Palermo, where he taught Belles-
Letters, he removed to Spain, and held for twelve
years the Chair of Latin Literature in the University
of Salamanca, He was afterwards appointed to the
offices of Royal Chaplain and official historiographer',
and is supposed to have died shortly after the year 1533.
He wrote a number of historical works*, of which Gin-
guene says' "qu'il destinait ses recherches plutot a plaire
a ses protecteurs qua instruire ses lecteurs^" We do
not know whom Marineo intended to please in writ-
ing the present, but it is worthy of notice that in the
chapter Be otras yslas apart adas del Hemispherio llamadas
Indias (fol. clxj), he calls the great Genoese navigator:
^^ Pedro Colon."
Meusel says'' of this work : Primo opus hocce p«-odiit
Compluci 1533. fol. (in Latin, for we mention, supra,
No. 159, a Spanish edition of 1530), dein Francofurti
1579 in Roberli Belt collectione, simulque separatim,
tandemque in Andreae Srhotti Hispania illustrata T. L
We were in hopes that Lucio Marineo's correspond-
ence^ might prove as interesting as Peter Martyr's, who
was his personal friend, but we failed to find in it any-
thing relating to the subject before us.
Dirtct rtferenccs : ( BihUotheca Ucberiana, Part V, No. 1885.
J Brunet, Vol. Ill, col. 1432.
( Graesse, Vol. IV, page 400.
'' Antonio, BihUoih. Hisp. No-va, Vol.
11, p. 369 (Appendix).
" TiRABOSCHI, Storia d, Lett. Ital., Vol.
vn, p. 1008, sj.
* MojiG\TOKL, Bibliot/ieca Sicula} Paler-
mo, fol., 1720-1, Vol. II.
' Hhtoire Lit. d'ltalie. Vol. VIII, p. 361.
' Prescott's opinion is much more favor-
able. " It is," says he, •' a ritli repository
of details respecting the geography, sta-
tistics and manners of the Peninsula, with
a copious historical notice of events in
Ferdinand and Isabella's reign." [Hiit.
of Ferdinand and luihella. Vol. 11, p.
194, n.)
' Bihliotheca Historica, Vol. VI, Part 1,
p. 38.
" Epiitolarumfamiliarumlihri xvil,o;a-
lionei et carinitia ; Vall.;dclid, fol., I5I4-
(Private Libr., N. Y.)
1
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2 27. ANONYMOUS- Recto of the first leaf:
LETTERA DELA
361
1539-
i^otU oritta nuouamctc ritrouata alle Jn=
die conli fuoi coftumi r modi del fuo Re
X foi popoli. II Li modi del fuo adorare con
la bella vfanza delle donne loro.H Et delle
dua perfone Ermafrodite donate da quel |1
Re al Capitano della Armata. || ^ jj
Then small woodcut, followed by nineteen lines of text.
* * Sm, 4to, sine anno aut loco ; two unnumbered leaves printed
in Roman characters. No water-mark.
(Private Library, New York.)
The present is dated " xxx di Settembre M . D .
XXXIX," and unquestionably an original. See, supra,
Nos, 191 and 206.
228. LORiTz OR GLAREANUS—'' Tit gcographia liber
I. Frib. Brisg. p. J. Fabrum 1539 in 4'
(Graesse'.)
" Prima ancor di Werdenkagen e del Munstero vegonsi dal
Glareano decorati col comun titolo di Condottieri e il Colombo e
il Vespucci quae regiones ah Hispanis lustratae sunt Columbo Gen-
uensi et Americo Vcsputio nauigationis Ducibus.
" Henr. Glar. Geogr. an. 1539 p. 35. Riflettono gli Avversarj che
al dire del Glareano (Rag. p. 801 gli 'Ammiragli, i Capitani di mare,
i Condottieri delf imprese furono Spagnuoli ; Colombo e Vespucci non
piit che Piloti Acutissima riflessione .'" &c., &c.
(Canovai'.)
• Trhar, Vol. iii, p. 93.
Vita, p. 269, and nttt.
46
ifl. PIHi^l f_ll|ll|l|U
262 Bibliotheca Americana.
ICTQ. 229. API ANUS-" V&tn Apiani I Cofmographia, per
=== Gemmam || Phryfium, apud Louanienfes Medicum ac
Mathema- 1 ticum infignem, reftituta. Additis de adem
re ipfius i Gemms Phry. libellis, vt fequens pagina
docet. II Un globe. II \ Vaeneunt Antuerpiae in pingui gal-
lina Arnoldo Berckmano . i • 5 • 3 • 9 ■ ' ^ ^^ M- H Ab-
folutum Antuerpie per Aegidium Coppenium, icura &
impenfis Arnold! Berckman, i Anno Chriftiano, i539'"ll*
4° 61. fc, I fnc. Fig. Rom.
(Tromel*.)
Tromel erroneously considers this edition as the first
containing Gemma Frisius' annotations. (See, supra,
page for an edition of 1533.)
1540.
2 70. APIANUS-GEMMA FRISIUS— Recto of the first leaf:
^ PETRI APIANI II COSMOGRAPHIA,
PER GEMMAM |1 Phryfium, apud Louanienfes
Medicum ac Mathematicarum || infignem,
Denuo reftituta. Additis de eadem re
ipfius II Gemmae Phry. libellis, quos fequens
pagina docet. ||
Then globe, and below :
M . D . XL . II Vaeneunt Antuerpiae in
pingin gallina Arnoldo Berkmano. I|
» AngUci: Cosmography of Peter Apian For sale in Antwerp, at the sign of the
restored by Gemma Frisius, phvsician at Fat Hen, by Arnold Berckman.
Louvain, and a distinguishea mathemati- Finished at Antwerp by Eg.dms Coppen,
cian, together with the treatises on the by the care and at the expense ot Arnold
«ame subject by Gemma Frisius himself, Berckman, A. D. 1539.
u will be seen in the following pages. ' Biblhthiquc Amincaine, No. II.
■ '
Bibliotheca Americana. 2^3
Colophon: 1 54^*
Excufum Antuerpia opera Aegidij Copenij. || Anno a Chrifto ^===
nato . I 5 4 0 . II
* * 4to; title one leaf+ two unnumbered leaves + folios num-
bered from nil to lxi, followed by one unnumbered leaf,
with vignette or printer's mark on veno ,- revolving diagrams ;
no map in the present copy.
(Private Library, New Vorlc.)
" C'est d'apres I'edition de 1540 qu'a ete faite la traduction Fran-
^aise linfra}."
(Brunet')
Direct refcrencei: f Clement Bibliolh'eque Curieuu,Vol. i, page 405, in a note correct-
ing Hendreich (.afuJ Pandectae Branderburgicac, page 210).
Graesse, Vol. I, page 159 ( ? )■
' ManutI, Vol. i, col. 342.
2 Q I . PTOLEMY— MUNSTER— Recto of the first leaf:
GEOGRAPHIA 1| vniversalis, vetvs et
NOVA, II COMPLECTENS || CLAVDII PTO/ 1|
LEMAEI ALEXANDRINI ENARRATIO/ || NIS LIBROS
VIII. II Quorum primus noua tranflatione
Pirckheimeri et 1| acceffione commentarioli
illuftrior quam hade || nus fuerit, redditus
eft. II Reliqui cum graeco & alijs. uetuftis
exeplaribus col/ || lati, in infinitis fere locis
caftigatiores fadi funt. || Addita funt in-
fuper Scholia, quibus exoleta urbium ||
montium, fluuiorumc^ nomina ad noftri
fecuU mo/ 11 rem exponuntur. || Succedunt
tabulae Ptolemaic^, opera Sebaftiani MunH
fteri nouo paratae modo || His adiedae funt
plurim^ nouae tabulae, moderna or/ |1 bis
^'t'V^gWW^
"T^
■ V'lMl'
064 Bibliotheca Americana.
1 540. faciem Uteris & piftura explicantes, inter
quas II quaedam antehac Ptolemseo non
fuerunt additae. || Vltimo annexum eft com-
pendium geographic^ de/ || fcriptionis, in
quo uarij gentium & regionum ni\\ tus &
mores explicantur. || Pr^fixus eftquocp uni-
uerfo operi index memorabiliu || populo-
rum, ciuitatum, fluuiorum, montium, ter-l|
rarum, lacuum &c. 1|
BASILEAE, APVD HENRICVM PETRVMJl
MENSE MARTIO ANNO || M . D .XL. ||
♦ * Folio, title one leaf + nine preliminary leaves, including six
for the index ; + seventeen unnumbered leaves + one blank,
4. one hundred and fifty-four pages of text, and forty-eiyht
maps, filling two leaves each, with descriptions on the reverse ;
then an appendix (sometimes placed before the maps), num-
bering from 157 to 195. The first map is a mappamund,
with the word America; the forty-fifth, viz.: novae insvlae,
bears the following inscription on the southern portion of our
continent : " Insula Atlatica quam uocant Brasilij & Ameri-
cam'." The description is on the reverse.
(Private Library. New York.)
" Son edition de Ptolemee [/. e., Sebastian Munster's], cinq fois
imprimee, 1540, 1541, 1541, 1545. 1552, servit de modele a la nou-
velle formation [/. e., modernized representation o^" Fii-lemy's inhabit-
able world : nova et quam ante fuit, uerior Europa formatio\ pour les
autrcs geographes a I'etranger."
(Lelewell'.)
Direct rtferencei ,
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part v, No. 5398.
Bibliotheca Barlowiana, pi%e 15.
Hoffmann, Lexicon, Vol. iii, page 319.
Gkaesse, Vol. V, page 501.
' /l/j/iofffaCo/omA/ana, No. 7, states that graphic universalis de Munster . Basilii
•'La misma [map] in la edicion de Hen- 1550 fol."
ricus Petrus Basiliae 1545 i en la Cosmo- " Giogr. du Moyen-jige, Vol. 11, p. 176.
I
I
'
Bibliotheca Americana. 365
2 '^2. ANONYMOUS— Recto of the last leaf : \ ^^0»
(?r|)tiftopl)oru!ES (STattcra IJursenfifii ati Icctorem || — =
lacri taptifmi miniftru. (Bicolon Jraltirljon. ||
^i pann pnoffe cup^ ueneratii facertios :
Vt taptimri quiUtct JuTrug i)ai)ct : . . . . etc.
Then a long list of errata, and :
Jmprimiofc eftc liiianual tie auultos en lallgra
cittljatJ U ittcxico pot matiatio li los || McucretJiffi=
mos fcfiotcs otifpos )i la «ueua || iSspana g a fus
eipefas : t\\ cafa tie Itua || Otromijcrger. Eno lil
uarimicto ^ nurftro fcftor II itiM €\)X\iXis ^ mill g
quinictos ij (luarcta.na xii| tiiaslil mes^ UPencbrcll
* * This work exists only in fragments.
* (Private Library, Madrid.)
The precise date of the introduction of printing in
America is, as in almost every country, a question which
still perplexes the historian of the art. We do not pre-
tend to be able to solve it to the satisfaction of every
critic ; but thanks to the data kindly furnished us by
Senor Don Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, of the city of
Mexico, whom we consider the highest authority on
such matters, we are enabled to set forth an elaborate
statement of the facts which, thus far, afford the only
plausible arguments in the case.
On one point bibliographers agree, viz. : the city of
Mexico is entitled to the honor of having printed the
first book on the American continent. But who was
the first printer ? What was the first book printed ?
What is the precise date when it was first issued? In
the absence of original proofs, the reader must deduce an
answer to these queries from the following authorities :
The earliest and most trustworthy author who men-
tions the subject is Fray Augustin Davila Padilla, who
says' that Fray Juan de Estrada :
• UiU. dt lafvndachn dt la Provincia de Mexico} Bruxelles, fol., 1625, p. 54a.
^66
Bibliotheca Americana.
I CAO. "Eilando en cafa de Nouicios hizo una cofa, que por la primera
•^^ que i"e hizo en efta tierra baftaua para dark memoria, quando el autor
' no la tuuiera, como la tiene ganada, por auer fido quien fue. El
primer libro que en efte nueuo mundo le elcriuio, y la pnmera cola
en que 'e exercito la emprenta en elU tierra, fue obra iuya. Daua-
felcs a ,>)3 nouicios vn libro de S. luan Climaco, y como no los
aula en romance mandaronle que lo traduxefle de Latin. Hizolo alli
con prefteza y elegancia, por fer muy buen Latino y Romancirta, y ue
lu libro el primero que le imprimio por Juan Pablos, primer imprelor
que a efta tierra vino. Bien le mueftra la deuocion de fanto Domingo
de Mexico, en que vn hijo fuyo haya fido el primeo que en efte mundo
nueuo imprimiefl'e, y cofa tan deuota como la ekalera Ipual de S.
lua Climaco."
From this authority we gather only two facts, viz. :
Th^ EscaIaEspiri(ualv/as the first book printed in Mexico,
and Juan Pablos was the first printer who exercised his
art in that city. The date must be borrowed from
another author.
Alonso Fernandez states^ that :
•' Efte padre [Juan de Eftrada] imprimio la traducion que hizo de
f. luan Climaco, muy prouechofa para gente que trata de devocion
y efpiritu. Efte fue el primero libro que fe imprim^io en Mexico, y
fue ano de mil y quinientos y treinta y cinco [i535]-"
Fernandez agrees with Davila Padilla, but he omits
the name of the printer, while he gives a date.
We then find Gil Gonzales Davila, the official chron-
icler of the Indies, who says' that:
" En el ano de mil y quinientos y treinta y dos [1532] el virey Do
Antonio de Mendo9a lleuo la Imprenta a Mexico. El primer Im-
prellbr fue luan Pablos ; Y el primer libro que fe imprimio en el
Nuevo Mundo fue el que efcrivo San Juan Climaco con titulo de
ESCALA ESPIRITUAL PARA LI.ECAR Al. CIELO, TRADOCIDO DE LATIN EN
CASIELLANO POR EL VENERABLE PADRE FR. JUAN DE LA MADALENA ,
REGIOSO DOMINICO."
' Historia Ecleiiaslica de nfeslros liemfos;
Toledo, fol., 1611, p. 12a.
' Tealro Eilesiastico de la primit'fva
IgUsia de las Indias Occiden/a/es ; Madrid,
fol., 1649-55, Vol. I, p. 23.
* " Juan de la Magdalena" w.-is the
cloister name of Juan de Estrada, called
by Fernandez " hijo legitimo del Vir-
rey {Hist., p. 122)." He is supposed
to have been a native of Mexico, and to
have died in 1579, says Antonio (Bii-
lioih. Hisp. Nova, Vol. i, p. 686), on
the authority of Davila Padilla, he. cit.,
lib. II, cap. Lvii. If so, the latter his-
torian, who was born in 1562, and joined
the order of the Dominicans, in Mexico,
f
Bibliotheca Americana.
367
The only discrepancy between this statement and the 1 54^*
two preceding, is in the date, which is certainly errone-
ously given by Gil Gonzales Davila, as the Viceroy
Mendoza did not come to Mexico until the middle of
October 1535^
We then ifind an official document, lately discovered,
which seems to counterbalance the claims of Pablos to
the credit of having exercised his profession in Mexico
as early as 1536, in any other capacity than that of jour-
neyman printer or agent. It is a privilege dated Octo-
ber nth, 1554, granting in the name of the Viceroy
Luis de Velasco, to Juan Pablos, the exclusive right for
eight years to carry on a printing establishment in New
Spain^ This document mentions another privilege
granted by the king to Juan Pablos for six years, and
extended by the viceroy to four more, which last four
years were then approaching their termination. That
is, ten years in all, carrying us back to 1544, as the date
when Pablos was first authorized to print. We should
also notice that it was not until 1556 that he assumed
the title of "primer impresor en esta grande, insigne y muy
leal ciudad de Mexico'."
Until some fortunate bibliophile succeeds in discover-
ing a printed, dated and imprinted Mexican copy of the
Escala espiritual, we must remain in doubt as to the date
and name of the printer. Such a discovery has not yet
been made. No bibliographer either in Europe or in
America has seen the book, and no author mentions it
Nov., 1579, may have known de Estrada
personally; which circumstance would in-
crease the weight of his assertions.
* It must be said, however, that the
enact date of the arrival of Mendoza is
yet a matter of discussion. Notwith-
standing the authority of Fr. Baltazar de
Medina,* who gives the date of Auijust
15th, 1535, the journal of the sessions of
* Crinica it la Prtviniia dt San Ditgc dt
Mixkt di RiUghim dmal'x.iii dt N. P. S. Fran-
iiiitj Mexico, fol., 1&81, p. ZJ}.
the Municipality of the city of Mexico
(MS.) shows that on the 13th of October,
measures were adopted to give a public
reception to the vicc-roy, and that, on the
17th. the circumstance is mentioned as
having taken place.
* It should be noticed that, notwith-
standing this privilege, Anti)nio Espinosa
printed in Mexico before the expiration of
the eight years.
' In the colophon to Constituciones del
araobispada dr Mexico; Mexico, fol. 1 5 56.
(Private Libr., Mexico.)
368
Bibliotheca Americana.
I C40. de visa. It is even doubtful whether future inquirers
-^ will be more successful. As the edition was made exclu-
sively for the novices of the convent of St. Dominick,
few copies must have been printed. These, being dis-
tributed among students and even children, their de-
struction could but be rapid ; and this is the reason, we
suppose, why no copy has come down to us. The con-
sequence is that some bibliographers deny that the book
was e'^er printed at all in Mexico; and they find an
additional argument in the dedication* affixed to the
translation of the work made by Luis de Granada.'' This
translator says, after stating that there were already two
translations :
•« De las cuales traslaciones, la una es tambien antigua, y tan anti-
gua, que apenas se entiende, y la otra, es muy nueva, hecha por algun
aragones 6 valenciano, la cual no es menos oscura y dificil que ia
pasada, asi por la dificultad del libro, como por muchos vocablos que
tiene peregrinos y estrangeros, como bahorrina, soUdumbre, :nrabablt
y otros tales."
This " new" translation made by an Arragonese is
wholly unknown to us. The other "very old" is the
anonymous version executed by command of the famous
Archbishop of Toledo, Ximenes de Cisneros'°. No
mention is made of Juan de Estrada's translation in this
dedication ; from which certain critics infer that it never
* To Dona Catalina, J^ueen of Portugal,
and wife of John III.
• Gkaisse mentions editions of Sala-
manca, 15-1, Valladolid, 1583, and Mad-
rid, 1611, all 8vo, and "une rcimpression
(trad, de Gnr^o en Casiel/ano por un
religios'j de la or Jen de S. Domingo), Lisboa,
156;, 8vo.'" The latter is very I'robahly
the original edition of Luis de Granada's
translation, who then lived in Portugal,
(PrLLicEB, Enayo de una Bib/iot.. p. 131).
Senor Icazbalccta knows of a Salamanca
edition of 1563, by Andrea de Portono-
tariis, 8vo, which, however, is not thf;
frincefs. as the privilege mentions a pre-
vious edition.
'• Obrat de S. J'-tan Climaco, tradux. en
Cattellano por mandado del Card. Fr. Xi-
menes de Cisnerosi Toledo, fol., 1 504. It b
" a luxurious folio of a hundred leaves,"
says Mr. Ticknor, who possesses a copy
of this rare edition (Hiit. Span. Lit , VoL
III, p. 160, n.) This Celestial Ladder,initi
original form, is a kind of ascetic treatise,
written by Johannes, frequently called
Climacus (from the title of this work),
Scholasticus (from his rapid progress in the
sciences), and Sinaira (from his hennitaje
at the foot of the Sinai). He was a natiTc
of Palestine, born about 525. and who
died in 605. The Climax or Ladder »f
Hea-ven, derives its name from the idea ot
tlie author that there are thirty steps or
rounds to lead the soul to perfection. It
was originally written in Greek, and in
the aphoristic form.
Bibliotheca Americana.
369
existed, deeming it an impossibility that Luis de Gra- 1 540.
nada should not have known the work, as he was a con
temporary of Juan de Estrada, and belonged to the same
monastic order. To which it may be said in reply that
the translation was made for immediate use, privately
printed, intended exclusively for the inmates of a con-
vent, and that Luis de Granada may not have heard of
a publication of this character, undertaken at a distance
of five thousand miles.
But to deny the existence of the Escala^ we must
reject the testimony of Davila Padilla, which course is
fraught with difficulties. Davila Padilla was a Mexican
by birth" who knew the familv of Juan de Estrada, if
not Estrada himself, and belonged to the same congre-
gation. To write his History, he had access to the
archives and chronicles kept by the Dominicans, and
may have gathered direct information from some of the
friars who knew de Estrada personally. He was a man
of the highest character, who received in 1 599, from
Philip in, the appointment of archbishop of Santo Do-
mingo. What interest could such a distinguished pre-
late have in disguising the truth, or in asserting that a
certain book had been printed, if he did not believe that
such was actually the case ? We therefore repeat, after
Senor Icazbalceta, that " on doit regarder comme par-
faltement etabli que VEscala a et6 le premier hvre im-
prime a Mexico, quoiqu'il ne soit pas improbable
qu'avant on y ait imprime des syllabaires ou d'autres
feuilles detachees, comme on I'a avance, sans en donner
(cela soit dit en passant) des preuves suffisantes a I'appui.
But what is the precise date when the Escala was
printed in Mexico ? _ . . . ,
Davila Padilla states" that Juan de Estrada joined
the Dominican order in 1535, and that he made his
translation while yet a novice. Considering that his
•> Born in the city of Mexico in 1562, Scriftor ord. Pr^dU. \o\ ". P- S?'-
died in 1604. See concerning DaviU y The noucc in Astos,o (B,bl. Hnf. No-va,
Padilla, Gonzales Dav.la, m^t. tcdn. Vol. i. p. 35') is e«remely meager.
dc lai Indias, Vol. i, p. 789, and Echard, " /« cit., p. 668.
47
370
Bibliotheca Americana.
1540.
novitiate lasted a year, that the work had been under-
,, taken, not as a literary effort, but simply to supply an
immediate want, and that in consequence the trans-
lation was probably printed soon after being written,
we may affix the date of 1536.
This date agrees prefectly with that of the introduc-
tion of printing in Mexico. Brought over by Men-
doza, it must have reached Vera-Cruz at the same time;
and if we calculate the time for the journey to the city
of Mexico and the organization of the printing office, we
find that 1536 is a date which tallies with the time when
Estrada had finished his translation.
But who was the first printer in Mexico? Juan
Pablos is usually considered as being entitled to the
honor ; but we will endeavor to show that he does not
stand first on the list.
As the Escala is not to be found, no one can say that
it bears the imprint of Juan Pablos. Senor Icazbalceta
is of opinion, that if a copy is ever discovered it will be
seen that it is either anonymous or under the name of
Juan Cromberger. We describe, infra, all the books
now in existence and known, printed in Mexico before
1600. The earliest is the present No. 232, and this,
together with those which follow to 1544, has the im-
print of Cromberger. The last of these" contains in
the colophon the following words: "que Dios haya"
which indicate that the printer was already dead ; and
the fact is that his name does not appear after this'*.
The publications which follow do not bear any imprint,
and it is only in a work printed January 17th, 1548",
" Doclrina xpiana . . . comfuesta per Pe-
dro de Cordoua ,• Mexico, 4to, 1 544 {infra).
" We must confess that the mention
of a Doctrina breve de lai cosas que fer-
tenecen a la fe catolica, bearing the imprint
of Juan Cromberger, and the date of 1547
lapud G. BruNIT, Dklionnaire de Bibliologie
Cathotique, col. 941, n. I 58). na^rgered us ;
but by referring to the authority quoted by
M. Brunct {Bulletin du bibliophile, 14c
serie, 1859, p. 153, i.e., pp. 183-188),
we found that the work described by IVI.
Desbarriaux-Bernard was only the Doc-
trina of Bishop Zummaraga. which bears,
indeed, the imprint of Cromberger, but the
date of " M.dxliij." on the title-page, and
" M.d.quarenta qtro aiios" [1544] '" '^e
colophon. This edition we describe infra.
" A Doctrina. in Spanish and Mexican
infra), which exists only in fragments.
Bibliotheca Americana.
37>
in
(I
that the name of Juan Pablos is given for the first time. I 54^«
Others may yet be found with an earlier date; but in —
a disquisition like the present we must limit ourselves
to the documents before us. We have shown that it
was only in 1556 that Pablos took the title of " First
Printer," and that 1544 is the earliest date when he was
first entitled to it. Cromberger died before 1544, and
we infer that Pablos succeeded him, but are inclined to
think that no work printed by the latter under his own
name will be found bearing an earlier imprint than
1 544.
But how can we account for the title of " Primer im-
presor en est a ciudad de Mexico,'' assumed by Pablos ?
The word Primer, may mean first in point of talent
or position, and we have abundant proofs that the early
printers were not over modest. But if it does mean
first in the order of dates, the following explanation,
which we borrow from Sefior Icazbalceta, will prove
satisfactory :
"Jean Cromberger etait un imprimeur celebre etabli a Seville long-
temps avant que le vice-roi Mendoza vint s'y embarquer pour la Nou-
velle-Espagne. Soit que le vice-roi ait passe un marche avec I'impri-
meur, soit que celui-ci ait pris I'afFaire pour son propre compte,
toujours est-il que Timprimeric vint avec le vice-roi. II n'est pas a
supposer, cependant, que Cromberger eut quitte un etablissement
florissant dans une si riche ville, pour aller s'exposer aux dangers d'un
voyage lointain dans des contrees non encore bien connues ou paci-
fiees. Nous savons du reste, qu'il ne le fit pas. Ga maison a con-
tinue d'exister sous son nom a Seville jusqu'en 15+6, au moins ; d'ou
il resulte qu'il possedait en meme temps deux imprimeries, une a
Seville et I'autre a Mexico. Tout porte a croire que Juan Pablos
etait un des ouvriers, peut etre le chef d'atelier ou prote, de Crom-
berger et que celui-ci lui a donne le materiel necessaire pour venir
fonder un nouvel etablissement a Mexico, en lui accordant un traite-
ment fixe ou une part dans les benifices. Notre imprimerie n'etait
done qu'une succursale de celle de Seville. C'est un arrangement
que de nos jours on fait encore assez souvent. Mais comme I'impri-
merie mexicaine appartenait reellement a Cromberger, Pablos etait
bien oblige de mettre le nom du proprietaire et non pas le sien, sur
les Hvres qu'il imprimait. Cela n'empechait pas les habitants de la
ville, qui tous connaissaient et voyaient Pablos, sans etre a meme de
savoir ses rapports avec Cromberger, de le regarder comme le pre-
>,j2 Ribliotheca Jmericatia.
I C4.0. mier imprimeur, et il I'etait en effet, auoique ce ne fut pas pour son
-^^ proprc compte, mais comme employe de Crombcrger. Davila I adilla
lie pouvait pas plus (aire cettc distinction, ct il ne I'aura pas trouvee
dans Ics ecrits dont il s'est servi pour composer son Histoire.
Au commencement de 1 541, Cromhcrgcr etait deja mort ; ct mcmc
d'aprcs Brunei" le nom de Jean Crombcrger est accompagne des mots
que Dios perdone dans la souscription du Palmerin de Oliva, imprime
en I 540. La nouvclle de son deccs aura du arriver a Mexico vers la
fin de 1541, car Ics communications n'etaient ni facilcs ni trequentes.
Jean Pablos resolut alors de sa rendre acquereur de retablissement
qu'il t-'"»'t- I'oi"' y parvenir il devait s'entendrc avec les hcritiers
de Crombcrger; et il n'y a pas lieu de s'etonner qu'il leur ait lallu a
peu prcs trois ans pour arriver a se mettrc d'accord. L'affairc ne hit
reglee qu'en 1544; le nom de Crombcrger disparut alors pour taire
place a celui du nouvel acquereur Jean Pablos qui songea aussitot a se
niunir du privilege qui lui fut accorde la ineme annee."
After Juan Pablos, we find several other printers;
but there seems to have been only seven of them from
the introduction of printing to the close of the sixteenth
century, viz.: Juan Cromberger, Juan Pablos, Antonio
Espinosa, Pedro Ocharte, Pedro Balli, Antonio Ricardo
and Melchior Ocharte. Among these, Espinosa, or de
Spinosa, is the only one who displayed a printer's mark.
This contained the motto: Virtus in infirmitate perficitur.
Antonio Ricardo removed to Lima where he was the first
printer. In a work printed by him in 1596'^ he states
that he was born in Turin, and as Juan Pablos was a
native of Brescia, in Lombardy, two Italians are entitled
to the credit of having introduced the art of printing on
this continent. The names of these two printers were
probably in their mother-tongue, Giovanni Paoli and
Antonio Ricciardi.
We do not think that the number of works printed
in America in the sixteenth century, the existence of
which is well authenticated, at the present date, ex-
ceeds one hundred. We give, infruy a list composed
of all those which have come to the notice of Senor
Icazbalceta, and to our own. Additions will certainly be
'• Manuel. Vol. iv, col. 330. AoiA, Tratado y parecer sobre el servicit
" -PtDBO DE OfJA's Primer,, fjrte de personal de lot liidiot del Peru j Lima
Araucj di,maJo (infra), an 1 in Miguel i)t t'ol. 1604.
Bibliotheca Americana.
373
made in the course of time, although the ransacking of I 54O.
the Mexican convents, under the enlightened guidance
of the present Secretary of State for Mexico, whose
library may be said to represent the bibliographical
treasures of that country, has not brought to light, as
far as known, as many curiosities of this character as
were expected.
These early works are chiefly of th-^ kind intended
for the religious education of the Indians, and written
either in Spanish or in the native dialects, together with
grammars and vocabularies to learn the same. There
is also a sprinkling of theological treatises and rituals
for monkish use. They are printed either in Gothic,
Italic, or Roman characters, displaying occasionally a
few rudely executed woodcuts. We find among them
all the forms, from the folio to the octavo; but, as
was then the custom in Spain, of a si/e smaller than
elsewhere. The binding is usually plain vellum wrap-
pers ; and as to the condition of the books, we doubt
whether there is a single copy which is not torn, incom-
plete, soiled, stained or worm-eaten.
Leaving aside all theories and assertions concerning
the existence of a printing establishment in Mexico as
•early as 1536, our list wiil evince a fact which must
remain above all cavils and objections. It is that the
earliest book printed in America, as far as known at
the present time, is not, "beyond a doubt, the Doc-
trina Christiami of 1544"," nor the Focahulario of Mo-
lina, dated 1571'^ nor the Ordinationti icgumque^ collec-
tiones", which never existed (at least with a Latin title
and under the date of 1549), but the present Animal
de Adultos, which bears the date of December 13th,
1540, and the imprint of Juan Cromberger.
" Rich, Bibl. Amer. yetus, p. 5, No. 14.
" The remark of Ternaux ( lli/'!.
Amiric, p. 13) that Thomas considers
Molina's yocahulario as the first book
printed in Mexico, is incorrect. Thomas
only says, after mentioning a work pub-
lished in New Spain in 1604, "there can
be but little doubt that Printing was intro-
duced there some years before that period."
Hist, of Printing in America, Vol. I, p. 194.
■" EouiAKA, liihlioth. Mexictina,[>. 211,
copied the title from Pinei.o-Barcia. col.
827, and found himself followers in Cot-
ton, Typographical Gazetteer ; 'Oxford,
8vo, 1831, p. 172, and Falkenstein,
GescAicAte dcr BucAdruck., p. 329.
"•«igi
.1 ■»■ r
374
Bibliotheca Americana.
A Lisr or WORKS prin ikd i\ amkrica bktween the vears
1540 AND 1600 ;
WHICH have COMK to THE Pf.KSON/lL NOTICE OF
seRor icazbai.ceta or ok our own.
1540.
I54I.
•543
•544
1546.
1547-
1548.
1549-
1550.
«553'
>554.
•555'
1556
«557.
1558,
»559
1560.
1561
Manual de yldultos (present No. 232).
Relacion del espantahle lerremoto de Guatemala [infra).
■Doclrina cr'ntiana (infra).
Trifartito de Juan Gerson (infra).
De Ir. mantra de como se han de hacer las frocesiones (infra).
Same work ; sine anno (infra).
PE Cordova, Dutrina crisliar.a (infra).
— Doctrina cristiana (infra).
— Regla crisliana (infra).
— Ordenanzas de Ani'.nio de Mendeza (infra).
Doctrina en castellano y mexicana (infra).
F. Bravo ue Orsuna, Opera Medicinatia j Mcx., 410 [infra. We doubt the cor-
rectness oftlis d.ite, altliDuyh it is certainly so printed on the title-page).
Dcclrimi en castellano y mexicana (another edition, infra).
—Pedro oe Gante, Doclrina crisliana en lengua mexicana i Mex., 8vo.
Fr. Alph. a ViRACRUct, Recognitio Summularum f Mex., fol.
" " ■• DidUctica Kesoluiio f Mex., fol.
F. Cervantes Sai.azar, O/tf/j^'/,- Mex., 8vo. ^
— Alonso he Molina, ^ocabulario mexicano f Mex., 4to.
[Private Libr., N. Y.)
Ali'H, a Vf.R/iCKuct, Speculum conjugiorum; Mex., 4to.
Consliluciones del arisobispado de Mexico ; Mex., fol.
Ordinarium sacri ordinis hirremilarum ; Mex., 4to.
Frevre, Sumario de las quentas de plata y oro en los reynos del Piruf Mex., 8vo.
. Ai.i'H. .\ Veracrucb, Pliysica tpeculatio; Mex., fol.
. Mat. Gilberti, .>^rte de lengua de Michoacani Mex., 8vo.
•• •• Dialogo de doclr. ciriu. en leng. de Michoacan f Mex., fol.
yocahular. de doctr. chrisl. en leng. de Micioacan; Mex., 4to.
" " Grammatica Uiina i Mex., 8vo.
A. DE LA Vera Cru*, Carta, sine anno, 14 U. ; Mex., fol.
*-Manual para administrar los sacramentos (Lat. and Spanish); Mex., 4to.
, — Missale Romanum f Mex. fol.
*F lieCepcila, Arus di la: Itng. Chutpt. Z^ut. Rcmcsal"— I-coii Pincio, Kfiiimi. p. 109; EcharJ,
Uldalti 1 Cinaianiitui Mexico, 410; ("Kgun d, !i<rift>r. crJ. U^ninit ; Ternaux, No. 851.
iwi
Bibliotheca Americana,
375
1563.-
1565*
1 566.+
1567 +
PuGA, Proviziones, fcJu/as, Sec. ; Mcx., fol. (infra).
[Private Libr., N. Y. and Provid.]
Catalogus Palrum Concilii Tridentini [sine anno) ; Mex., 410.
A. DE MiiLiNA, Confea. Mayor Mex. \ Caslcl/.; Mex. 410, 121 +3 II.
j Private Libr.. Provid.)
" " Con/ess. mayor Mex. y Caitell. breve; Mex.. 4to, 121 + 3 11.
[Private Libr., Provid.]
Fr. B. A Ledesma, De Septem novir legh sacrameniis { Mex., 4to.
Reg/as y comtit. dela Cofradia de hs juramentos ; Max., fol., one leaf only.
" hsiilula ordinis Beat! Francisci ; Mex., 4to.
'• Fr. Benito Fernandez, Docirina en lengua miiteca } Mex., 410.
1568 §-Same work ; Mex., 4to.
" Manual p. adminisi. lot sacram. ( Lat. and Spanish); Mex., 410.
" Several I'apal Bulls ; Mex., 4to.
A. DE Molina, Arte de la lengua Mex. y Castell.; Mex., bv Ochartc, 12°,
3 + 82 + 35 11.
[Private Libr., N. Y. and Provid.]
A. DE Molina, f^ocakulario en lengua Mexicana y Caitell. ; Mex., by de
Spinosa, fol. 2 + 161 11.
[Private Libr.. Provid.]
Same work; Mex., fol., 4 + 122 11.
[Private Libr., Provid.]
-Fr. P. PE Ar.URTo, Tratado de que se deben administ. los sacr. a loi indioif
Mex., 8vo.
1571.— /
«573-il
'574--
(I
«575--
1576.-
«577-
-Fr. J. B. DE Laguna, Arte y Diccionario, en lengua de Michoacan ; Mex., 8vo.
Ordenanzas sobre alcabalas ; Mex., fol., 6 11.
-Fr, Mat. Gilbkrti, Tesoro eifiril. depohres en leng. de Michoacan j Mex., 8vo.
Fr. J. DE la Anl'nciacion, Doctrina crist. en cast, y Mexic. ; .Mex., 410.
[Private Libr.. N. Y.|
Dr. S. J. li. BuKNAVENTL'RA, Mittica Theologia; Mex., 8vo.
-Fr. A. DE Molina, Arte de lengua mexicana ; Mex , 8vo.
[Private Libr., .\. Y.]
F. M. DE Vargas, Doctrina en Mexicano, Castell. y Otomi f Mex., 410.
-Fr, J. Medina Doctrinalis. jidei in Mec/iuacanen. Indorum lengua} Mex., fol.
" Fr. J. DE LA Anl'Ncialion, Scrmonario en lengua mexicana; Mcx., 410.
" Commentario a la logica de Arittoteles; Mcx., 8vo.
" Omnia Domini Andre,e Alciati Emblemala ; Mex., 8vo.
" Ovidii Nasonis tarn de Tristibusf Mex., 8v<i.
IjyS. — Fr A. DE Molina, Confesonario mayor en leng. cast, y mex, ; Mex., 410.
»t " " " Doctrina en lengua mexicana; Mex., 410.
* hr. Domingo de la Annunciacion. Dn./rin.i
thrhti.tn.t tn caitetlant y Mtxicdna ,• Mex.. 4to
(Tcrnaux. No. 9}'.
+ h'r. NLirro.fiiin, Doctrina ihrhtijna rn Itngua
Ullaliij ; Mcx.. Mjfi, +tn 1 Retncsal. Hiil. dt
Chi.ip.li, lih. III. cap. vll, I'crnaux. No. <)8|.
X Fr. Pedro de Keria. l)t.trin.i triiii.fi,i rn
lingu,t C.iiull.in,l t fapallrc.i ; M--X.. by Pedro
Ocbarte, 4I0, 8 + 116 II, (I'ernaux, No, 104).
'■> Ledesma. Dt Sifttm nif.r Itf. ; Mex . 4to.
(•• Probahlv the first book pririie.1 in the Roman
letter in .Mexico." Rich. BihUtthtta Ami'uanm
l^ilui. No. .(f). 1
; A. de Vetancurt. jlrtt tie U Itngua Mrxi-
frtiiJ ,■ Mexico I57J. (Tcrii.iux. No. 118. No
such work exists uii Icr this date There is an
edition ot' 167^. tnentioncd in BtdUtthtij liibt*
riaiui, Pt. I, No. 7IJ0.)
376
Bibliotheca Americana.
,578.— Fr. J. PE Cordova, jirte en /engua Zapoteca ; Mex., 8vo.
l^yt).— Ceremonial y rubricas gen. con la or Jen de celeb, las misjtf Mex., 8vo.
'• Instrticcitn ■« arte p. reg. tl oficio divinoi Mex., 8vo.
I 582.— F>. J. lit Gaona, Colojuia de la pax del alma en leng. mexic. j Mex., 8vo.
1583.— Garcia I'ti. Palaiio, Dialogos militares ; Mex., 410.
Foima hrev. administr. ap. Indies S. Baptism! Sacramentum ; Mex., 8vo.
" Fr. B. Sahagun, Psalmodia Christiana ; Mex., 410.
i-8r*-'rF.KiFiu.'K\ATHEClSM()|| V K:iPosicioN de la || Doctrina Christiana, por ||
' Serm >ncs. || Vara i^ue 1.0s cvras y otros ]| ministros prediquen y cnseften a
1 .s Ynilios y a las demas per.son.\s. ]| Imi-resso con licescia i>e i.a || Real
Audiem !.>, enla Ciudad delos Reyes, per .int.nio Ricardo \\ primero Impressor
enesi s Reynos del l'iru.\\ AN() DE M . P . LXXXV . |j E,ta tassado vn
Re.il por "cada plicgo en papel. || 41. 8 piel. 11. + II 5 n-imbr. II.'
' I I'rivatr Libr., N. \ . anJ Provid.J
Confrssionario para los curas de Indies con la inslruccion centra sus ritos traducido
en las len^uas i^uic/iua, y ^ymara ; Lima, by A. Ricardo, 410, 4 + 27 "•
f' ^- ' ■^ •' I Private Libr., Provid. |
Estatutosgen. de Barcelona (for the order of Franciscans) ; Mex., 410.
1587. — ansnV«"'sn" ordin. fratr. eremit. S. Aug. ; Mex.. 8vo.
I ^Sg.— Forma v modo defundar las co/radias del cordon de S. Fr. ; Mux , 8vo.
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Fr. Franc, de Alvarapo, Focahulari:) en lengua misteca; Mex.. 410.
1594.— (. K. I'E Buenaventur.a, Mistica Theolagia ; Mex., 8vo.
15,^5. Rcgla de los frailes menores; Mex., 410.
A. DEL RiNcoN, Arte Mexicano ; Mex., Svo.
Fundacion e Indulgencias de la ord. de la .Merced; Mex., Svo.
leoe + V nt O^A, I'rimera pane de Arauco dcmado, ccmpueslo por el licenciado Pedro
* de Oila, natural de los infantes de F.ngol en Chili. Impres.o en la audad de
los Reyes tor Antonio Ricardo de Turin ; 410, 11+335 H., portrait.
los nno ,u n'rivatr Libr.. N. Y. and Provid. |
I599.i!-Fr. J. Bautista, Confesionario en lengua mexicana { Mex., 8^4-i).^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^
1600.11- '• " Advertencias a los confesores de Indies ; Mex., 2 vols., Svo.
Relacion Historiada de las Exejuias de Felipe 11; Mex., by P. Balli, 4to
, Private Libr.. N. » . ]
* l\i,ihulirh in U trig, frnrr.it litl Ptru t tn
ltnfu.x Fif.iHnU; I.inu. 158''. sm. Svo (Ter-
iiaiix No. i'>4'. ,
1 1 he follnvving. however, is, as tar as known,
the iMflicst Lima boolt :
" Dairina lhrhii.»i,i (en (iviichua y Avmara).
■ Imfru' t" 'j '""'■'■' ■'' '" '""• '■"■ ■■>.'•""•'
Ki .irJt. frimrr.l imfriu<.r rn riles rryin dri Piru.
An. ,1, M.I).l.XX.\IIH. '"■■*■ '!<■ » f- P'*'""'
CI S4 If chitfrc.-i," . Ilruncl. Vol. 11, ml. 780.I
tj C;ui"na. C>:Ujiii.,i 01 Inifu.i M,ai. ii:.i ;
M.-x.. iwt r<T"»"x. No. ii>i .
{ Gtronimo ac Ore, Si«i/i»/ii Cathtli.e ln.li.in' i
Mex.. 15V! (Tciiiaux. No. 114I.
— Aril Ji U linfua .Mrxiiana. ttrnfuiHa far il
fadri Aiit'inio del Rincon ; Mex.. Iimo second
edition ( lirnaux. No. ijj'.
'i Pedro de Oiia. TirmHtr di Lim.i Jrl alio
'S'W. /■""'■'.■ Lima. I W9 Teriiaux. No. ifo)
- Pl.lti{.li iinliiu.ii jui in U ix.rlUtititsim.l
//■•{«. 1 !S'.ihu,ul rnmin Ir 1 irittnlr. r! P. Jii.in
Bauliila. /r.i«.iiijn.; Mex.. 8vo ^Ternaux, No.
i; A. de Oliate. Parmr di un htmhn dull in td
1.1 i.!l.i.l :> TV:.-.','.! . . . ."■'.I •''' lirvi.h fir-
.•«ii.ll dl iij In.'.ici .il Pl'U 1 ,Vi..!.l /■■.C.in.l. fol..
Koo. IZ pp.' hir>liith. UrMi-nianu. No. K^. frU.l-
lit an Amcriiaii imprcssiuDi.
Bibliotheca Americana.
311
al
Our readers are doubtless aware that only "in January, 1639, printing was first per-
formed in that part of North America which extends from the gulph of Mexico to
the frozen ocean."* The first press and font of type were imported by Rev. Jesse
Glover, who defrayed a part of the e.-pense, the balance being contributed by several
gentlemen in New England and Amsterdam. A London printer, called Stephen
Dave, came at the same time with the printing apparatus, in 1638, and the office was
located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "The first thing which was printed," says
Winthropt, " was The Frtemen's Oaih ; the next was an almanack made for New Eng-
land, by Mr. William Peirce, marinerj," both of which, according to Thomas, were
issued in 1639. As to the frit took printed north of Mexico, it was the following :
THE
WHOLE
BOOKE OF PSALMES
Faithfully
TRANSLATED into ENGLISH
Metre
dt
ttmj
No.
rn Iti
fir.
fol..
Whereunto is prefixed a difcourfe de-
claring not only the lawfullnes, but alfo
the neceflity of the heavenly Ordinance
of fi.iging Sf^f'P'ufe Pfalmes in
the Churches of
God.
CbU. hi.
Ltt the -word of God dwell ftenteoufly in
you, in all wifdome, teaching and exhort-
ing one another in Pfalmes, Himnet, and
ffirituall Songs, fnging to the Lord with
grace in your hearts.
lames v.
If any be afflicted, let him fray, and if
any be merry let him fng ffalmes.
Imprinted
1640
• * 8vo, sine loco (Cambridge, by S. Daye). Title one leaf+seven leaves for pref-
ace-f- one hundred and forty-nine unnumbered leaves + one leaf for errata
(Thomas says " 300 pages"), in Roman characters. It is stated that there
are some slight differences in different copies, indicating alterations introduced
in the progress of printing this edition.
(Private Librar., New York, Cambridge and Boston.)
The work was prepared for the press under the supervision of Richard Mather,
Thomas Weld and John Elliot, of Indian Bible notoriety.
• Thomas, It. tit., Vol. I, p. xoj.
f Vhlcrf •/ Niw KngUnd frtm l6)o (» 1^49*
Boston,>,8»o, 1815, Vol. 1, p. 189.
I We have been unable 10 ascertain whether
there ire anv copies in existence of iheie two pub-
lications. Mr. ^^. K. H»ven ii of opinion that Tht
lrtim,m'i 0.tih was printed on one side of a sheet
III small paper.
48
oyg Bibliotheca Americana.
IC4I« 2'23. PTOLEMY-SERyETUS— Above a large woodcut :
= CLAVDiiW PTOLEMAEI |1 ALEXAN- ||
DRiNi II Geographicae Enarrationis, || Libri
OctO. II EX BILIBALDI PIRCKE. \\ymheri tralatione,
Jed ad Graca id prijca a Michaele Villanouano \Ser'vetiis\ ||
Jecundo recognitiy id locis innumeris denub cajiigati. AdieSta
injuper ab eodem Scho \\ Ha, qui bus id difficilis ille Primus
Liber nunc prim urn explicatur, id exoleta Vrbium \\ nomina
ad nojlri Jeculi morem exponuntur. ^inquaginta ilU
quoque cum ueterum turn \\ recentium 'TabuU adne^untur^
uarijqz incolentium ritus id mores cxplicantur. ||
Accedit Index locupleUlJimus ha£fenus non uifus. jj
Proliant Lugduni apud Hugonem a Porta.
M . D . XLI .
Colophon :
Excudebat II Gafpar Trechfelll
Viennae \\ M , D , XLI . ii
%* Folio, title one leaf, with Servetus' address to the reader on
the verso ; followed by one hundred and forty-nine numbered
pages + one blank + fifty maps, each filling two leaves, with
descriptions on tht reverse -f fifty-six unnumbered leaves for
index + one for table + ono for colophon. The " Tabula
terrx noux" and orbis . typvs . vniversai.is, are literal re-
prints of the two maps of that name in the Ptolemy of 1522,
the word America appearing in the latter only. The descrip-
tion of the New World is on signature 28, on reverse of the
map, and ends with these significant words: '« Tota itaqz,
quod aiunt aberrant ccelo qui hanc continentem America nun-
cupari contendunt, cum Amcricus multo post Columbu eande
terram adieret, nee cum Hispanis ille, sed cum Portugallensi-
bus, ut suas merces commutaret, eo se contulito."
(Private Library, New Yorlt.)
" De Charlieu, Servet retourna a Lyon. II cut le bonheur d'y
trouvcr Pierre Palmier, Archeveque de Viennc, qu'il avait connu a
Paris ; & ce Prelat qui aimait les S9avans & les encourageoit par fcs
:
Bibliotheca Americana.
319
benfaits, le prefla de venir a Vienne, ou il lui donna un appartement
aupres de fon Palais. Servet, pour temoigner fa reconnoiffance a fon
nouveau Mecene, donna une feconde edition de la Geographic de
Ptolemee, & la lui dedia Cette edition de Ptolemce, qui
eft in-Jol. comme la premiere, fut faite a Vienne en 1541. par Gaf-
pard Trefchfel, fameux Imprimeur, que les liberalites de Pierre Pal-
mier y avoient attire. Elle ell magniiique, & en meme terns d'une
rarcte extraordinaire."
(D'Abtiony'.)
D'lrtct rtfertncei !
Hoffman, Lexicon, Vol. iii, page 319.
Bibliothica Barhioiana, — .
Crevenna Catalogue, Vol. v, page 20.
Labanotf Catalogue, No. 24.
Kloss Catalogue, page 237, No. 3325.
Ebert, No, 18233.
I54I
234.> ANONYMOUS— Recto of the first leaf:
Melacion Ul efpStaijU terremoto ti agora nueuas
mrnte i)a acontecitio en la cibtraii B iliSuatimala : es
fofa tst gratie atimiracion ij tic gtatjc acmplo para
q totiO!8 nos cmcntiemois ^ nurftros pccatros 5 cftc=
most aprefcluitiog para quStio 13ios fuere feruitio
He nog llamar.
In fine :
jTue impreffa en la grd ciutratr 18 IHexico en
cafa tie I^ua (ttromterger ano li mill g quini^tosj s
pareta g bno.
%* 4to, four leaves.
(Private Library, Madrid.)
An edition of the same plaquette was also published
in Spain, four leaves, 4to.
23 c. ^p/wArt/5 (P.)— " Cofmographia per Gemmam
Frifium correda. Norimb. 1541. in-4°."
(Graessi'.)
1
' NoMVtaux Memcirti d'hiitoirt, &c.. Vol. ii. p. 65. * Treur, Vol. i, p. 1 59.
j8o Bibliotheca Americana.
1541. 236. APIAHVS (P.)— Recto of the first leaf:
— =' COSMOGRA-ll PHIAE INTRODVCTIO II
CVM QVIBSDAM CE0ME-1| TRIAE AC ASTRONO-|| Ml/*: PRIN-
CIPIIS II AD EAM REM || NECESSA- || RIIS. ||
Colophon: ■ p
Venetijs per lo. Antonium de NicoUnh de Sabto. Sumptu & \\
requifttlone D. Melchioris Sejfce. Anno Domini. || MDXXXXL
Menfii lulij II
* * Sm. 4to ; title one leaf + twenty-three numbered leaves.
Woodcut on verso of the last representing a cat holding a
mouse between its teeth, with the motto: dissimilivm . ine-
IDA . SOCIETAS .
(Private Library, New York.)
See, supra, page 27a, and Nos. 127, 149 and 150.
27 J » MUNSTER {SEB/isT.y-Cq/mographia Befchreibung
aller Lender.
Bafel \durch Henrkhum Petri f] m.dxli. fol.
•^ ■- {Labanoff Catalogue^.)
First edition apparently of Munster's well-known
Cosmographia. See, infra, under the date of 1 544.
1542,
\ I
278. FRANCfC (SB BAST.)— First seven lines of the title-page :
nni liitbtnig beg gan- 1| ^en @rbt6oben« 1 bon
^ebaftiano || iranco S^orbenji inn bier bit-
d|er I II nJimUi^ in 9(fiam 1 ^^^rienm 1 @tt- 1| ro^am nnb
^(ntericamigeftelt nnb abte^Itmni^ aOer barift begriffner
(an II ber 1 nation i g^rouin^en nnb ^nfeln 1 ge(egen|)el)t 1
firofje I toeitte 1 gebiadig 1 e^genfi^afft. 1 1|
Last line of the title-page : *f
M D XLII.
' Page 19, No. 71.
Ll
■If
Bibliotheca Americana.
381
Folio, sine loco (perhaps Frankfort'), title one leaf + four un- I 54^"
numbered preliminary leaves + 'eaves numbered m-ccxxxvii _ _
4- seven unnumbered leaves. This edition differs from the
edition of 1534 (No. 197) only in the arrangement of the
lines in the title, and is probably only a new issue of the
latter, but with a new title-page.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
Dirta rtfertncm f Schelhkrn, Erg'A%lkhkeittn, Vol. i, pages log-izz'.
■J RMiothtca Hrcwniana, page lo, No. 70.
( Ukaesse, Vol. n, page 617.
2 '^Q* C/iBE(^A DE I'MCA— Under a hr^e coiit-of-itrms 7cith the
double-headed eagle :
c Ea xtlmm que ilia %\\m mi- ii
fiej catrra tie bara tic lo ararfritio culas :iinTiiasi II
enla armatia tjonlir ima por goucrnatior i3a-||p1)ilo
tit narbanitirftic cl ano He brnntell ij fietc ijafta el
ano ^ treimta n feijs || (lue ijoluio a ^cwill^i fon
teestlltiefu eompaitia.:.||
Colophon :
€ ^ue impte{(0 el \mUnit iu- w
taUo eula magnitiira uol)le )> antiquiffima piutjati II
tieZiamora: pov los IjonrtaDos baronesiSlup-Jlftin
tit pai 1) Juan ^Jirarto eompauerogj im || pvrffoves
trc libros beiinos tiela tiiri)a fiulltiati. Z rofta v
efpenfas Uel birtuofo ba || ron Siuan petiro mufetti
meteatjet || tie litros benuo tie iifletJina tiel II eampo.
aeatofe en feijs tiias II tiel mes tie <C^itui)te. ano ||
liel naffimiento U nto fal II uatior ^tSn tf'rifto tie ||
mil 8 (|uinientO!3 g II quarenta ij tios || aftos. 11
' British Museum Catalogue. ' Contains also an interesting sketcli of Franck.
38a
1542.
Bibliotheca Americana.
Sm. 410 (signatures from A to 1 in eights) ; title one leaf-|-
sixty-six unnumbered leaves, twenty-nine lines to a full page.
(Private Librar., New York.)
There are two distinct works which bear the name of
Cabecfa de Vaca. The present, which is the Re/acion,
relates the hardships and adventures attending the expe-
dition from the Bay of Tampa to the village of Cora-
zones in Sonora, and which lasted eight years, every day
almost being marked with unexampled sufferings. The
other consists in the Commentarios, which were written
under Nunez' direction by Pero Hernandez'. This
was added to the second edition of the Relacion, pub-
lished in 1555. The latter thrilling narrative was com-
posed by Alvarez Nunez, better known under the name
of Cabc^a de Vaca, which he inherited from his mother.
The origin of this strange surname is thus related by
Tcrnaux\
"Au mois dc juillet 1212, I'armee chretienne, commandcc par
les rois dc Castille, d'Arragon et de Navarre, s'avan^ait contrc le$
Maures, lorsqu'arrivee a Castro-Ferral, tous les passages se trouvercnt
occupes par I'ennemi, Les chrctiens allaient done se voir forces de
retourner sur leurs pas, quand un bcrger, nomme Martin Alhaja, se
presenta au roi dc Navarro, et ottrit d'indiquer un chemin par Icquel
I'armee pourrait passer sans obstacles: le roi envoya avec lui don
Diego Lopez de Haro et don Garcia Romeu. Pour qu'ils retrouvas-
scnt ia route, Alhaja pla^a a I'cntree du passage qu'il avait decouvert Ic
squclette d'une tete de vache I^Qibei;,! de vaca).
" Le 12 Ju nicme mois les chrctiens gagnerent la bataille de las
Nava> de Tolosa, qui assura a jamais leur suprcmatie sur les Maures.
" Le roi recompenia Martin Alhaja en I'anoblissant ainsi que sa
descendai je, et celui-ci en mcmoirc de I'evenement qui lui avail
merite cet honneur, changea son nom en celui de Cabe^a de Vaca."
His mother, Dona Teresa, was a lineal descendant
of Martin Alaja ; but he was himself a native of Xeres',
• PnrUce, and Antonio, Bibliotli. Hup. daluci.i, lap. 37, ap. Ternai-x. F»anck-
Noia. V .1. I, p. 61. ENAU, llih/. Hispanica, p. 255, mentiom a
' Rtcutit; Paris. 183-, [>. 1. work concerning the "noble y antigua
» Akgote di Molina, Nobltza de An- Casa dc Cabe^a de Vaca."
1
Bibliotheca Americana.
383
and the grandson of Pedro de Vera, the conqueror of 154^'
the Canary islands.
He was one of the three only survivors of the un-
fortunate expedition of Pamphiliode Narvaez to Florida
above mentioned, who succeeded in returning to Spain.
There was a fourth, a negro, called Estavanico, who
met a singular fate. He remained in this country, found
his way into Mexico, and some years afterward became
the guide of Marco de Nizza in the disastrous expedi-
tion to the unknown town of Cibola. Estevanico fell
into the hands of the Indians, who put him to death,
alleging that he, a black man, could not be the envoy
of a race of whites.
Alvarez Nuiiez died at a ripe old age*. We do not
recollect where we have seen it stated that it was at
Seville in 1564.
The chief authorities concerning this daring adven-
turer, or his expeditions, are Schmidel', Gomara'', Bcii-
zoni^, Garcllasso de la Vega% Herrera', Torquemada'°,
Charlevoix" and Funes".
This account was translated into Italian by Ramusio",
and paraphrased into English by Purchas'-*. Ternaux
gave a I'Vench version", and Mr. Buckingham Smith a
new translation from the original Spanish".
The text was printed by Barcia"', who availed him-
self of the opportunity to add a dissertation'' vindicating
* N. IJki. Ti.tHi), Hhtoria I'rov. Parj-
rjuaii,e; l.icgu, tol., 1673, lib. i, cap. xiv.
' A'(T,j historia admiranJa euUiJjM
ttjvigal. ; Nuremb., 4:0, I 599. cap. xxxi.
Siliiiiiili'l's aceount w.is inserted for the
first tiiin- in .in appendix to the second part
of the Ifeltlrjchs, published at Franktort,
tol., in 1567, tile tirst volume of" which
is Si'bastian Franck's well-known work
(supra, No. 197). It was republished in
German, in 1599; but Hulsiu;, dissatis-
fied with certain omissions, gave this Latin
translation, which is the most complete.
' Hist. jrei:. de las India., lib. 11, cap.
XLVi and Lxxix.
' Hiit. del Nuevo Mondo. lib. 11, c»p.
IX (mentions only Pamphilo de Nar-
vaez I.
' Ui-tir. gen. del Peru, lib. 1, cap. 111.
* Uecad. III. lib II, cip. iv ; Dec.i 1. iv,
lib. IV, cap. 4-8; Dcc.id. vi, lib. 1, cap. 3-S.
'* M^narjuij Indiana, lib. xiv. cap. XXII.
" Hiiliire du Paraguay, Vol. 1.
'* EniafO de la hist, cifil de! Para,^:iay ;
Buea >!-.Ayres, 3 vols,, 410, 1816-17.
'• Vol. Ill, tol. 310-30.
'* Pi/grimes, Part. 11, B. viii, pp. 1499-
1556.
" Washington city, 4to, 1S51, piivately
printed.
•* Himriadores Primiii^'oi, Vol. i.
" Bv A. .AnDoiNO.
J 84 Bibliotheca Americana.
I C42. Cabe^a de Vaca from the aspersions of Honorio Phili-
pono", who deemed it strange that our adventurer
should have presumed to perform miracles, which, as
everybody knows, is a privilege belonging exclusively
to the clergy, and not to mere '* scelestos milites."
All the authors and bibliographers who mention this
Rclacion, quote only the edition of 1555"', which, to
within a few years, was the only one known.
240. PTOLEMY— MUNSTER— Recto of the first leaf:
GEOGRAPHIA || vniversalis, vetvs et
NOVA, II COMPLECTENS || CLAVDII PTO/ ||
LEMAEI ALEXANDRINI ENARATIO/ || NIS LIBROS
viii. II Qjiorum primus noua tranflatione
Pirckhcimeri et || acuflione commentarioli
illiirtrior quam hade || nus fuerit, redditus
eft. II Reliqui cum graeco & alijs uetuftis
excplaribus col/ || lati, in infinitis fere locis
caftiiiatiores fadi funt. || Addita funt in-
luper Scholia, quibus exoleta urbium, ||
montium, fluuiorum (5 nomina ad noftri
feculi mo/ 1| rem exponuntur. || Succedunt
tabular Ptolemaicae, opera Sebaftiani Mun|l
fteri nouo paratae modo.||His adiedae funt
plurimae nouae tabulae, moderna or/ || bis
faciem Uteris & pidura explicantes, inter
'" In his curious Nova Tyfis i'ransacta acaesiJo en las dot fornaJot qut hizo a lot
Nai'i^alio. s. I. liil., if)ii. Jn.iias ; VjlUilolid, by Fernandez de Cor-
'" "/.,( Kf.'.ui n V comfniati'ji ,lr/ goi'tr- Aovi, 1555. 4ti), 141 + I 11. {Bibliotheca
nador Alvar Nunez Caieja de I'lua de lo Bn-ivniana, No. 104).
Bibliotheca Americana. 385
?iuas II quffidam antehac Ptolemaeo 00111542.*
iierunt additae.ll Vltimo annexum eft com- —
pendium geographies de/ || fcriptionis, in
quo uarij gentium & regionum ri/||tus &
mores explicantur. jj Praefixiis eft quocp uni-
uerfo operi index memorabiliu jj populo-
rum, ciuitatum, fluuiorum, montium, ter-||
rarum, lacuum &c. ||
BASILEAE APVD HENRI- jj CVM PETRVM. ||
Third line of the recto of the second leaf:
Sebaftianus Munfterus in Bafilienfi aca-
demia || Hebraifmi profeflbr, S. I|
In fine :
BASILEAE APVD HENRICVM PETRVM. || MENSE
MARTIO, AN. M . D . XLII. jj'
%* Folio, title one leaf + nine preliminary leaves, including six
of index + seventeen leaves + one blank + one leaf for
another title-page, beautifully illustrated, on the reverse of
which is a mappemund, occupying two pages, and bearing the
title of Tvpvs vNivERSALis. It contains "America seu insula
Brasilij," above which lie Cuba, Hispaniola, Terra-Florida,
Francisia, between which and "Terra nova siue de Bacalhos,"
runs a passage labeled " Per hoc fretu iter patit ad Molucas."
Then twenty-two maps, the seventeenth of which is the
" NOVAE INSVLAE XVII NOVA TABVLA," on the rcvcrse of which
is the description. These maps are followed by the Second
Book of Ptolemy, printed in double columns, and numbering
from I to 195. The borders were designed by Holbein'.
(Private Libr., Brooklyn and Owl's Head.)
' The Atktng Raurieti (p. 24) men- * Rumohr, Heltein; Leipzig, 1836, p.
tions *• Tabula Ptolemaic te, & appindix 114, quoted by Graesse.
geographia, 1540," but we are unable to * In Rich's Supplement, page 2, we
ascertain whether the present edition is find: "1542 Isla : Fruto de todos los
intended. Santos, Folio. Sevilla." This is only the
49
J 86 Bibliotheca Americana.
I CA'X, The present is Sebastian Munster's edition of Ptolemy.
~ Dirict rtftrinttit { Hiom, Ceog^r. Biichiriaal, — .
J HorrMAN, Ltxic. Bibliot^r., Vol. Ill, page 3*0.
(Gracmi, Vul. V, p. 501.
241. COPERNICK (N.)— Recto of the first Itaf:
NICOLAI CO 11 PERNICI TORINENSIS II DE
REVOLVTioNiBvs oRBi || vm ccelcftium, Libri
VI. 11 Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato,
& adito II ftudiofe ledor, Motus ftellarum,
tarn fixarum H quam erraticarum, cum ex
ueteribus, turn etiamUcx recentibus obfer-
vationibus rcilitutos : & no- H uis infuper
ac admirabilibus hypothefibus or- H natos.
Habes etiam Tabulas expediflimas, ex H
quibus eofdcm ad quodiis tempus quam
facilillme calculare poteris. Igitur eme,
lege, fruere. |1
Norimbergae apud loh. Petreium,
Anno M.D.XLIII.
* * Folio; title one leaf4- nine preliminary leaves, including four
for the index + one hundred and ninety-six numbered leaves.
(British Museum.)
See in Book i, cap. in. ^omodo terra cH aqua unum
globa perficiat, especially the passage on fol. a : " Magis
work of the Spanish physician Roilerick. Toda Santos, 0 Antidoto eficaa contra el
Dial or Ruy Diaz de Isla, mentioned by m<il Frances hallado, y disfuesto en el Hos-
Antonio [Bibliol. Hisfan. Nova. Vol. ir, filial de Todos Santos de Lishoa. Ad
page 264), in these words : Joannem m. Portugalli* Regum . Hispali
" Tralado contra las buhas. sive Fruto de apud Dominicum Roberti in folio 1 541.'
Bibliotheca Americana. 387
id crit clarum, si addantur insulas," &c., &c. Wc
should add, however, that not only Schoner corre- ^
sponded with Copernick, but he was one of the editors
(Andreas Ossiander bein^ the other) of this great work.
He even paved the way for it, several years in advance,
by the publication of a well-known treatise'.
" First and rarest edition of this celebrated woric. The author's
real name was Copcrnicic, or Zopernick, the C being pronounced
like T/.. He died 24th May, 1543, only a few hours after he had
received the first copy of his labors in print."
(LiBRi'.)
Diftt rtftrinttti fGAUtNDi, Tych. Btah. riia, acctii. N. Copirnici, page 319.
■J HuMBOLiiT, Casmot, Vol. ii, pages 68 1, 687, nott.
( Ebcxt, Dictionary, No. 5 1 90.
i543«
24.2. DOCAMPO {F.)— Below a large tvoodcut of the arms of Spain:
T <©« patro Ufetos prlmcros tic la ortollnlca
L/gcneral tie iafpafta que reropila el mae- II ftto
jf lorian tio ranpo {sic) criatio ? rtonifta tjcl II i5m=
peratior Me? nueftto feftot por man-iltiatio tie fu
mageftati fefarea. II iSnfamora. Slnno . iifl . 2) .
xlUi . II
Colophon :
€ Jfuera impreffos eftos quatto libtosjlprimero^
tic la\rronica tie lElpana que recopila el liflaeftro
. jFlo II tiau tio eaupo, (Cronifta tic la Ittageftati
orefarea, en la magui- II tiira, noble, jj antiquimma
ciutiati tie^amora por el ijontralltio baron *uan
pirartio Impreffor tie liiiros, bcHno tic lajltiirija
ciutiati. a cofta ij cfpenfasi tiel birtuofo baronlUPuan
• Ad Clariss. v. de Jo. Schonerum, de dam mathemaiica siudiosum narratio prima {
lihrii revolulionum irudiiiii. viri It matht- Dantzick, 4to, 1540.
matici Nicolai Copirnici . . . fr ,ucm- ' Catalogue tor 1861, No. 1916.
" '
388 Bibliotheca /fmericana.
'543» PP^^o muffetti metratrct tie Uttoa beHno ^ JWctrina
Ircl campo. arabaroufe a Quuue|ltila» Ucl mc« Tic
DefUmbre. Mo Hcl nafci II \niHo tit nueftto falu=
aHor Jefu ci)tifto || Tie mil g quinientoj5 i) (luatcuta )} II
ttes aflofit. EeiiiiauHo en lEfpa- 1| fta el ISmpeealior
tion arat-lilo^ nuefUQ feftot j)|liie natural. :.|h:^ II
*^* Title one lear+ leaves numbered on the recto from fol. 11 to
lol. ccxxxv -f ten unnumbered leaves for the table. An ex-
tremely well-printed book.
(Private Library, New York.)
Florian do Canpo', Docampo', or de Ocampo', was
born of a I'ortuguesc family at Zamorra*, shout the year
1500'. He studied at Alcala under Antonio de Le-
hrixa, joined the church, was appointed in I5_^9 chron-
icler of Charles V, and tlied in 1555''. Mr. Ticknor
says' that "the work of Ocampo, in its very structure,
is dry and ahsunl." At all events it contains an inter-
esting chapter (xxth on fol. civ) devoted to the discovery
of the islands of Misjianiola, Cid)a, tkc. It is worthy of
notice that Columhus is not mentioned by name. The
work was reprinted with additions, Medina del Campo,
fol., 155.3', Alcala, fol. iS7^*> ^"^ Madria, 10 or only
2 vols. 4to, 1791 '.
Direct riftrcmtt ! i FaiVTAO, Anahcia, page 198
Mlusei., Bililiothtca llhlorica. Vol. vt, I'.ir' i, yif,r 121.
liAUMOAarcK, Nuihrithltn von merkiuiirj., Vol. 1, page 115.
Gii.tiiilt, Vol. V, page 4.
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, pi-^e 1 1 ],
' Title-page unA colnphon. .1 pension fiir Ocampo, ami lay that he wai
* KsANiKENAU, W/A/io/A. //(i/><i«.,p. IKy. tliiii (illy-five years old, ami li.iii hren
• TicKNoii, Hiitory of Ufamik Littra- iliruniiler Croni 153';. (.See ' l'.ipituloii y
tyre. Vol. 11, p. 17. I.eyes,' Valladolid. (olir), i5 5», f. I«i")—
* Antosio, Hibliilhecj Hiipana N<iva, 'rurNon, loc. cii., p. i«, ». 7.
Vol. I, p. VH- ' Kr/ABAi, llihiialeia lie lol Kuril, de
• "The Cortes of V.illjdolid, m5, in /»i 'Vrii Cohgioi Mayorei, p. 237
their ' I'etitionet* tixviii. and kiiii., aalc ' UnUNIir, Vol. iv, col. 1 ;o.
Bibliotheca /Americana. 389
24,'?. yM.F.NCl/l (M. l)K)-Rcclo of the Jinl leaf: 1543'
^^0\\ i^xmU^w imperial
Then woodcut o\ an escutcheon.
C ILibto Uamatio (JTiicforo Tie birtu||tje» btil ^'
coplofo. (iTopilatJO pot *:n iclifliofo portugur^. ||tie
la ottJS t\ fctafico patiic ftlt frftri»co Dirigitio al
mui) nurftto II frftot jFranrifro prffoa : trforcto lil
mu5 efclareritjo r inu .... II
Colophon :
€ ^ ((lona : 5 alithan^a die ii
tjio« toiopoticrofo 5 tic fu UeuTjita IBaTitr 11 la bir=
grn fancta Ittatia. Jf uc imptrffallla prrfrutr obra,
llamaua JTcforo t«r bittu-IIUfjs, en la billa Tie li^r=
tiina ticl ra II po, pot tJrtto tic (ffaftto im- II ptrfot
tjc libto». acabofc allbCBcntc tJia» U ©tubtciiafio.
liil . D . xliii . II
* ♦ 4t(j, title one leaf-l- twenty preliminary unnumbered leaves +
(jnc l)lank + sixty-tour unnumbered leaver -\- leaves numhercd
Lxv-cxxxv -}- one leaf for the above colophon.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
This anonymous compilation by a Portuguese monk
of the I'ranciscan oriier, interests us only on account of
two letters: one from Martin de Valencia forwartied to
the bishop of Mexico to the general chapter of the Fran-
ciscans held at Toledo ; the other, adtlressed to the said
de Valencia by the friars of the l-'ranciscan Convent of
lalmanaco, dated June I2th, 15 jl. These two letters
have also been inserted i»' the Latin Corlez of 1532
{supra, No. 168), :i\\d in the Novus Orbui of 1555'-
IJirtit rifirtnce 1 Tr.BNAUx, Nn. 50.
' Ful. 665, If.
39<^
Bibliotheca Americana.
I C43. * 244. rALENCIA {MARTIN DE) U A. DE OLAVE.
StitiS « It II ^^^"^ ^prtaUo B cicplo ticlois ficleg.
0||l V ♦ IJ II ^iguefc el glo II riofo martgrio tirl
ticnaufturatio patjrc frag En II tires lie efpoleto :
ftanle Tielos menoress lirla ortien II Hel ferafiro patire
nue'ftro fant jFraurUco. iBl qual martgrio recitio
enla riutiaTi tie jFe? potla bertiati II tie nueftra fagta
fe, a nueue tiias tiel me» tie || iSneto tiel afto tie
iSfSi .1^ , xxxx] . II
%* 410, eleven unnumbered leaves.
(Private Library, Providence.)
" This is an introductory paragraph on the recto of the first leat
of a small 410 tract of 1 1 unpaged leaves, Gothic Letter, without
title, place of printing, or date. It contains, first, the above-men-
tioned " Martyrio" written by F. Antonio de Olave, dated " ea el
convento ae St'tuval," April 10, 1 532, translated, as the anonymous
author of the tract states ion the verso of the 2d leaf), by him, trom
an old sheet which had been sent by King John, of Portugal, to
the general chapter of Franciscans, held at Toledo "en el dia del
sancto pentecostes." Then follows a letter of F. Martin ue Valen-
cia, sent by the bishop of Mexico to the same chapter, accompanied
by another, addressed to Martin de Valencia by the friars ot the
Franciscan convent at Talmanaco, dated June 12, 1531.
" The copy before us bears the stamp of Mr. Ternaux's collection.
It has the same contents a;t his No. 50, but a different title."
(Bihliclheca Bmtuniana* .)
The present is not a separate work, but simply a por-
tion of the preliminary part of the above No. 243.
Di'tct rtftrtiKt I TlHNAUX, Bit/ialkifue A/ricaiiu, No. l8o.
• First I'.irt, p. 10. No, 71. Giovanni di Sacrobusto e da altri, per An-
•The lullowing from Anthony Biiu- tonio Brucioli. In Venezia pri Franceico
cioLi, a well-known " I'estit'cro Eictiio." Brucioli, e Frategli 154}, in 4."
who occupies such a prominent pl.ue .imong (FoNTANlNif.)
tht '* Oumniiii frima- cljsiii," miy >:ontd\n - —
a map : '* Trattato delta St'era, raccolto da f JNMM«a luUmtt, Vol. 11, p. 167.
r
Bibliotheca Americana. 391
245. DIONYSIUS— Recto of the first leaf: I 543"
DIONYSIVS LYBICVS POETAE |1 '
DE SITV HABITABILIS 0RBIS||A SIMONE LEMNIO
POETA LAVREATO |1 NVPER LATINVS FACTVS. ||
Then large woodcut, representing two globes, one issuing out of
an open eye, the other with the word AMERICA ; and below :
VENETIIS M . D . XLIII .
Cum gratia &' priuilegio.
In fine :
Fenetiis per Bartholomeum cognomen to Imperatorem : i^\\
Francifcum eius generum . Anno M . D . XLIII . \\
*^* Sm. 4to ; title' one leaf + thirty-nine unnumbered leaves,
printed in Italics.
(Private Library, New York.)
Dirtcl reftrtHttn ( HorrMANN. Lexicon, Vol. ii, pages 106-7.
■I Bkunit, Vol. II, col. 731.
( Ghaisse, Vol. II, page 401.
246. PiGHius {A.)—*^ De (vquinoSfiorum Joljiitiorumque
inuentioncy el de ratione Pajchalis celebrationis, Paris, 9vo,
(Watt*.)
See, supra, page i8o, No. 107, for the first edition of
this curious work, which was several times reprinted.
' S(A/((iM«aBnM(ii(«V<i,Vol. ii.col. 757. de Medina d'avoir cxtrait de la premiere
* Dr. Mr.iiiNA (I*.)—" Lihro de las edit, de cet ouvrage tout ce qui torme le
Crandteas y coui memorabUi de F.ipalta. sien. Or comme cette premiere edition
Primum Hispali apud Dnminicum de Ro- est de 1544, quoique dalec dc 154? a la
bertis 1543 . fol," (Antonio, HihI. Hisp. (in, il est fort doiitcux ipic celle de P. de
Mrd, Vol. II, p. ili;.t Me.lini, de 154V '''''>• 1"' Anrnio, ex-
"Dins unr note de la seem Ic edit, de iste." IBkunet, Vol ill, .ol. I??*.)
ta ChroniHue, Flcrian </, Cumpo accuse P. See, infra, under the date o( 1 54^.
i
!,:
'I
39a Bibliotheca Americana.
I e4,'l, ^4-7* ^^^^■^^ LEYES— Under a beautifully ornamented btr-
,^__^^^ der containing the arms of Spain :
{Mitiias n turn ttata || mtrnto s ronfrruarton tielos
{MiDios : qur fc t^n Ur guarliar rn rl || ronfrio ij
auTiicdaiS rcalr!3 q rn rllais rrfilirn : $por totioss los
otros II gourrnalrotrfit 1 mn^ s prrfonas partirti::
larr UrUa^t. ||
<»C0n prtuU(0t0 tmpirrtal'^
Colophon ;
lias prefVntf0 l<ro<^0, i)
ItUtf^tlitlS II **^^f"'*"*''^^ fi Urrlararion TirUa»||
nUITUII^ II p^j-a la gourrnarion tir las {'n-||
Dia», ij burn tratamirnto tir lois II naturalrisi trllas.
jfurron im-||prrfa» por mantiatio lir|| los Morrs:
prrfiDftr, i) Tirl ronfrio tir las {-n || liias : rn la
billa II Dr airala ||tir II ?t>rnarr!ei : rn rafa \st :^oan II
br iirorar a ori)o Uias tirl || mrs br Jiulio Hrl ano ||
tir nio faluaTiovllJrfu rriM|to||lil.D..VILHl'.||
*^* Folio J title one leaf 4- thirteen numbered leaves.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
Rich calls' this extremely rare volume " i\\c first col-
lection of printed laws relating to the new world," and
Ternaux* " le premier recueil qui ait ete public." These
• it ' Bibtitlk. Amtric. fetm, p. 5, No. 13. ' Bitlioihique Amtricaint, p. 11, Nn. 49.
r
:
Bibliotheca Americana.
393
two assertions have caused many readers to misappre- I 543*
hend the real character of the work, which is not a col- .
lection cr a " Recopilacion" but simply two ordinances
of Charles V, known among historians as the famous
Nuevas LeyeSy and which have been the cause of so much
mischief They were issued especially for the better
treatment of the Indians, and, we believe, for limiting
the partitions of lands among the conquerors. Leon
Pinelo states', on the authority of Juan de Griialva*,
that these laws " tan odiosas," were prompted by the
publication of the manuscript tract Dies i seis remedios
contra la peste que destruye las Indias. They were issued
at Barcelona, November 20th, 1 542, completed at Val-
ladolid, July 4th, 1543, and ordered to be printed, and
enforced immediately throughout the Indies.
The present is the first edition of these laws. The
second was published at Madrid in 1585'; the third,
which we believe was the last, at Valladolid in 1603''.
As to the Ordenanzas of Antonio de Mendoza, we
describe them, infra, under the date of 1548.
Although as early as 1556 Antonio Maldonado had
proposed to frame a Repertorio de las Cedulas, and the
work known as Pugas Cedtilario\ which must be consid-
ered as the first step in that direction, had already been
published, it was not until the rescript of Philip II, dated
• Efiitmi, p. 63, Cf. Herrima, De-
cad, vir, lib. VI, cap. x, p. no.
• Cronicit dt la ordtn de S. Auguitin tn
lat Pr»v. dt la Nueva Eifata} Mexico,
4to, 1614.
' " LtYEi, y Ordenanzas nuevas, hechas
(Mir tu Magestad, para l.i Governacion de las
Indias, i buen tratamicnto de los Iidios, que
it han de guardar en el Coniejo, e i por to-
dos lt>s otros Govern.idorcs, Jucces, i Pcr-
tonas Particularesdeelb.en Madrid, 15S5.
M. en Casi dr Frjmiuo Sanc^ea." — Pine-
to-BARciA, Vol. II, col. 8a8.
• Leyti y \\ OrdmaK^ai Nueva- \\ menlt
kechai for m Magit- H lad, para /j gouer-
naeit it lat Indiai. f I'utn tnitiimifitli' W y
cofurvaciin dr /m Inli 1 : ■(■" if han Je
guardar en jj tl Conuja y Audienciat Realti
jue in ellai |l rttidtn ; y for udot hi otrei
Goutrna- ]| dorei, jurzti y tenonai parti- {|
cularei del/at. || En yallatLlid. \\ En !a Im-
prenta del Licenciado farea de Caitro. \\
Alto de M . DCllI . I|
»^* Fol. Title I I. + I 3 numb. II. -f- I
blank, u. l.
' Philippui Secundui Hispania \ rum, et
hdiarum \\ Rex. Prouiii:ei, cedulat, In-
iirucionet de lu Mjgesiad : Orde \\ nanijai dt
difutot, V audiicia dela nutua EipaHa : y pa
el hue iratamii || to y tfiervacU J" lot yndiot
dende el \\ aho 15*5. haita el prtttnit .
dt . 6 J . \\ En Mexico en (aia\\de Pedro
Oaartt.\\ M.D.LXItl.W
•»* Fol. Title I 1. -^ } prel. 11. + 107
numb. .. a. L.
(Frivaie Libr., N. Y. tiid Provld.]
50
394
Bibliotheca Americana.
'543* '57°> ^^^'it an unknown jurist undertook to compile a
____«_-. general code. All that we have been able to ascertain
concerning this anonymous collection is, that the chap-
ter treating of the Council of the Indies only was printed
in 1593 {sic pro 1573?) Leon Pinelo says" that the
publication was interrupted by the death of the author.
Diego de Encinas was more successful, although he
published only four volumes, not in 1599'', but in
1596'°, which, however, were suppressed by the Council
of the Indies, as Encinas had prepared them without
having been previously authorized.
Thus far those codes had only been collections of
cedulas and ordonnances arranged in alphabetical order;
but as the number of laws increased, and, let it be said,
with appalling rapidity, it became necessary to change
the method, and adopt a kind of digest, omitting the
abrogated laws and abridging those in force. It was
only in 1608 that the plan was thus altered, but instead
of intrusting the work to individuals who acted on
their own responsibility, as had been the case hitherto,
a board composed of two members was created. Four-
teen years, nowever, elapsed before any appointment
was made. Finally in 1622, Rodrigo de Aguiar and
Leon Pinelo commenced the first volume, but instead
of continuing the work, they published in 1628 a
Sumario or abridgment for the private use of the mem-
bers of the Council". Aguiar died, and the entire
• toe. tit., p. 110.
* Lr.oN FiNtLo, /or. cil., p. Ill; Bahcia
even saysi {Epitome, Vol, ii, cul. 811) tlut
it ciintains ordonnances of this Jate.
'" Froviiionei \\ cedvlai, cafilvloi tie \\ or.
denanijat, instruccionei, y cartas, lihraJat y
del- II pachadas en diferetitei liempoi per lui
Mageiladei de || loi teflorei Reyei Caiolitoi
don Fernando y doHa Ysahtl, y Emperadcr ||
don Carloi de gloriota memirta,y doDa luana
lu madrt, y Calolieo Key don || Felipe, on
aeuerdo de loi tellorei t'reiidenlei, y de m
Colli']" Real de lat In || dial, que en sui liem-
pti ha auido lotanles al huen gouierno de
lai lndiai,y [\aJminiitraiiiin Je la juititia
en ellai. Sacado lodo tlh dt hi lihrot del ||
dicho C'jniejo por lu manJado, para jue le
lepa, entienda, y le lenga no- || licia de lo que
cerca del/o etta' proueydo deipuei que le \\dei-
cuhrieron las Indias || haita agora. \\ En Ma-
drid. II En la Imprenia Real. \\ M.O.Xcyi.
Folio. Vol. I. 14 prel. 11. -f- 461 pp. Vol.
II, 14 prrl. II. + 381 pp. Vol. Ill, I J
piel. 11. +481 pp. Vol. IV, 10 prcl.
11. f 415 pp."
[Private Lilii., Provid.|
" Svmarioi\\de la\\Reiopilacion generalWde
lai Leyei, Ordenanfat, I'roviiiones, (jdvl.u,
Initruccionei y Canai II yicordadai, que for
loi Reyei lUtlolicot de t.i'iilU u Man pro-
Bibliotheca Americana.
395
work devolved on Leon l^inelo. It was in the course I 5431
of these preparations that the Father of American Bib- ^^__-
liography perused " quinientos libros Reales de cedulas,
manuscritos; i en ellos mas de ciento y veinte mil hojas,
i mas de trecientas mil decisiones'S"
In 1634, Leon Pinelo had accomplished his task; but
the compilation remained in manuscript. We think
that he died soon afterwards, for we find Juan de Solor-
zano Pereira appointed to continue the work. Nothing
more was done until 1660, when a new board or Junta
tie la Niieva Reropilacion de Indias was appointed. They
completed the code to the year 1680, and it was finally
promulgated by royal decree May i8th, 1681". Four
years before, however, Juan Francisco de Montemayor
y Cordova, who was already known by his Mexican
reprint of the Sumario of 1628, had published two Sum-
maries''* which have since become extremely rare; but
these could supply the place only temporarily of a gen-
eral code.
In the great Recopilacion just mentioned, the laws
relating to the Indies are divided into forty chapters,
each law bearing in the margin the name of the king
mu'gjJo .... fitr All InJiat OcciJtntalii,
Itlat 1 Titrra Firme del mar |l Iktaao ....
Per tl Licenciad) Don Rodrigo de /ij^uijr y
/liutjf MaJriJ, by Jiun Gonzali'S, l6t8,
M., 8 prel. 11.+ 178 pp. + 4 11.
(Private Libf., I'rmiileiice.]
Reprinted in Mcx., fol., 1677, 8 + 385 11,
" Epitome, p. iij.
" Recotiladon \\ de /eyei de lot reytiot i|
de lai Indiat. || Mtindadai imfrimir, y pvh-
licar I' por la Magtstad Calolica del Rey \\
Don Carloi II. || Sveiiro SeHor. || va divi-
dida en fvatro tomot, II con el Indice general,
y al principh de cada T<.mo el Indice II eipe-
cial de loi lilnloi, one conlient. |l Tomo pri-
mero. ,| En Madrid: Por Ivlian de Paredei,
/IHo de 1681. Fol., Vol. I, 6 11. + joo
pp. VoJ. II, 3 II. + 1V9 pp. Vol. ill, 3
11. + 301 pp. Vol. IV, i II. + 14; pp. -f
axo pp. fur inilei.
[frivalc Ubr., Provt.lciue.)
The (ccond cJitiun ii dated 1 756, the
third, 1774, the fourth, 1794, the fifth
and lait, 1841. Bdunkt mentions (Vol.
IV, col. II}!!) in edition of 1754, which
dues not exist.
'* Sumarioi de tai Cedulai. Or dene t y
Proviiionei Realei, (fue le ha', despacbado
por i« Magetiad para la l\iiieva EipaHa,y
olrai partes ; etpecialemente ditde el aHo de
mil leiicientoi y veinio ocho, en que te im-
primieron hi juatro Li/<roi, del primer to-
mo de la Recopilacion de lat Leyei de Indiat,
Malta el alio de mil leiicientoi y teienla y
lietef Mexico, fol., 1678, 9 ) 176 11.
— Recopilacion Samaria de alguncs antoi
acordadoi de la Real Audiencia y Chancit-
leria de !a Nueva EipaPla, fue rende en la
ciudad de Mexico para la mejor expediciS
de loi negocios de in cargo, deide el afta de
mil fuinietoi y veinte y ocio en jue le /undo
hasta eite preiente alto dt mil seiicienios y
teienla y liete, con tai ordenan^ai para in
Govierno. Kul., line anno aut It.o, 60 11.
39^
Bibliotheca Americana.
, 543. who promulgated it, and the date. Seflor Icazbalceta
__^_» writes to us that :
"Cc code qui, sous unc forme ou sous Tautre, a rcgi rAmeriquc
pendant trois siccles, est encore particllement en vigueur chez nou».
11 n-a jamais etc positivement abrogc, mais le temps, et surtout le»
chaneements politiqucs qui ont cu lieu, en ont rendu caduqucs icutc.
les dispositions. Les avis sur le mcrite dc ce code sont tres panape,.
On doit Ic iuger d'apres Tesprii du temps, et non d apres no» idees
modcrnes. C'cst toujour* un monument venerable et S"* «"! 'Ue
etudic par tous ceux qui voudront connaitre I'histoirc de 1 Amenque.
As to the Nuevas Leyes, there is a reliable extract in
Herrera", and an interesting account m Remesal' .
Sertor Icazbalceta will publish in the forthcoming second
volume of his Coleccion the entire text, copied from the
notorial act concerning the announcement of those laws
by the public herald in Mexico, May a4th, 154+
Direct Ttftf.ncn : | BMhth.ca Grtavilliana, Fart 1., p. 150 (copy printed oa ^Olum).
I Biblhihtca Brotuniana, page 10, No. 71.
BiiuNtT, Vol. Ill, col. 1041.
(iiAitsE, Vol. IV, page 193.
24.8. HENRICI llGLAREANI HELVETII, ||
POETAE LAVREATI DE GEOGRA H phia LibcF
unus, ab ipfo Authore iam no l| uiffimc
recognitus. ||
Vignette, a hand cutting a Gordian knot.
% FRiBVRGi BRisGoiAE || Stcphanus Mclc-
chus Grauius excu- || debat, Anno M . D .
XLlII.ll
V 4to. title one leaf + thirty-five numb^ed Uave.. ^ ^^^ ^^^^
See fol. 35, and supra, page 262.
Diritt rtftrtncti s ( Bihliotheca Barloiviana, — .
] liihIUtktcit Amtricaint I'rimtrHi; page IX.
(T»6M«L, No. II.
» Dec.dcv..,.ib7y..cap. 5,pp. MO-i-J- " Hi.,.d,Cki^.,Uy..^,<^ .0.
Bibliotheca Americana. 397
249* ZUM/tRRAGA {J.)—U^ilbiii an tscuKbeon and border : 1^4.4.
gortYtna bveue mug p- n
uec1)ofa He lasf cofa» 4 ptene- II ccn a la it ratijoUra
B a n!a crillftian tiaH en eftilj llano (ia co- II mfl
(nteligfela. (ttapuefta pot II el Ueueteuiffimo . ^ .
trfl fraj) II iJuft fumarraga primer obpd II « Hftetico.
HJel cdfeio U fu ma II geftaH. tm(iffa C la mifma
elu- II Han U ittexlco por fu matiaUo II g a fu cofta.
afto ^ IH.HxlUi. 11
Colophon on the recto of the fourth leaf of signature i :
H aijfira fi alatan^a He nlo fenor *efu Xpo m He
la gl'lo- II fa birgg fancta iBaria fu maHre : aq fe
acaba el prefen- il te trataHo. lEl qual Cue bifto g
examlnaHo g corregillHo por mSHaHo HI . M . ;^ .
190 frag «uan Zumar II raga : primer ©bifpo He
Ittexico : g Hel cfifeio : H fu IttageftaH. Ui. l^m^
IJmiofe eilfta gra ciuljHaH H JTenucbtitia liflrxiro
Hefta nueua II iSfpafta : en rafa He Jua ctaberger
por II manaHo HI mifmo feftor otpo D8iifrag Jua
cumarraga g a fu eofta. II Eratofe He imprimir a .
xliii . II Hia» Hel mejs He Junio : Hel li afto He ia . H .
quarS II ta g i|(ro anos. II
♦ ♦ 4to, eighty-four unnumbered leaves; signatures a-liiii.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
Dirttt riftrtnctu J BulUtin du BihUtfkih Tor 1859, page 1 8 3.
\ Ditcio»ario t/»i». Jt Hiit.y Gngraf., Vol. v, paye 961.
«Ag Bibliotheca AmericoMa,
I C44t 250. GERSON (y.)—l*'ithin a border:
tioctot Ituan (Betfou tie II norttina Ci)rlftiana : a
qual- II nuicra mui) pueriiofa. ^Tra- II UujitJo tie lati
en UBua iffaflltellana para el ftU « muci)O0|| nereis
fatio. IPmpreffo en |Be- 1| Jtleo : en rafa Ue *uan
ctom- II betger. |)ot mauaUo 5 a rof || ta Uel i^ . ^ .
otifpo tre la mef||ma riunaH Jfrai) *ua (umarll
taga . Meuifto b examlnatio || pot fu mantiatio . ||
afto He . Jill . tj . illUj . II
Colophon :
11 acabofe el Ctlpartlto tie tuan || gerfon ; a glotla
J) loor Ue la fanctlffima tilnltiatJ : » H II la facratlfi
flma birg^ fancta Hilaria recna H los an- II gele».
^ tie lo» glor(ofimnio» fant *uan 13aptlfta:ll
^ fant ^ofeplj. i? fant ,iFrarifro. iSl qual fe lm=
ptl- II mio en la gta riuUatJ "t OTenuettiltlan IBexico
Ue II fta nueua iSfpaila en cafa He irua rrOberget i|
Di093 II ajja . acabofe He imptimit . ^fto He . JB . H .
jcliUl.r
\* 4to, twenty-eight unnumbered leaves, thirty-three lines to a
full paj^c. Long lines, no catch-words, signatures a, b, c, in
eights, J, in fours. The colophon is on the verso of the last
leaf. Large woodcut on the verso of the title-page.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
DirttI riftrtntut K BuUilin du BiiliofkiU, 18^9, page l8j.
\ Diceitnarh Univ. dt Hiii. y Gtogr.
A copy of this and of the above No. 249, were dis-
covered a few years ago in a curiosity shop at Toulouse.
.iii
Bibliotheca Americana.
399
251. ConDOFA (P. DB)—lfilbin an ornamintid btrdtr : 1^44*
Si S P0tnna r^tana ))a
II
(nftturfon r InfotmaclO Irelo^ fnTiC-llo«: pot mancra
Ue bijftoria . OTom- 1| puefta por el mu5 reurtrnTio
panrc II frail |lrtito tre itortioua: tie burna || mr::
morla : primeto funnatior Bla or || Hen UcIob |)re=
Tilraftorr» na» gflaialltjel mar ©rrano : i> por otrost
trligio ii fois tiortos Dla mifma ortit Ea {[I || tior^
trlna fur bifta ij rxamiiiatia ij a p II uaba por el
mu5 . U . S . el Urfda i II bo c:ello be jg^Aboual
Jniuifitabor en efta nueua ISfpafta || por fu itta=
geftab. ILa qual fue em- II preffa en IBeiico por
manbabo bel II mun . M . S . bd fran *ua fumars
ra-llga |}mer otifpo befta eiubab : bel rdllfejo be fu
ittaneftab .re . g a fu cofta.liafto be . i« . b . xUUj.H
es preuilegio be fu . 3 • il- • ^ • i^ •
In fine :
.^mpreffa en la granbe ij mas leal rfubab
be Itte- II xieo : en rafa be «uan ^ffromberger : que
laneta gloria asa a eofta bel birlio feflor obpo.
acabofe be Imprimir . Mo be lifi . b . xU(| . ||
\* 4to, title one leaf + twenty-nine unnumbered leaves.
(Private Libr., Providence anJ Mexico.)
" Pctrus de Corduba, ein spanischcr Dominicaner von Corduba,
welches auch sein G:schlcchts-Nahme war, gebohrcn urn 1460, stu-
dirte zu Salamanca die Rechte, trat abcr hernach daselbst in obge-
dachtcn Orden, gicn^ 1510 als Missionarius nach Domingo, WLrde
Provincial seines Ordens, schrieb ei vixabuiarit tn lingua zapottca,
und starb den 29 Jun. 152;."
(JotHE««.)
' yillgemeiHii Gttihu. LexU:, Vol. ill, Col. 146s.
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1 544. We omit the long colophon at the end, which con-
tains the imprint.
Direct reftrencesi
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part vii, No. 4780.
Bibliotheca Brotvniana, page ai, No. 73.
Rich, page 5, No. 14.
Brunet, Vol. IV, col. 464.
252. FRISIUS (G.)— Recto of the first leaf :
^ GEMMA
PHRYSIUS DE PRINCI-
pijs aftronomiae & Cofmographi?,
Dec^ vfu Globi ab eodem edi-
ti. Item de Orbis diuifione,
& Infulis, rebufc^ nu-
per inuentis.
Then woodcut of a mounted globe and :
mt' Antuerpise excudebat loannesjl Rich-
ard. An . D . 1 544 . II
Colophon :
C Antuerpise typis excudebat || loannes
Grauius . Anno . |1 M . D . XLIIII . ||
♦* Small 8vo; title one leaf + eighty-eight unnumbered leaves
-)- three for tables.
(Private Library, New York.)
See
" C Caput . XXX . De America. * Amer-
ica ab inuentore Amerio [sic] Vefputio
nomen habet,' " &c.
. »," <!> UIPH/JI|WI,U I (I, I «■ I < mp JJ I
1-
es
ves
:io
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2C3. APUNUS—FRISIUS— Recto of the first leaf ^
401
1544.
^
La Cofmographie de Pierre 11
Apian, libure trefutile traidant de toutes
les regions & pays |1 du monde par artifice
Aftronomicque, nouuellemet traduid || de
Latin en Francois. Et par Gemma Fri-
fon Mathema- 1| ticien & Dodeur en Medi-
cine de Louuain corrige. ||
Auecq aultres libures du mefme Gemma Fr. appartenantz ||
audidl artifice, come la page enfuyuante la declaire. ||
Then woodcut of a mounted globe, below which m .d.xliiii. and:
^ On les vend en Anuers fur le pont de
chambre chez Gregoire Bonte || a I'efcu
de Bade, imprimez en Latin, Francois, &
Flameng. ||
Colophon :
^ Abfolut eft cest oeuure Cofmographicque de Peere Apian,
auecq aul || tres liures de la mefme fcience, Aux defpens com-
muns de Gemma || Frifon, & Gregoire Bonte. Imprimes en
Anuers || par Gillis de Dieft, au moys Daouft. || . 1544 . || ^ ||
*j* Elongated 410 ; title one leaf + one unnumbered leaf + leaves
numbered iii-LXV + one unnumbered leaf with printer's mark
on the verso. Many woodcuts ; revolving diagrams on verso
of leaves xi, xni, xlix, and recto of xlvik. Mappemund
covering verso of xxv and recto of xxvi, inscriptions in Latin
and Dutch ; word America inscribed.
Direct references : r Libri Catalogue for 1861, page 24, No. 110.
■j Brunet, Vol. I, col. ■542.
(Gkaesse, Vol. I, page 159.
nJH.«!IP!W ">JP^"!«"»tf,liW-l!W
flW ii|l(«>Ri|W>Hif«i.mi I HJIIIP.
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401 BibHotheca Americana.
I <)44* 254. ©^ LEEfVIS OR RIKEL— Recto of the first leaf:
^==^ ([ iBfte eg bn cap^trlo treue (jue ttacta 18 la II ma=:
nera tre como fe M tie tat^r las pceffio II ties : com=
puclto pot JBionifio lti(i)el cartu II xano : q efta 5
lati 5 la flmera pte ^ ftt« pciofoss 11 opufculog : ro=
manpalio pa comfi btililnatr. II
Then the text on the same page.
Colophon :
(E gli)6ra g gloria tre tifo Mot $efu xflo » 18 la
blrg0 fcta fifla- 1| tia fu matire : aq^ui it acaba efte
breue capentJio 1 que tracta tre la II manera pe fe Ija
tre tenet en el Ija^et tre las ^toeeffioneis. 3EI II qtial
fe imptlmio en efta gtan ciutratr B STenucljtitlan
lEexico II trefta nueua iEfpafia pot mantratro trel
mug teu^tetro feftot tron || jFtag $ua fumattaga :
flmet ©bifpo tre la mifma ciutratr. 23el II cafejo tre
fu wageftatr . xe b a fu cofta . 3Bn cafa tre Kuan
ctombet 11 get . afto tre . |W . 23 . xlilij . II
*^* 4to, signature a in eight, b, in four, twelve unnumbered leaves.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
We suppose this Richel to be the Denys Leewis men-
tioned by Foppens' and Fabricius^ known among the
scholastics as the Doctor extaticus. This prolific mystic
was born at Rickel in Belgium, in 1394, and died in
1 47 1. He belonged to the order of the Carthusians,
and his Speculum was the first work printed in Belgium'.
Direct rtftrencis! I Mondidier Catalogue, page 98, No. 1874.
\ Dicionario Univ. de Histor. y Geogr., Vol. v, page 961.
• BibHotheca Belgica, Vol. i. p. 241. * La Serna Santand£R, Dictionnaire
• Bibl. med. et infm. Lat., Lib. iv, p. 95. Bibliographijue, Vol. i, p. 293.
r
>. i
-Tirfi(ljliWFf.i»fmMj ii^nmiii.i.iTfHnnnfiip^t
Bibliotheca Americana.
"mBSWWSP"^
2 CC. DB LBEiyiS OR RIKEL— Recto of the first leaf: 1544*
C iSfte e» bn cfipgtiio i)rcu5 que tracta I9la manera ==-=-
tiu como fe t* ^« tafcr la» pwffione» : compuefto
pov IBionifio Hictel cartuxano : q efta $ latl t la
^mera pte 9 fu^ ^ciofofs opufculoss : tomanpatio |)a
coma btilitiaDi.
Colophon :
C Eq fe acaba efte treue cfip^trio tre Biongfio
cartuxano : cd la atricion tie l08 ii argumStosf ca Svi%
refpueftas . ^c. q ttata tre lo q ess tnatiatro g betraKo
J lag p il ceffiol» : t efpecial Ma ^ (ttorpug Xpi :
por cuga caufa St tomapo. $nipffa e mexilico
por mStratfo 91. iS. obpo lid frag itud (umartaga : S
cafa 9 Jfua crfiberger . ||
*^* 4to, j/»^ <7ff»fl, sixteen leaves instead of twelve like the above,
owing to a long exhortation at the end, wherein it is stated
that the present is a second edition of the above No. 249.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
Direct reftrence 1 Dicionarh Univ. de Hitt. y Geogr., Vol. v, page 96Z.
256. {BioNDo M.A.)—" M. A. Blondi De Ventu et
navigatione, cum defcriptione a Gadibus ad Novum
Orbem. VenetiiSy 1544, in-8."
(Brunet'.)
See, ittfray under the date of 1 546.
257. MAFFEJ OF roLTERR/1—'* Commctitarii rerum
urbanarum, lib. xxxviii. cum Oeconomico Xenophon-
tis. Bafil . per Frobenium, 1544, fol."
(Fabricius*.)
• ManutI, Table, No. 1977*.
• Bibl. Lot. Med,, Vol. vi, p. 14a.
Tjvn
J wj ui^e^^r^^^ aitBiipUf
404
Bibliotheca Americana.
V:-
Ml
Mm
li'^ '
ICA4.. 258. MUNSTER {SEBAST.)— Recto of the frst leaf :
COSMOGRAPHIA. U^Cf^t^tl*
Una II affer Senber ^ttt(( 1
^eba^ttttm ^Rnnfternm in toels^er aegriffen 1 1| fitter
uMtx, gerrfi^afftett 1 1| @tetten, tinb nam^afftiger {leifen
Herfomen : || bitten gekeui^ 1 orbining 1 glaubcn 1 fecten 1 unb
^antie-llrungibttril) bie gan^e toeltilinb fnrnem- 1| Ud)
ieutfi^er nation. || ^^i m^ defunberis in iebem (anbt
gefnnbem ||bnnb barin defdjenfet). || Me@ mit fignten
tinb fdjonen (anbt tarten erttertibnb fitv angen gcftelt.. ||
©etrutft )tt m\t\ bttrd) ^entii^nm || ^etd. 9lnno
im.29.xUiii.||
%* Folio ; title one leaf, + six preliminary leaves, + twenty-four
woodcut maps of two leaves each + pages numbered to dclix.
Mappemund, with the words : America sen insula Brasilij,
and map xxiiij, with the following inscription on the verso :
^ie neme || melbt ber groffen ||tittb lii(en ^nfe-IKen bon
ben @^a II niern gefnnben. II
(Private Libr., New York.)
See the chapter Son bcn netitoett infeln from leaf
Dcxxxvi to leaf dcxlij.
Sebastian Munster was born at Inglehetm in 1489,
and died of the plague, at Basle, in May, 1552. He was
a most prolific author (forty printed works ; see the list
* Anglicl: Cosmography. Description
of all countries, by Sebastian Miinster,
wherein are contained the origin, customs,
habits, laws, creeds, sects and occupations
of all nations, governments, cities and re-
markable towns through the whole world,
and particularly through the German na-
tion. Also, which particulars have been
found in each country and therein ob-
served. All explained by drawings and
fine maps, and placed before the eye.
Printed at Basil, by Henry Petri, in the
year 1544.
\
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111
• yiUlW.iMtH^rT^r^TPB
Bibliotheca Americana.
405
in Heger"), and not only a great mathematician and 1544*
cartographer, but one of the best Hebrew scholars of -—
his time : *' Germanorum Esdras hie Straboque condituf-"
says his epitaph. Modest and learned, this good and
conscientious man did not escape the centure of a cer-
tain school of critics.
The Athenae Rauricae^ mentions editions of this work,
" Lat. 1543 . 1545 . 1550 . Germ. 1544 . 1546 . 1550 .
1559 . 1564 . 1578 . 1621 ./o/."
Extended extracts have been published in English*.
Brunet mentions' an Italian translation, under the date
of 1558, printed by Petri, at Basle. The French edi-
tion, by Belleforest^ is well known.
Direcf reftrences i
Struve, Biblioth. Hislor. Select., cap. xvi., page 761.
Catalog. Biblioth. Suna'v., Vol. 11., page 35.
NapioNE, Del Prima Scopilrore, pages 8-14, 11-26.
Historical Nuggets, No. 1954.
259. GLAREANUS (HENRT LORiT.)—" De Gcographia
liber unus ab ipfo aucthore jam tertio recognitus. Ve-
netiis, apud Petrum et Jo. Mariam fratres et Cornelium
nepotem de Nicoxinis de Sabio, ad inftantiam Mel-
chioris Seffae, anno Dni M . D . XLIV, in 8'
}0 "
(Lancetti'.)
• Geogr. Buc/iersaat,Vo\.i., pp. 79-140.
• " Here lies the Esdras and Strabo of
the Germans."
• Page 14.
• A treatyse of the neiue India with other
newt founde landes and Ilandes, as tvell
eastwarde as •west'warde, as they are knoiuen
and founde in these cure days, after the de-
scripcion of Sebastian Munster in his boke
of uniuersall cosmographie } London, by
Edward Sutton, i2mo, 1553, 102 pp.
[Private Libr., Providence.]
— A briefe Collection and compendious
Extract of siraunge Ihinges, gathered out of
tie Cosmographye of Sebastian Munster i
London, l6mo, 1574, loi 11. {Bibl. Ht-
beriana. )
' Manuel, Vol. in, col., 194;.
* La Cosmographie univerullt de tout It
monde .... Auteur en partie Munster,
mais beaucoup plus augmentie ornee :t en-
richie far F. de Belleforest, tant de let
recherches, comme de I'aide de plusieurs mi-
moires par hommes amateurs dePhistoire et
de teur patrie ; Paris, 2 vols., fol., 1575.
[Private Libr., N. Y.l
' Memorie Intorno ai poeti Laureati i
Milan, 1839, 8vo, page 348.
I
Hl)mif|«yii ,Hli 11 V>ll|IIIUWi|9.p |l|pi
i ,
SI
406 Bibliotheca Americana.
I 544. 260. GIAMBULLARI (P. F.)— Recto of the first leaf:
'^"""'^ PIER FRAN II cEsco giambvl || lari
ACCADEMI- II CO FIOR. ||
DeU S'tto^ Formay ^ Mifure^ dello \\ Inferno di Dante. ||
Then oblong vignette representing Noah's aric, with the motto :
l'aCQVA Ch' 10 PRENDO GIAMAI NON SI CORSE.
In Firenze per N'eri Dortelata M.D. XLIIII .
• -
%♦ Sm. 8vo; title one leaf, + pages numbered from 3 to 153,+
a table of thirteen unnumbered leaves, + leaf with register,
and vignette on the verso.
(Private Librar., New York.)
This work, from one of the founders of the famous
Academy of La Crusca, is certainly curious and inter-
esting (especially to philologists, on account of the
introduction of accents for the purpose of showing the
pronunciation of the Florentines), but it requires no
little stretch of imagination to place it among the books
relating to America, on the strength of a small fanciful
map on page 18, which exhibits on the West a kind of
promontory with the inscription : terra incognita,
and on the South : monte del pvrgatorio.
Direct reference! :
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part v, No. 181 6.
Negri, istor. de Fiorent. Scritt., page 453.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 1582.
Graesse, Vol. Ill, page 78.
1545-
261. FERRER (JMME.)—" Setitenctas cath6licas del Divi
^ poet a Dant.
"Barcelona, — 1545'"
" Cartas del gran Cardenal de Espana y de los Reyes Catholicos a
Mosen Jaime Ferrer ; las contestaciones de este y su dictamen sobre la
particion del mar Qc'eano con el Rey de Portugal; y otra carta de Ferrer
(>i>
pawn
^f^m
mw imt'im''VHi'
Bibliotheca Americana.
407
i D. Cristobal Colon. ^Hallanse impresas en Barcelona el aflo mil I ^^ C*
quinientos cuarenta y cinco en el raro libro que compilo el mismo — — -a___55_,
Ferrer y titulo Sentencias catholkas del Dtvi poela Dant")
(Navarrete'.)
See in Navarrete's Coleccion, Ferrer's letter " Jl muy
magnifico y spetable Senor el Senor Almirante de las Indias,
en la gran isla de Ciban" dated August 5th, 1495.
This James Ferrer de Blanes (who should not be
mistaken for another James Ferrer, /'. e, Jacques Ferer,
the discoverer or supposed discoverer of Cape Boja-
dor*) seems to have been a native of Catalonia, a cos-
mogr'apher by taste and a jeweler by occupation. The
only traces we could find of this mysterious personage,
who, together with Pighius, gave us more trouble than
all the authors cited in the Bibliotheca together, are in
dialogue xlv of Oviedo's ^incuagenas\ where he is
made one of the interlocutors ; and the following ex-
tract, the discovery of which we cannot but compare to
the finding of a needle in a hay-stack :
" lacobus (Mosen laume) Ferrer de Blanes. Catalunus sub Regi-
bus Catholicis Ferdinando & Elisabetha scripsisse dicitur Lemosino
sermone : Sentencies Catoliques del Divi Poeta Dant anno MDXLV.
(alicubi) editas : quode D Thomas Ant. Sanchez SylL Poem. Hisp.
ann. MD. T. I. Proleg. pag. xxvii. seq."
(Antonio*.)
262. APIANUS(P.)—Recto of the first leaf:
*•? COSMOGRAPHIA || petri apiani,
PER GEMMAM FRisivM || apud Louanicnfcs
Medicum & Mathematicu inrignem,||iam
demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac
non-||nullis ipfius quoq; locis aud:a. Ad-
ditis eiufdem argu- || menti libellis ipfius
Gemmae Frilii. 11
> Coltccion, Vol. ii, page 97.
» Navarrete, Disertacion sobre la His-
tor. de la Nautica, page izo.
3 apud Clemencin.
4 Bibliotheca Hispania foetus, Vol. 11,
p. 337, note.
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I 54-5* Then a large mounted sphere, and :
M . D . XLv . 11 Vaeneunt Antuerpiae fub
fcuto Bafilienfi, Gregorio Bontio. ||
Colophon :
^ Excufum Antuerpiae, opera Aeg .
Diefthemij |1 Anno a Chrifto humanae falu-
tis 11 Authore nato, H . 1 545 . ||
4to, title one leaf+ sixty-six numbered leaves for text; on
the verso of the last, printer's mark with the quotation :
GRAVIORA . LEGIS MISERICORDIA, FinSS, IVDICIVM. MAT. XXIII .
Three revolving diagrams (on folios 28, 49, and verso of il);
large mappemund, folded, with a few words in Dutch ; the
inscriptions in Latin. This continent bears on the Southern
part the word America, and on the Northern, which is only
a very elongated prolongation, Baccaiearum,
(Private Library, New York.)
Direct references : ( Catal. Bihlhth. Bunav., Tom. II, page 34.
-! Tromel, No. 13.
(Gbaesse, Tresor, Vol. I, page 159.
26'?. KING ALPHONSUS— Recto of the first leaf:
*•? DIVI ALPHONSI II ROMANORVM ET
HisPANiARVM REGIS, || aftronomicae tabulae in
propriam integritatem reftitutae, ad calcemU
adiedis tabulis quae in poftrema editione
deerant, cum plurimoru |1 locoru correc-
tione, et accefTione variaru tabellai u ex di-
verfis au-lltoribus huic operi infertaru, cum
in vfus ubertate, tum difficultatisHfubfidiu:
Quorum nomina fumma pagellis quinta,
i 1
1llVWUf'l"'l> -^-^
Bibliotheca Americana. 409
fexta & feptima||defcribuntur. Qua in re 1545'
Pafchafius Hamellius Mathematicus infi- 1|
gnis idemq ; Regius profefTor, fedula ope-
ram fuam praeftitit. ||
Then printer's mark.
PARisiis, Ex officina Chrijiiani wecheli fub
fcuto Bajjlienji, in vico lacobceo. Anno
1545-
(Private Library, Paris.)
We insert the present on the authority of Bishop
Kennett\ It is evident that it is not iti tiie Alphonsian
tables (which were composed only in 125"., although
printed for the first time in 1492, ten year^i after the
death of King Alphonsus) that we must look for some
passage relating to America, but in the notes or preface
of Pascal Du Hamel. M. D'Avezac, however, who had
the kindness to examine the work, states that it does
not contain anything germane to the j abject before us'.
264* oviEDO—GOHORY— Recto of the first leaf:
L'hiftoire de la ii terre nevve
DV II Peru en I'lnde Occidentale, qui || eft
la principale mine d'or du || monde, na-
gueres defcou- || uerte, & conquife, & jj
^
' Gesner, Bibliotheca Universalis, p. 32;
Fabricius, Bibliotheca Latina Media et iti-
Jim. letat., Lib. i, p. 192.
• Bibtioth. America Primordia, p. 12.
' We should state that such has lliiewise
proved to be the case with several books
mentioned in the Biblioth. Am. Primordia^
as for instance Pontanus' poem de Meteo-
rum liber (p. 11), and Thomas' Historic
of Italie (p. 13).
52
.^Q BMotheca Americana.
1545. nommee la nou-lluelle Caftille,|| Traduitte
d' Italien en Francoys. |1
Ku.v6apG{, derdiJ,.
On les vend a Paris au Palais en la Galerie || par ou on va a
la Chancellerie en la || boutique de Vincent Sertenas. H 1545-
AVEC PRIVILEGE. |1
Last line of leaf Bij :
L'audeur eft Gonzalo Ferdinadi del
Ouiedo natif de Ma H dril q a faid I'hif-
toire generale, dot eft extraid ce lum-
maire. |1
Colophon :
Imprime a paris par Pierre Gaul- |1 tier,
pour lehan Barbe & Vincent Sertenas. 1|
1545-11
* * Small elongated 4to, title one leaf + three preliminary un-
* Tmbered leaves + forty-nine unnumbered leaves. The copy
in the Imperial Library at Paris, contains a map which is
not in the copies which /e have examined in this country.
(Private Library, New York and Providence.)
Moreri and Jocher ascribe to Jacques Gohory a His-
toire du P'erou; Barcia-Pinelo' and Brunei state that
this Gohory was the translator of the present extract,
which the latter considers "la troisieme partie d un re-
cueil italien impr. a Venise et a Milan en 1535 {supra,
Nos. aoo and aoi ?]." .
The opinion that Jacques Gohory is the translator is
borrowed (if our memory serves us right, as we have
not the book before us and cannot procure it at present)
» Epitome, Vol. ii, col. 645, with the date of « 1553."
'
W^^^pmrvrnvfi nn;i»:i^.w'"«it.'.u
Bibliotheca Americana.
411
from the Bibliothtque fran^oise of La Croix du Maine, i 545*
The title shows that it was a translation from the Ital- -_-—_—
and the note in signature Bij states that the au-
lan
thor of the original work was Oviedo. Now, the "rt?-
cueil italien impr. a Venise et a Milan en 1535" is only
the translation of Xeres* Conquista^ by Gaztelu. The
only work of Oviedo in Italian which corresponds to
the present, is the Libro Jecondo delle Indie occidentali, or
second part of the collection printed at Venice in 1534
{supra, page 314). We regret that we are not in a
position to compare again these two works.
As to Gohory, Gohorri or Jean de Gorris, he was a
French astrologist, poet, historian and prolific writer
on almost every subject, well known for his eccentrici-
ties, and who, "disgusted with the world and all within,"
ended his days in 1576, poor and almost forsaken. We
notice that a number of his works were published by
Sertenas.
Direct referencei i
I Ternaux, pag(
< Brunet, Vol.
( Bibliotheca Brc
^ Ternaux, page ii, No. 51.
Ill, col. 188.
Browtiiana, page 23, No. 77.
26 c. RESENDE {GARCIA DE)— Surmounted 3y two woodcuts,
one representing a sphere, the other, the a: ms of Portugal:
Hguro tiag otras tie <5arcia ^z Mefetie que trata
Ha bitra e gtatrimmaiS birtutieis : e tatiatiefii : mags
nanimo esforpo : excellenteg coftumes e manljas e
mug craro« feitos tio djtiltianiffimo : muito alto e
muito poUerofo principe el Meg tra Itoao o feguntro
liefte nome : e Tiog iUegss tie Portugal o tte^eno tie
gloriofa memoria: comegatjo tro feu nafcimento e
totia fua bitia ate a ijora tie fua morte : ca outran
oijtas que atiiaute U feguem. OTom priuilegio
meal.
-
^12 Bibliotheca Americana.
I C4. C I" fi"' •
^Z a lottuor tre treos t tja glotiofa blrgem noffa
fen1)ora it acaton o Uutc tja biua e fegto^ ticlreg
tjom Joao 0 feguutio tje ^Portugal foB itn=
ptcffo em cafa Ue Hugs rotirigueg Ubreito Hel reg
noffo feni)or aos xii tiias tio nie» tie Junto tie mil
e q[uini)entO!8 e quarenta einco aunosi.
* * Folio " au titre succede I'Alvara accordant le privilege. Le
feuillet suivant donne un prologue de I'auteur, puis viennent
ces mots • Feygm : virtudes : costumes : e manhas (Pel Key
dom ham o Segundo qui sancta haya. Ceci conclu, commence
la vie du roi (avec un titre special) ; elle debute a la p. 1 et
finit a la p. ccxxiiij. La biographic achevee commence : A
trasladacao do Corpo do muy catoUco e muy esfor^ado Rei do
Mo 0 Segundo deste nome, t^c. Apres le feuillet cxxxvj
vient : Ida da Iffante dona Beatrix per a Sayboya ; le feuillet
cxliiii presente une grande estampe divisee en petits comparti-
ments representant la vie du Christ : au centre on remarque
ce titre : Comessasse a paixao de nosso senhor Jesu Chrtsto toda
inteira: Segundo os quatro evagelistas : tirada de todos elles em
linguagem portugues, ajuniada e concertada por Garcia dere-
sende. Cet opuscule est mentionne comme inedit par Barbosa
dans sa Bibliotheque Lusitanienne. Dans un ecusson le feuil-
let cliij continue ce titre : comefasse o sermao sobre e vtnda dos
sactos tres Keys magos. Foi visto e examinado pelos deputados
da sacta inquisicao. (Ce dernier opuscule a ete entierement in-
connu a Barbosa). La table vient en definitive. L ouvrage
est imprime a deux colonnes en caracteres gothiques. On
n'en connait que trois exemplaires. Ces details sont em-
pruntes a la bibliographic de M. Innocencio da bylva.
(Ferdinand Dinis.)
' Garcia de Resende, one of the greatest poets and
chroniclers of Portugal, was born at Eyora about the
year J 470, and is supposed to have died after 1554.
His intimacy with King John II, and the position
which he held at the Court, must have enabled him to
witness the scenes which he relates with so much zest
and originality. It is in the present, which contains a
life of the greatest of Portuguese kings, that the reader
Bibliotheca Americana.
413
will find a spirited and authentic account of the inter- 1^45*
view between John II and Columbus at the palace of _.
Almeria, when the great navigator, after being driven by
a furious storm, had been compelled to land in the port
of Cascaes, March ist, 1492, thus imparting to almost
a personal enemy the first tidings of the successful issue
of his voyage. The work has been frequently reprinted.
Direct reference ; Jo. da Svlva, Diccionario bibl. fortugea, Vol. u, page ao.
266« MEDINA (P.)— Under a large escutcheon of Spain :
en que U contieneii totjas la» Meglass, ©eclara=
cioness, ^ecretois, g Euifos, q a la tuenanaues
gacia foil neceffariojs, g fe Ueue fa6er, i)fc|)a por
el maeftro ^eliro tre lifletrina. ISirigitra al fere=
niffimo g mug efclarefcitio feftor, turn i^ijelipe
priucipe Tie ISfpana, g tielass tios ^iciliasj . re .
^ ifton pteuilegio imperial 4^
Colophon, within a frame :
A GLORIA DEilDIOS NVESTRO SENOR,
proue II e|)o g btiUtiati ^ela nauegaeion, fenefce el pte=
feme lii)tollllamatro arte de navigar, ijer^o
g or II TienaTro por el maeftro iietiro tre ittrtiiua II
beiino tie S'^uiila. jFue bifto g aprouatio, en la
Ittfi II sne eafa tre la Contractacion tie las Jntiias,
por el IJi-llloto magor g ittofmoaraptor tie fu
iHaageftati. II
1^ affi-llmefmo fue mantiatio ber g examinar por
el eottfejo real || tie fu liflaseftati, en la nctle billatie
•fcTallatioliti, eftan- 1| tio enella el ^^rincipe nueftro
414 Bibliotheca Americana.
1545. Mot, 8 ftt real corte. Jmllptimio U enlatriri)a
billa, en cafa tre jFranclfco fernan- litres Tie OTots
Troua impreffor, junto a la» efcuelas mago- II test :
^cato it primero tiia trel meis tie (©ctutte. ^fto
tiel II nafcimiento He nueftro feftor 3efu ei)«ifto, tie s
qui-llttientos g parenta 8 einco aftog. II
* * Folio, title one leaf + five unnumbered leaves + one hundred
* numbered leaves + one leaf for colophon. On the recto of
leaf XXII, a map exhibiting the Isthmus, Florida and Peru.
(Private Libr., N. Y., Provid., and Harvard Coll. Libr.)
Pedro de Medina was born at Seville' about the year
1493". He seems to have led, for a short time, a
sea-faring life'. He was examiner of the pilots for the
Indies; and acquired great repute as a cosmographer
and historian*. The present work was translated into
French by N. de Nicolai, in 1554; in Italian by V.
Palentino de Corzutu, in 1555 ; in German by Michael
Coignet, in 1576; and in English by J. Frampton, in
1 58 1. Navarrete states*, in noticing these numerous
reimpressions :
" Esto prueba el aplauso universal con que fue recibido el tratado
de Medina, como elemental para dirigir la enseflanza de la nautica en
las naciones extrangeras, hasta muy entrado cl siglo xvii. Fue su
autor examinador muy principal de los pilotos y maestres de la car-
rera de Indias, y viendo entonces cuan pocos sabian lo que concernia
a su profesion, quiso simplificar y facilitarles esta ensenanza publicando
un compendio de su Arte, que con el titulo de Regimiento de naviga-
ckn se iinprimio en Sevilla en 1552 y 1563. Con el mismo objeto
escribio una Suma de cosmografia en 1561, que sa ha conservado ine-
dita y vimos original en la libreria del conde del Aguila en Sevilla."
Direct references i
Rich, page 6, No. 15.
Brunet, Vol. Ill, col. 1574.
Graesse, Vol. IV, page 462.
Bibliotheca Broioniana, page 22, No. 75.
> Antonio, Bibl. Hisp. Nova, Vol. 11, ' See Lib. iv., cap. 11, of the present
p. 215; Franckenau, £rA/. //«/>•> P- 344' work. ... e o
» Navarrete, Disert. t. la Histor. de la * Cf. infra, under the date of IS4<>»
Nautica, p. 161. his Lihro de grandessau
■•T^pfUfm^'rlNftir'^-
Bihliotheca Americana.
267. CARTIER {JACSIUES)— Recto of the first leaf:
^^ BRIEF REGIT, &
fuccinde narration, de la nauiga-
tion faifte ef yfles de Canada, Ho-
chelage & Saguenay & autres, auec
particulieres meurs, langaige, & ce-
rimonies des habitans d'icelles : fort
deledable a veoir.
415
Avec priuilege
On les uend a Paris au Jecond pillier en la grand
Jalle de Palais ^ en la rue neufue Nojlredame a
Tenjeigne de lejcu de frace, par Ponce Roffet diSl
Faucheury & Anthoine le Clerc freres.
1545-
1545-
** 8vo, title one leaf (with privilege on the verso) + one unnum-
bered leaf 4- leaves numbered 3, 3, 5. + text beginning with one
unnumbered leaf, followed by leaves numbered 7-48 (leaf 8 marked
7 by mistake). The last two and a half leaves contain a vocabulary
of the " lagage des pays & Royaulmes de Hochelaga & Canada."
(British Museum.)
41 6 Bibliotheca Americana.
1 545* ^o"" * ^'^^ o^ Jacques Cartier, born at Saint Malo,
—a——--- December jist, 1494, and who died after 1552, we re-
fer the reader to the documents published by Charles
Cunat', M. Michelant*, and the excellent introduction
added by M. D'Avezac to the Tross reprint'.
If we are to believe Lescarbot, Cartier made four
voyages to New-France ; but we have authentic accounts
of three only, and it is doubtful whethe" the Saint Malo
navigator wrote any of them.
The French original of the account of the first voy-
age is lost. The earliest version is to be found in Ra-
musio*, whence it was translated into English', and
afterwards into French'. This French version was
added by Lescarbot to his well-known Histoire', and in-
• Saint Malo illustri par ses Manns f
(St Malo, 1864, 8vo?)
' yoyagt de yaqves Cartier av Canada
en 1534) nouvelle edition, put/ice d'apres
/'edition de 1598 et d'apres Ramusio, par
M. H. Michelant avec deux cartes, docu-
ments in'edils sur Jaques Cartier et le Cana-
da, communiques par M. Alfred Rami ;
Paris, 8vo, 1865.
• Bref recit et succincte narration de la
navigation faite en mdxxxv et mdxxxvi
par le capitaine Jacques Cartier aux iles
de Canada, HocAelaga, Saguenay et autres.
Reimpression Jiguree de I'cdition originate
rarissime de mdxlv avec tes -variantes aes
manuscrits de la Bibliotheque Imperiale,prc-
cidie d'une breve et succincte introduction
historique par M. D'Avezac f Paris, 8vo,
1863.
* Vol. Ill, fol. 423-441.
* A short and || briefe narration of the
two II Nauigations and Discoueries || to the
Northweast partes called || Newe Fravnce: II
First translated out of French into Italian,
by that famous || learned man Gio : Bapt :
Ramutius, and now turned || into English
by John Florio : worthy the rea- || ding of
all Venturers, Trauellers, || and Discouerers.
Imprinted at Lon- || don, by H. Bynnc-
man, dwelling II in Thames Streate, neere
vnto II Baynardes Castell. || Anno Domini.
1580.11
*^* 4to, 4 11. + 80 pp.
[Private Libr., Providence.]
• discovrsIIdvIIVOYAGEIIFAITPAR
LECAPI-IITAINEIAQYESCARTIERIJ
aux Terres-neufues de Canadas, No- || rem-
bergue, Hochelage, Labrador, et || pays adia-
cens, dite nouuelle France, II auec particu-
lieres nitt'urs, langage, et II ceremonies des
habitans d'ioelle || a roven, || de l'impri-
MERiE II de Raphael du Petit Val, Libraire
et Imprimeur || du Roy, a I'Ange Raphael. ||
M. D. xcviii. avec permission.
*^* 8 vo, title I + 7 11. + pp. 17-71.
Having been informed that there was a
copy of this extremely rare work in a pri-
vate library on Long Island N. Y., we wrote
to the owner thereof, but our letter having
met the fate of a number of similar re-
quests, we feel constrained to make our
collation from Tross' reprint. When we
see how little disposed certain collectors
are to promote the cause of science, we
feel tempted to exclaim with Mommsen
(apud his edit, of Pindar) :
" Inclementiores tenacioresque eos tantum
hihliothecarios invent, qui vel paucos vel
deteriores tantum tibros custodiebant, ut de-
negando aliquid dignitatis assumere vide-
rentur."
' Lib. Ill, cap. >i-v, in Histoire de la
Nouvelle France, contenant les navigations,
decouvertes et habitations faites par les Fran-
cois is Indes Occidentales et Nouvelle France
sous rauthoriti de nox Rois Tres Chretiens,
et les diverses fortunes d'iceux en I'execution
de ces choses, depuis cent ans jusques a hui
Bibliotheca Americana.
417
serted by Ternaux in his Archived, and by the Sociiti 1 545*
Littiraire et Historique de ^ebec in a volume composed ^s-^—-^
exclusively of such reprints'.
The account of the second voyage is the present No.
267, of which only one original copy is known to exist.
This sold at the Courtanvaux sale for thirty cents. The
British Museum possesses the copy from which the
Tiojs reprint' was made. Ternaux's version'" was
copied from two manuscripts (Nos. 10025 & 10265 .3 .
in the Imperial Library at Paris). We think that the
Quebec reprint was borrowed from Ternaux's.
The French original of the third voyage is also lost.
We have only fragn^ents, collected by Hakluyt", whence
they were copied by Purchas".
Dirtcl references: ( Santander Catalogue, Vol. iv, No. 5799.
■j Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, page 828.
(Brunet, Vol. I, col. 1605.
268. MARINBO [L.)— Recto of the first leaf: \ 'J4-6.
^umario lie la clarifflma bi^a g ij^t^oicost t^fljoss =~
He lO!8 reges tron jFernantro g trofta Pfatel, facatro
tie la oiira grantie Ue \m mSm memoratles ti'iEfs
pafta compuefta pot JLucio liftarineo ^iculo. JTos
letio en cafa tie Jua tie Egala, mil g quinieto g
quareta g fegess aftosi.
** Sm. 4to, title one leaf + seventy-seven numbered leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
This epitome gives the chapter and repeats the blun-
der mentioned supra^ page 360.
. . , En quoi est comprise rHisloire Morale,
Naturelle et Geographique de la dite pro-
vince; Paris, l2mo, 1609, 14 11. + 8 88 pp.,
3 maps; id., 1612; id., 1618, 55 11. + 970
pp., 4 maps (all three in a private library.
New York). These are the only real
editions. The publications of 161 1 and
1 61 7 are merely new issues, differing from
the first and second editions solely in the
date on the title-page.
' Archives des Voyages, Vol. i, p. 117.
' Voyages de Decouverte au Canada, entre
les annies 1534 er 1542, ^ar yacques Car-
tier, le Sieur de Roberval, yean Alphonse
de Xanctoigne, &c. ; Quebec, 8vo, 1843,
pp. 1-23.
" loc. cit.. Vol. II, pp. 5-66.
" Vo{. I, pp. 232-240; contains also
pp. 201-232, the first and second voyages.
" Pilgrimes, Book viii, cap. iv.
•■
53
m
418 Bibliotheca Americana. ^
- 1^46. 260. LBRCHER {L.)— Recto of the first leaf :
^in neiitae it\tm% < ^t(
^unigg ait^ ^ortiigald @il)iPrttt einen ||
grojfen mann §a1icn jfi toegen 1iriid|til)ei^t
a;^rifllon grofflianblttimieer jliij bcrmaifltliotimlt e»ttfr
^ttttttfrntiiett bie||6:iiri{ien|eit (Sitro^n gettanr.^ 1 toftrbt fein
Uili mlt felneti gll 11 lienilin anfong fdjlm^ipidi UW\=
6frt later jutetft e^rlften- H III^ oji^gelcgt 1 ^ludl ule bit
^ttttitfrttto ble e^riftcttljelt II euro^o |m merbe flnber
g'berettibttb in cincr 11 fur^ettjelt « ff tooi^lfeii 1 bub int
Ijelf- 11 fett trlegen hilber ben %Vixit^ \\ bnb otte bngtefir
Higen. II ^' ^- '^ II ^lfe8 grojfen wttftS bnb felneS gemo--
Helg 1iebefUtttttgi||tiiutt@^tiitenUd| att^gelegtiburi^ Sauj:
Seri^evtt H ban 9tieb(ingen. II
In fine :
©etrnitt bnb bolenbt auff bag tanfent fnnff Unn-ll
bitrt bnb fei|& bnb biet^igft fadanff ben || anbemtag
beg Siennerg. H
%* 4to, sine loco, title one leaf + six unnumbered leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
We regret that the want of space prevents us from
describing this curious parody. It strictly belongs,
however, to a Bibliotheca Africana.
Direct references: r F. Denis, Le Monde enchanti, page 3as-
3 Ternaux, Bibliotheque Africaine, — .
1 Graesse, Vol. IV, p.ige 171.
V Bibliotheca Barloiviana, page I a.
MiMititiriMMaalaMaHiHiaMI
^ Bibliotheca Americana. 419
270. ANONYMOUS— Recto of the frst leaf : \ ^\0,
$n eccl'ia bolo ii«q berllta fenfu tneo loqui :
bt II aliog inftrua^ ^aul? II j^me cot? xiiij. capitc. II
gOtttma cWtiat- II na : mag cierta g
blraDicra pa gltc fin etutil 11 ci5 g letras : en q ft
cOtiene el catecifmo o in || formacia pa inliios c5
toUo lo principal g || necclfari^ q cl xj^iano Ueuc
faber g obrar. || •
C SmpreWa en liHexieo pot ntitiatio Tiel lleiierl=
Trimmo fe-llfior 30fi frag 5uan OTumarraBa: primer
obifpo tie IBexico. II
Colophon :
€ a gloria tre Mu d)rifto g tie fu benUillta
matire: aquife aeaba lo aftetiitjo al catt)eci^mo porjl
Hoetrina mas facil para loss intiiojs menos enten ||
tiil!0» g mas rutiosig negros. i£l qual fuell im=
preffo en la mug leal g gran ciutati Ulie iHeiito
por mantratio t\ reue- II rentiiffimo feiior tio frag
$uan II fumarraga : primer obifpo ^ || fBexico. Bel
cofeio « fu II Hflageftab, &c. acato II it 18 imprimir
e fin ^l II afto B mil x quinie II tos g quaren- II ta g
fegst II ailois. II
** 4to, signatures in eights, except k, which is in four ; sixty
unnumbered leaves.
(Private Libiary, Mexico.)
271. HONTER (J.)—" Rudimenta cosmographica . Ti-
guriy apud Froschoverum, 1 546, in-8, cartes grav. sur
boiS. (Walckenaer Catalogue'.)
' Page 176, No. ai8a.
420 Bihliotheca Americana.
I 54-^' 27 2. ENCISO {M. DE)— Under a large sphere held by a band:
""^^"^ (E ^uma tit geograptia ^ trata tie totiajs ll lass
pattitrasJ g protiincias ticl munUo : tn II efpccial tie
j las intiia» . s trata largam«*te II Uel arte tiel matear
ifltamente ca la ef II pera en romace : eon el reglmis
V ento II tiel Sol g trel norte : agora nueua || mente en=
f mentiatia Tie algus || nos tiefeetosi que tenia II en la
; impremon paffatia. II Hft . 30 . ilbi.
In fine :
. . . fue impreffa enla mug noftle r mug leal ciu=
tiati Tie S»euiUa en || cafa tie Entires tie turgor : en
el afto tie la encarnacion tie ntieftro Mor Je= II fu
orijrifto tie mil t quinientos z quarenta r fegs affos. ||
** Folio; title one leaf -J- seventy numbered leaves, the last ten
wrongly numbered.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
Diricl rtftrencts! f Rich, No. i6.
J Ternaux, No. 53.
( Bibtiotheca Browniana, page 23, No. 78.
273* ^OCy^^ZJ (JACSiUES)— Recto of the first leaf:
PARAPHRASE
DE L' ASTRO-
LABE.
' Les Principes de Geometric,
La Sphere,
L'Aftrolabe, ou, declaration
contenant \ des chofes celeftes,
Le Miroir du Monde, ou,
expofition des parties de
la terre.
* The date of 1 546 ascribed by Meusel Diaz de la Callk's Memorial y Noticiat
(Vol. Ill, Part I, p. 335), and by Pinker- dtl Imperio de las Indiat, viz.: 1546, is
TON {foyagei,yol. vii, p. 106) to Juan erroneous. It should read 1646.
Bibliotheca Americana.
Then vignette, and :
A LVON, PAR JEAN DE TOVRNES || M.D.XLVI.||
421
** 8vo, title one leaf 4* seven unnumbered leaves + one hundred
and eighty-seven pages. Text in talics.
(Imperial Library, Paris.)
See the passage on page 155.
" Telle eft ta I'efcription des parties du mode felon le tres excellent
Ptolomee i^ ies autres ancies Geographes: depuis lefquels ne Peft gueres
trouv'e terre diile confine^' tant de^a qH de la PequinoHial excepte une
appelee Amirique, de la quelle ne foinmes encore bien afleures ; di'Iftes
plufieurs lefquelles je tais a caufe de briefvete. L'Amerique {la quelle
eft appelee PAmeque ! F) te decrirai Juccinliement, n^ayant egard a torn
ceulx qui ont navige ^ pour le jouriPhuy navigent a intention feulement
de traftiquer ou gaigner, et d'icelle parlent obfcurement tellement, qu'il
fault prefque deviner ce que par leurs fonges veulent dire, i^c."
Direct reference ! Brunet, Vol. ii, col. 1 3 14.
1546.
274. BIONDO {M. yi.)— Recto of the first leaf:
DE FENTIS ET NAVIGA-\\
TIONE, LIBELLVSllAVTTORE michaele||
ANGELO BLONDOllINQVO N A V I G A-
TIONIS VTILIS-llSIMA CONTINETVR DOC-
TRiNA CVM II Pixide nouo^ &' diligenti exam-
ine\\ uentorum, et tempeftatum. \\ CVM AC-
CVRANTISSIMA DESCRIPTIONE\\
diftantiae locorum interni maris, & Oceani,
a Gadibus ad || nouum orbem, vtique valde
necefTaria, Nam ||feruantes dodrinam hanc,
cum citius |1 turn fecurius vtrunc^ mare |1
transfretabunt. 11 opus recentissmvm. ||
--•T?J"*.'lwn*ii Ji|pup*^)uji 4^—
422 Bibliotheca Americana.
I C4-6* Then a woodcut and :
Cum Priuilegio Summi Pontificis atq: IlluJlriJfimi\\Senatus
Venetiarum in Decennium, \\
Colophon :
Fenetijs Apud Cominum de || Tridino Montisferrati \\
M . D . XLVI. II
*^* 4to, eighteen numbered leaves. Text in italics. On the
verso of leaf 5, on recto of leaf 6, and on recto of leaf 7,
wood-cut diagrams showing the cardinal points. On the
recto of leaf 16 begins: De nauigatione oceani ad noui
orbem. Cap. xxv.
(British Museum.)
Michael Angelo Biondo or Blondus was born at
Venice in 1497, and died about the year 1560. He
was a great physician', but as a poet " poco stimate al
suo tempo, e meno ancora nel nostro\"
I 547. 275* FORDONE {B.)— Within a border:
ISOLARIO||dibenedetto BORDONE||Nel
qual {1 ragiona di tutte I'lfole del mondo,||
con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, hif- I
torie, II fauole, & modi del loro viuere, & in
qual II parte del mare ftanno, & in qual
pa- II rallelo & clima giaciono. Ri- 11 coreto,
& di Nuouo II riftampato. ||
CON iL BREVE DEL PAPA || Et gratia & pri-
uilegio della Iluftrifli- 1| ma Signoria di Ve-
netia co- || me in quelli appare. ||
Colophon :
In Vinegia ad inftantia, & fpefe del
' Vanoer Linden, de Scriptis Mcdkis ' Apostolo Zeno, apud Fontanini,
(edit. 1 651), gvo, p. 456. Vol. 11, p. 413.
\
Bibliotheca Americana.
423
Nobile huomo |
M . D . XLVII
M . Federico Torefano. 1547.
** Folio, title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves + seventy-
four numbered leaves ■\- six leaves for three double maps, +
one hundred and eight small maps in the text.
(Private Libr., Providence, and Harvard Coll. Libr. )
Direct rtftrencei i
Bihliolhtca Grenvilliana, Part ii, page 57.
Bibliotheca Brotvniana, page 43, No. 79.
Steveiti' American Bihiiogr, , page 41.
Crevenna Catalogue, Vol. v, page 26.
276. ANONYMOUS— Recto of the first leaf:
Oluicflq) pc tcguia fecuti fucrit : pax fup iUoia x
mifericottiia tici . Paul? atr gal . b| capitu . iiegla
cijriftiana treue : pa ortiettar la bina g !po ticl x^U
ano (i fc qiere faluat g tenet fu alma tiifpuefta : pa
% ifefuxpo more en ella . Jmpteffa por mUtiatio trel
reuetentriffimo feftor li8 frag itua cumatraga, i)ri=
mer obifpo ^e JBexico . Bel confejo tre fu iWas
geftalJ ^c.
Colophon :
([ E gloria g loor tre la fnKflma trinitratr g tie la
faeratiffima r immaculata birgJ faneta iiflaria fes
nece g acata efta tioctrina tre loss proficiftes i q trata
5 la regla g bitra xpiana : c6 la forma tre la oracid
mStal : g aparejo ^ tien morir. jFue impref fa en
la grantre g mug leal eiutratr tre iiJlexico por mans
tratro M reuerltriffimo Mor tre frag $ua pumarraga
pmer ob^o S Ittexico. Bel cafejo 19 fu mageftatr ^c.
a qui^ por la cagregacia tre losi feftores obpos fue
cometitra la copilacia g examS r impreffia Bella,
acabofe U imprimir t fin M meg tre enero 51 afto
tie mill g quiniHos g quarenta g fiete aftos.
%* 4to, one hundred and sixteen unnumbered leaves.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
1
424 Bibliotheca Americana.
I ^4.7, 277. XERES (F. DE)—fVilhin a border:
C0ni)m|la >el Peru*
lie la conqulfta Ucl |Jcru r pcouincia ncl <!ruKo Ua||
matia la nueua OTaftilla. atontiuiftatra por ,lfran-|j
clfco pifarro : capitan tre la. 3. ^^ <2t. ^. He"
iSmpe- II ratroc nucftto fcftor. iSmijialro a fu mas
grstati pot II jfranclfro tie Xerej natural He la mug
nol)le i> leal II ciutiati tic g)euilla : fectetatlo tiel
foiJte tiici)o rapi- II tan en totia» lajs prouincias r
conqulfta tie la nuc- ua ittaftilla : )} bno tie Iob prU
meros conqtniftatio- II res tiella. II
C jFue bifta jj eraminatia efta obra por mans
tiatio II tie I08 feftores finquifitioresi. II
Colophon : ^^
^Ji gluria he pi00 t)
W In i»ir0<rn •* n
iHJlaria fe acabo el prefente traetatio llamatio Ea
con-Huifta tiel ^eru. jFue $mprefo en ^alas
maneallpor Juan tie Junta: acabo St a cinco tiiasll
tief mes tie Julio afto tiel nafcimien llto tie nueftro
fenor Jefu OTttifto II tie lillil r aauinientos r II quas
rentar fie- lite aftosi.:.!!
\* Folio, title one leaf + twenty-one numbered leaves.
(Private Libr., New York and Providence.)
Direct references : T Ternaux, page I a, No. 54.
■j Brunet, Vol. IV, col. 299.
( Bibliotheca Broxoniana, page 23, No. 81.
Bibliotheca Americana, 415
278. OVIEDO (G. DE)— Within an ornamented bordir : I ^4'7'
Then the double-headed eagle escutcheon, and :
lais ^ntiiafit agota nueuamente im
preffa correBltia g emantiatra.
1547-
^ ^ con la conquifta trel ^etu ««^
♦^* Folio, title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves + one hun-
dred and ninety-seven numbered leaves. Woodcut of a coat-
of-arms of Columbus on fol. x.
(Private L'ibrar., New York and Providence.)
Second edition of our No. 207, which (as the title
indicates) is frequently found bound in one volume
with the Xeres of 1547.
Dirtct riftrtneti i
Antonio, Bibtiothtca Hhpan. Nova, Vol. i, page 555.
Meuscl, Bit ''"tieca Historica, Vol. ni, Part i, page 2i6.
Rich, page 6, No. 17.
Ternaux, page 12, No. 54.
Bibliotheca Browniana, page 23, No. 80,
279. FRISIUS (sf SCHONER— Recto of the first leaf:
GEMMA PHRYsivs||De PrincipUS |1 ASTRONOMIAE
ET II cosMOGRAPHiAE, DEQVE vsv || Globi Coftnographlci ab
eodem edit!. || de Orbis diuifione & Infulis, rcbufq3 nuper inuen-
tis. II EivsDEM De Annuli Aftronomici vfu. || ioannis schoneri ||
De vfv Globi Aftriferi opufculum. ||
Then mounted sphere within a frame, below which :
ANTVERPi-ffi, II In aedibus loan. Steelfii. Anno || m.d.xlviii. ||
Second title-page, on the recto of unnumbered leaf 73:
VSVS Annuli Aftro-|| nomici gemma || frisio mathemat-
ico II Authore. ||
54
1548.
.26 Bibliotheca Americana. >•-
I 1:48. Woodcut, hand holding astronomical rings, then :
^ ANTVERPi^, In sdibus loannis Steelfii. || m.d.xlviii. \\
Third title-page on recto of unnumbered leaf 89 :
lOANNIS SCHONERI |1 de vsv globi astriferi 1| Opuf-
culum. II
Woodcut, mounted sphere, below which : m.d.xlviii:
Colophon :
Typis loan. Graphei Anno a Chrifto hu- 1| manae falutis Au-
thore nato, jj m.d.xlviii. |1
* * Sm. 8vo, title-page three leavts + one hundred and sixteen
numbered leaves + one unnumbered leaf. Woodcuts on
recto of 83, 84, 85, and verso of 86. „ v 1, ^
■" ^ (Private Library, New York.)
See, especially, on leaves 69-72, chapter xxx, ''De
America: America ab inuentore Americo Vesputio no-
men habet, alii Bresiliam vocat . . " &c.
280. ANONYMO US— Termination of the last leaf.
jf ue itnpffa e efta mug leal ciutiati ^
mexico t cala « jua patios por watjatio Bl reuetc=
Tiimmo fcfiot tio frag jua pumaraga primer otjio
tre iWexico . P porq enla cosregacia q los feftores
^ otpos tubierS Je ortieno q fe l)i|(effen tios Hoctrinas :
bua breue g ctra larga: g la breue es la q el ano
tie . im . TJ . xlbj . fe imprimio . liilantia fu fefioria
reuereUimma q la otra grantie pueTie fer efta; pa
^claracion tje la otra pequefta . ^cabofe tie imprimir
a xbii . tiias tjel mes tie enero . ^fto ^ . IE . ti . xlbUi .
aftos. (E S)Oli ©eo Ijonor r gloria in feeula fecu=
loril . ^ml .
* * 4to, one hundred and fifty-four numbered le&ves in a complete
* copy (the first nine leaves are wanting in the present) ; printed
in two columns.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
First work with the imprint of Juan Pablos.
.1
-1
Bibliotheca Americana.
281. MEDINA (P. DE)— Recto of the second leaf:
427
1548.
Libro de grandezas y cofas men
morables de Efpafia . Agora de nueuo
hecho y copilado por el 1| Maeftro Pedro
de Medina vezino de Seuilla . Dirigi||do
al ferenifTimo y muy efclarecido || Seiior
don Philipe Principe de || Efpafia &c . Nu-
eftro II Sefior. ||
Then escutcheon of Spain, and :
M . D . xlviii .
** Folio.
(Private Library, New York.)
We find this title dated 1548, in the edition of the
same work printed at Alcala de Henares, by Pedro de
Robles and Juan de Villanueva, in 1 566'. The Biblio-
theca Grenvilliana'- contains an edition of 1549, and,
leaving aside that of 1543, mentioned by Antonio',
which is an impossibility (see, supra, note on page 391),
we believe that the above reproduces the text of the
title of an edition which may bear the date of 1548 on
the title-page, and 1549 in the colophon. We must
say, however, that this curious reproduction belongs to
the edition of 1566, as the privilege of the latter date
is on the verso. We also suppose that the edition of
1 548 contains the interesting chapter " h .j . de la villa y
puerto depalos" which relates the expedition of Colum-
bus, and exhibits a map borrowed from the Arte de Nav-
egar of the same author, (No. 266.)
' Folio, I + 1 + I + 7 + clxxxvii U.
* Vol. I, page 45*.
» Bibliotheca Hispana Nova, Vol. ii,
page 215.
4^8 Bibliotheca Americana.
I Czj.8. 282. MENDOZA[A. DE)— Recto of the first leaf:
Then double-headed eagle escutcheon, and :
(©rtrenacaias g copila ll cion tie leges : i)ecta!8 por
el mug $lluftre feftor tion auto- Unto tl metroja
miforeg g (©ouetnaljor trefta nueua lEfpa II fta : g
iPrefitrete tjela autrieeia Heal q en ella refitie: g
por lO!8 II Mores! ©gtrores ^ la tiiei)a autiiecia : pa
la tula gouerna || eio g eftilo 19 los ofieiales Jella.
afto 5 IE . ti . xlbiij . II
Colophon :
E gloria g i)Ottrra Ire nue || ftro fefior IFefu x^o
aqui fe acatan las ©rtienalleas & eopilacion tre
leges ttueuamete ortJhia || tras g copilaljas por el
tniig Jlluftre feftorlltio Antonio ^ JEetiopa ©iforeg
g #0 II ueruaTior tiefta nueua efpafia : g ^refllltiete
tela aulrieeia laeal que en ella re II fitre : g por los
fefiores ©gtrojires: pa la tuena gouernaeifi g||
eftilo tre los oficiales »lla . ^Ilfuero por fu matro
impref II fas e la mug leal g gra ciu II tratr IS Hflexico
e eafa II t itua patios : aca II taronfe 5 im^mir i| a
xxij . trias Bl II mes B mar ll ?o ^ . IE . Ilir . xlbiij . ||
aflos . II
\* Folio, forty-eight numbered leaves, the forty-sixth errone-
ously marked xlv ; marginal references in very small black
letter ; the coat-of-arms on the title is repeated on the recto
of the forty-seventh leaf.
(Private Library, Mexico.)
Contains : Ordenanzas para Escribanos, Relatores^ Ab-
ogados^ ProcuradoreSy Recepiores, Porteros y Receptores de
las penasy Alguaziles, Carceieros, Itjterpreles, and Orde-
nanzas de la Audiencia dadas por el Emperador en Madril
{sic) a 11 de Abril de 1528.
Bibliotheca Americana. 429
283. APIANUS {P.)— Recto of the first leaf: I 54"'
^ Libro delallCOSMOGRAPHIAllDe Pedro
Apiano, el qual trata la defcripcion del Mun- || do, y fus partes,
por muy claro y Undo artificio augmeta- || do por el dodtiffimo
varon Gemma Frifio, doaor en Me || decina, y Mathematico
excellentiffimo : con otros |1 dos libros del dicho Gemma, de la
materia mefma. || Agora nueuamete traduzidos en Romace Cal-
tellano. ||
Then Globe, and below :
M.D.XLViii. II Vendefe en Enveres en cafa de Gregorio Bontio
enel || efcudo de Bafilea. Cum Gratia & Priuilegio. ||
** Sm. 4to, title one leaf + one unnumbered leaf -|- sixty-eight
folioed leaves + table in two leaves, on verso of which is a
vignette, with the motto : B®° diligere pa || rentes, prima
NATVRVE LEX. VA. MAX. LIB. V. Signature k is a folding wood-
cut map ; five revolving diagrams.
(Private Library, New York.)
The account of America is on the recto of fol. 34.
Direct references : ( Rich, No. 20.
( Stevens' American Bibtiogr., page 12.
284. "Augufti (Hieronymi Oliverii,' Po^/^ Lau-
reati) de Imperio Romano Liber, de Partitione Orbis
Libri IV . et Epigrammata, woodcut portrait of Charles
V {full-length) 4to . Aug . Find. 1548.
"The Poem de Partitione Orbis is very interefting to the
American coUedtor.'
(Libri Catalogue^.)
The only notice we could find of this Poet Laureate
is the following, which we borrow from Jocher*, who
himself copied it from Koenig' :
" Gebohren zu Bergamo 1509, und Starb 1558."
' For 1861, p. 24, No. 212. ' Bibliotheca Vetus et Nova; Altdorf,
• Allgem. Gelehrt. Lex., Vol. i, col. 646. fol., 1678.
4<jo Bibliotheca Americana.
I CIaS. 285. PTOLEMr-MATTIOLO— Within a border:
— ^PTOLEMEO^
LA GEOGRAFIA||Di clavdio ptolemeo||
ALEssANDRiNO, || Coft ulcuni comefiH & aggi-
untefat |1 teui da Sebafiiano munflero Ala ||
manno, Con le tauole non folamente |1 antiche
&' moderm folite di Jlapari 1| yf, ma altre
nuoue aggiuenteui di Me \\fer lacopo Gaflaldo
Piamotep cofi H mographo^ ridotta in uolgare
Italia \\no da M ,Pietro Andrea Mati\\tiolo
Senefe medico Excelletiffimo \\ con l'aggi-
VINTA d' INFINITI 1| nomi moderni, di Citta^ Prouincie, Caf-
tella^ et || altri /uoghi, fatta cS grandijjtma diligenza || da ejfo Mefer
lacopo Gajialdo^ il che in || nijfun altro Ptolemeo ft ritroua . Opera
ueramente non meno utile || che nicejfaria . \\ In Fenetia, per Gioa .
Baptijia Pedrezano . \\ Co' I priuilegio delP Illujirifs , Senato Feneto
per Anni ;. || M . D . XLVIII ||
Colophon :
In Venetia, ad Inftancia di mefler Giouabattifta Pedrezano ||
libraro al fegno della Torre a pie del ponte di Rialto . || Stampato
per Nicolo Bafcarini nel Anno del || Signore. 1547, del mefe di
Ottobre. II
* * 8vo, title one leaf + unnumbered leaf with woodcut of an
astronomer + six unnumbered leaves + leaves numbered i-
214 + one leaf containing register, and colophon on the recto
4- one blank 4- sixty double leaves, each containing a map and
descriptions 4- sixty-four unnumbered leaves for table. At
fol. 54 begins the account, della terra nvova. On the verso
a map of S. America, castill del org. Fol. 55, della nova
HisPANiA ; verso the map. Fol. 56, della terra nova del
Bacalos; verso the map. Fol, 57, dell' isola cvba nuoua;
verso the map. Fol. 58, dell' isola spagnola ; verso the
map. Fol. 59, dell' vniversale nuoua.
(Private Library, New York.)
Bibliotheca Americana.
431
" Mais I partir dc 1 548 (voyez la carte qu'on trouve dans le Ptol-
emec de Mattiolo) toutes les cartes que j'ai examinees representent
I'Amerique meridionale comme un continent .... Ainsi done, ce
ne fut que quarante-huit ans apres la decouverte du Bresil que les
cosmographes, abandonnant la theorie systematique des anciens, ont
en general figure dans leurs carte I'Amerique meridionale comme un
continent . . . ."
(Santarim'.)
Direct referencei,
Fabricius, Biblioth. Grace, lib. iv, page 41 3.
Raidel, Comment, de CI. Ptol., page 69.
A. Zeno, apud Fontanini, Vol. 11, page 277.
Walckcnaer Catalogue, page 184, No. 2159.
Bibliotheca Barlotuiana, page 18.
1548.
286. POR TUGUESE LAffS— Under an escutcheon of Portugal :
IrenafSes Ira fatcnJia . Jtt . © . 3B . ilbitj .
Colophon :
tia fa^entja trel reg noffo fen^or. dFoB imprcffo ||
pet autotitiatre r pteuilegio tjc fua aitna II efta fe=
gutia be^: em a citiatie « Hixijoallem cafaTre %txvxU
galtartiellaog . xxb . trias tjo mcs tJCIUTeuctegro tie
mil r||(iuiu!)entO!3 rljquateta r oBtol|annos.|| 4fe II
* * Folio ; title one leaf + seven unnumbered leaves, -f- text from
i_cxvj + unnumbered leaf containing the above colophon +
one leaf for register + one blank + thirty-five unnumbered
leaves, nearly all printed on the recto only.
(Private Library, New York.)
The present contains twenty-seven tracts or hand-
bills relating to the trade of Portugal with Brazil and
the colonies.
" Bulletin de la Sociiti de Geogr. for May, 1847.
432 Bibliotheca Americana.
1548. 287. HONTER(J.)— Recto of the first leaf :
RVDIMEN- II TORUM cosMOGRAPHico- || rum loan. Honteri
Coronenfts I'thri III cum \\ tabellis Geographicis elegantijftmis . \\ De
uariarum rerum nomenclaturis per || claffes, liber I . ||
Then woodcut, and :
TiGVRi APVD FROSCHO- || ucrum . Anno m.d.xlviii.
Then after leaf 31 :
CIRCVLI SPHAERAE || CVM V, ZONIS. ||
♦ * Sm. 8vo, title one leaf + twenty-nine unnumbered leaves +
* two blank leaves + one leaf for a title + twenty-five leaves
for thirteen maps. The first of these bears the inscription
VNivERSALis cosMOGRAPHiA, and at the bottom: tigvri, a
monogram composed of the letters H. V E., and the date
M.D.XL.VI. In this map there is, on the west, a continent
named America, and a narrow strip, separated from the latter,
with the word Parias.
(Private Library, New York.)
Humboldt seems to think' that the little atlas is a
different work, sometimes bound with Honter's Cosmog-
raphia; yet the words ''cum tabellis Geographicis" imply
that the maps are part of the original work, ^ye have
before us another edition (Antwerp, 1552), which con-
tains, also, but with a new set of signatures, the circvli
SPHAERAE. In this, the first map lacks the date, mono-
gram and place where it was printed.
"John Honter ein evangelifcher Theologus, von Cronftadt aus
Siebenbiirgen, ftudirte zu Cracau und Bafel, fuhrte in feinem Vater-
lande die Reformation, und ftarb 1549."
(Jocher'.)
Direct referencei : [ Pinelo-Barcia, col. 1319.
Maittaire, Annales Tyfogr., Vol. 11, Part i, page 384.
Bibliotheca Heberiana, Part 1, No. 3492.
Bibliotheca Barloiuiana, page 17.
• Examen Critique, Vol il, p. 17. 1 695, on the authority of Staeavolski
» Atlgem. Gelehrt. Lexic, Vol. iii, col and Czwittingir.
Bibliotheca Americana. 433
288. "oRDiNATiONES legumquc collectiones pro 1549*
conventu juridico mexicano. Mexici,per Joannem Paulum =^==
Brissensem, 1 549, in - fol.
" C'est a tort que ce livre rarissime a passe pour etre
le premier qui ait ete imprime a Mexico," &c., &c.
(Brunet' and Gkauss*.)
The question in regard to this title is not so much
whether it represents the first book printed in Mexico,
as whether it ever was printed at all, anywhere. The
title as above given would imply the existence of such
a work printed in Latin, and in the year 1 549. We are
inclined to believe that such a work has never been seen,
and does not exist.
The first Latin title of the above alleged ordinances
is to be found in Eguiara' ; but that prolix bibliogra-
pher does not state that he ever saw the work ; he only
quotes it on the authority of Pinelo. As the Epitome
of Leon Pinelo does not contain a single line referring
to such a collection of ordinances, it is in Barcia's edi-
tion that we must search for Eguiara's prototype. Now,
in Pinelo-Barcia* we only find the following:
"Ordenattfas, Recopilacion de Leies, para el Govierno de la Audi-
encia de Mexico, imp. Mexico, 1545, fol."
Had not Eguiara given Pinelo as his authority, we
might be led to believe that he had seen the work ; but,
in view of this assertion, we must infer that his title is
only a Latin translation of Barcia's, with additions of
his own, and a mistake of the printer or copyist.
Beristain de Souza says', in speaking of Mendoza:
" Deben atribuirsele tambien : Ordenanzas y Coleccion
de leyes para el govierno de la Audiencia de Mexico.
' Manuel, Vol. iv, col. 4o8.
' Tresor, Vol. v, p. 37.
* Bibliotheca Mexicana, p. 211.
* Epitome, 1738, Vol. u, col. 087.
' Bihlioteca Hispana-^imericana Sefttm-
trional, Vol. 11, p. 292.
55
,
434
Bibliotheca Americana.
I C4.Q. ^'"P- ^S49> ^°^'" ^"* ^^"^^ again we have a title evi-
dently made out of Barcia's and Eguiara's.
The N. T. Historical Magazinef', in an article on the
First Book printed in Mexico, quotes the same Latin
title, but on the authority of Falkenstein's Geschichte der
Buchdruckerkunsf, a compilation sumptuously illustra-
ted, but inaccurate*.
As to those apocryphal Ordinationes, even if the ear-
liest of the two dates (1545, apud Barcia) were the cor-
rect one, it could not well be called the first book
printed in Mexico, since we present our readers with
the titles of not less than seven tangible works printed
in the "city of the Montezumas," before 1545. Nor
can it be asserted that Juan Pablos was imported
by the Vice-Roy for the purpose of printing that first
book, since we show that there certainly was a print-
ing press in operation in Mexico, at least as early as
1540, while the first book, as yet found, which bears the
imprint of Pabloa, is dated 1548 (see our No. 280).
A more plausible theory is that the Ordinationes of
Barcia, Eguiara, Brunei, Falkenstein and Graesse is
only the above No. 287. We can find no traces of any
digest or collection of laws, intended for Mexico, writ-
ten in any other language than the Spanish. Why
should there have been an exception in this instance ?
If so, we must leave aside Eguiara's title, and con-
sider Barcia's a mere abridgment of that of the Orde-
nanzas 0/1548. M. Icazbalceta is of opinion that such
is actually the case — a conclusion which we were not
long in forming the moment we were placed in pos-
session of the latter title.
* Vol. IX, page 44. and no authority is quoted for it. "Lom-
' Leipzig, 4to, 1840, p. 329. bardo" and "of Brescia" are synonymous.
' For instance, Falkenstein calls tlie Paoli or Pablos sometimes called himself
frst Mexican printer " Girolamo Paolo " Lombardo," because he was a native of
Lombardo, of Brescia." The name of Brescia, a city of Lombardy, just as he fte-
Girolamo is to be found only in his work, quently signs •' Bressano" or " Brissensis."
Bibliotheca Americana. 435
280. BRAVO {F.)— Within a woodcut of a portico: 1^4-9'
Qui non intrat per oftium fed ad || cen-
dit aliunde ille fur eft. ||
Within a scroll :
Veritas et vita ego fum via . ioan . x .
Then :
C OPERA ME II dicinalia, in qbus || (5 plu-
rima extant | fcitu medico ne . || ceflaria
in . 4 . ii . \_sic\ di || gefta, qu^ pagina jj verfa
cotinentur, j] Authore Francis || co Brauo
Orfume || fi dodore, ac Me |1 xicano med-
ico. || 1549-11
(T Mexici, apud Petrum Ocharte. || Cum
priuilegio. ||* ,
* * Very small 4to, title one leaf + three unnumbered prelimi-
nary leaves -f three hundred and three numbered leaves ; text
in black letter, many woodcuts of plants, &c.
(Private Library, New York.)
We notice a dedication to the Vice-Roy ^'■Martina
irriquio Noue hispania dignissimo Proregi ;" a letter to the
same vice-roy from '^Franciscus Ceruantes Salazarus [sacra
theologia doctor)" and a distich from one Melchior Tel-
lez i?) These names indicate that the date of 1549 on
the title-page is a mistake of the printer. Martin En-
riquez was Vice-Roy of New Spain from November 5th,
1568, to December 4th, 1580'. Francisco Cervantes
Salazar came to Mexico only in 1550, where shortly
afterwards he was made Rector of the University\ As
*AHgncei Medicinal works contain- can Pliysician. 1549. Mexico, at Peter
ing very many things which a physician Ocharte's. With privilege,
should know. Distributed into four books, ' Alaman, Disertacionis iobre la histor.
contained in the following pages. By Fran- de la Repuhl. Mejic, Vol. 11, appendix,
cis Bravo, of Ossufta, Doctor and Mexi- » Diccionario uni-vcrs. de Histor. y Gtogr.
43 6
Bibliotheca Americana.
1 549* to Pedro Ocharte he is believed to have exercised his
1"* In Mexico only between the years 1563 and 1592.
To admit a transposition of figures would give us a
date fourteen years later than the administration of
Enriquez, who is addressed in the dedication as still
filling the position of vice-roy. To complete the last
signature there should be a leaf, which is wanting in the
present copy. It may be that this contained a colophon
with the correct date. But as the date on the title-page
is not a forgery, we insert the present work under the
year 1549.
290. wis^/j/ivo (iv. z)£)— " Verdadera y copiofa rela-
cion de todo lo nuevamente fucedido en los reynos y
provincias del Peru dende la ida a ellos del Virrey
Blafco Nunez Vela hafta el defbarato y muerte de Gon-
zalo Pizarro : fegun q" lo vio y efcrivio Nicolas de Al-
berino, Florentin al beneficiado Fernan Suarez vecino
de Sevilla, &c."
At the end :
" Acabofe la prefente obra en la ciudad de Sevilla a 2
dias de Enero de 1549. En cafa de Juan de Leon, &c."
*^* Small 8vo, eighty leaves.
(Private Library, New York.)
The present is only a manuscript, the original of
which is or was preserved in the Imperial Library at
Paris. The arrangement and colophon indicate that
this work was actually printed ; but we know of no
printed copies. (See our Appendix.)
Direct reference : t Catalogue of a Collection of MSS., principally in Spanish, relating to
) America, in the possession of 0. RicA; London, n. d., 8vo, p. 25,
( No. 95.
Bibliotheca Americana.
2QI. THOMAS (fy.)— Within a border.
437
1549-
c She V\%\mt of |taUe,
a ijofec excetJ^ng profitatU || to ije reUtic : 13ecau0 It
In-lltrcatetl) of ti)e aftatellof mang anU tiiucr«||
common U)cale» II t)olM t1)ei 1)aue || ten, $f noU) || tc
gouer- II netj. II $- II
ANNO DOMI- II NI. M. D. H XLIX. Ij J- 1|
Colophon :
Imprinted at london || in fletestrete in||the hovse
OF tho- II mas Berthelet . 1| Cum priuilegio ad impnmen- |1 dum
folum . II ANNO . M.D . II XLIX. ||
* * 4to, title one leaf + two hundred and sixteen numbered leaves.
(King's Library, London.)
We insert this work of an author who was hanged
and quartered at Tyburn, on the authority of Bishop
Kennetf, although a friend reports that it does not con-
tain any passage or passages relating to America.
2Q2. GARiMBERTO (,H.)-''?roh\em\ Natural! e Mo-
rali. Ven. .549. 8vo." ^^^^^
29 3* ^^^^ OPUS— Recto of the first leaf:
PROBLEMI II NATVRALI, E 1550.
MORALI II DI HIERONIMO GARIMBERTO. || =
Con gratia, ^priuilegio di Papa\\ Paolo III. ^ dell' Jl-
lujlrijfima \\ Signoria di Vinegia \\per anni X . \\
Then a woodcut, and : ^
IN VINEGIA II NELLA BOTTEGA D ERASMO ||
DI VICENZO VALGRISI. H M. D. L. ||
' Biblhth. Amtr. PrimorJ., p. 13. ' Bibliothtca Britannica, Vol. i, col. 400.
.
438 Bibliotheca Americana.
I^^O. CohpboHS
~= IN VINEGGIA II NELLA BOTTEGA d'eRASMO
DI II VINCENZO VALGRISI . || M . D . L .
%* 8vo, title one leaf + two hundred and thirty-nine pages +
seven leaves, all printed in Italics.
(Britiih Muieum.)
"The 70th Problem (pp. 1 19-122) it most interesting, as it ex-
plains the reason why, at the discovery of America, many laws and
customs were found similar to those of the Old World."
(Libri Catalogue'.)
All we could learn concerning this Gerolamo Garim-
berto is that he was a native of Parma, and Bishop* of
Gallese'. His Problems were translated into French, by
Jean Louveau*.
Dirut reftrtncttt ( Fontanini, Bibliottca, Vol. 11, page 316.
( BauNiT, Vol. II, col. i486.
294. MUNSTBR (S£5.)— " Cofmographei oder Befchrei-
bung aller Lander, Herrfchaften, fiirnemften Stetten,
Gefchichten, Gebrenchen, Hantierungen, etc. Zum
dritten mal trefflich fere gemerft u. gebeffert. Baf. H.
Petri, 1550, fol., 1233 pages, with woodcuts.
" This edition is the best for the admirers of ancient good wood-
cuts, on account of the views of towns being added to it for the first
time. It contains 14 leaves in maps. The ist edition of this Ger-
man original appeared, Bas. H, Petri, 1544, fol. [supra^. That
of 1 541, mentioned in Aretin's Lift. Handb, fiir die baier. Gesch. I.
142, is, perhaps, only a typographical error, instead of 1544, as the
author says, in his dedication of 1544, that he had been for two
years before occupied with this work. The editions, Bas. 1569, '74,
and '78, fol., have 26 maps, but bad impressions of the woodcuts.
' For 1861, p. 30, No. 27*. * A city of Italy, near the Tiber See
' Apost. Zeno, apud Fontanini, Vol. the title to his ^(V«, overro Fatti, memora-
II, p. 307, and, we believe, Ughilli, bili di atcuni Papi } Venice, 4to, 1567.
Italia Sacra, Vol. X, col. 109. * Lyons, 8vo, 1559.
Bibliotheca Americana. 439
The editions. Bas. 1 592, '98, and 1614, fol., contain 26 newly-drawn I 5 5O.
maps and several new woodcuts. In Latin, by the author himself, g,,
Bas. 15150, fol. [infra'\ (which, in the goodness of the woodcuts,
resembles the German edition of this year). In the edition, Bas.
1 57Z, fol., several passages, displeasing to the Roman Catholics, are
omitted (Crenii Animadvv. viii, 94, sq.) In French, by Fr. dc Belle-
forest, Par., Sonnius, 1575, fol., 2 parts, in 3 vols., with fine (but
fewer) woodcuts. In Italian, col. 1575, fol.
"{:om\x\l Hager's Geogr. Biichessaal, i, -Jfj-l^o, Wolursdorf Re-
ptrtor der Land-u. Seekarttn 1, 63, etc."
(Ebmt'.)
2Q C, ANONYMOUS— Rtcto of the first leaf:
C Uetltafit Ijomlni manet In etetnutn.
Then escutcheon of the order of St. Dominick, and :
© Partrina rljriflicintt
en ISgua iSfpaftola g Hftexicana : t)eci)a pot || log
relifilog Tie la orUen He frto JBominao . || Haora
nueuam^te corregilia g enmJTiatia , afto 1550 . ||
Colophon :
OTon preullegio JmperlalllC ^ gloria g alatanja
tre nlo tetiemptor Jefu || x^o g tie fu tentiita matirei
a(iui U acata la tjeclaracia Hela tio || ctrina xjiiana
en ISgua a?fpanola g iWexlcana: g una coluna
cotllrefpStje aotra: fentlcla por fentScia: 8 gratie
btilitjatr g puecijo || pa la falutr li laf aia» : g en
efpecial pa los naturales^ lafta tlerra H pa q M mn=
tiatro g roboratios enlas cofasi tie n!a fcta fe catt)o||
Ilea : g anamatiogs pa la guartia tie log matiami^tofij
liiuinois : g pa |||} totios fepan lose gtatie£( tioness
' Dictionary, Nu. 14500.
<-«WJW<
ini^wiijwiiiiiui.^ii
440 Bibliotheca Americana.
1550.* 8 riquctas ^ nfo clementiffimo il rctr emptor quifo
' comunicar mrtiatc i\x% fitOs facratn^tos con el||
exercicio tre las obras tre tula : affi corporal cs como
fpflaless : tatio II lo ql St cotienc rn lofii qrcnta fers
monicoss aq catenitrofs. Sa facalltra la legua t
tata clarilrati como aq parecc: affi porq meror it
ticlltolro a cnt^trcr a cftos naturalcsi 1 como tStic
porq mcjorllco tome tic coro los q lo qficrS tomar.||
Four lines before the last :
Ecatofc tre imprimir a II xij . tiias trel meis tre
i)el)rero . afio 5 llUfl . tr , I . aftos II Ea ql ija fitro
agora uueuamente corregitra g emctratra . II
*^* 410, title printed in black and red, with text beginning on the
verso one leaf + eight unnumbered leaves + one hundred and
forty-seven numbered leaves. Printed on two columns, one in
Spanish, the other in the Mexican language.
(Private Librar., Washington City and Mexico.)
296. SABELLicus.—" Chronica geralde Sabellico des ho
comeco do mundo atee nojfo tempo, trajladada do Latim em
Lingoagem Portuguez por £)[ona] Leonor de Noronha
[daughter of the Marques de Villareal]. Coimbra, Ba-
reira e Alvarez. 1550-52. 1 vol. in-fol."
(Graesse'.)
* The translation into French of Ales- (Walckenaer Catalogue, p. 176, No. 2 181),
sANDRo PiccoLOMiNi's Dtlla Sfera del may contain some passages relating to the
Mondo f Venice, 4to, 1540, •viz.: La subject before us.
Sphere du monde, compoiie par Alex. Pic- ' Vol. vi, p.202; andEB£RT,No. 19676,
coloniini, traduiite de luscan enfranf<iis,par on the authority of the catalogue pub-
Jac. Goupyl, Paris, by Cavellat, 1550, 8vo li?hcd by the Academy of Lisbon.
Bibliotheca Americana. 441
297. CORTES (F.)— Recto of the first leaf : ^55^*
FERDINANDI !| cortesi. || ^Ott
Un %mm ^if^aniett. fa
nil " frtt(^trci(^c §l|iorlemiitt ben groffmoi^tlBlftett
tmiifiertolttbt-lini^lften §crreii, carolvm . v . 9lomlf(^ett||
aaifcr &c. ^unig in §if)ianien &c. || ^ie erft im liH.B.xx
far pgef(^rilien I in toettii^er gmnbt-H (id| tinb olnnlittiir-
bi^ ttydi mirbt, bet ^denbtlanben, bnnb || fonbevHi^ bet
.^or^deritnt^ten ftatt ^emi^rtttan eroberung. || ^ie anbere
im 1524. iot. aSie S^emirtiton, fo ofioefalUn 1 toibet
eroberti || 9lail|nta(g anbere derrlii^e 8t)gifanMit bet et-
finbttng beg 9)leetg svri8o man fiit ba§ ^inbianifi^
9Jleet ttd|tet.||2)ot3ii oni^ bontiilen onbetn fionbtft^afftcn
Snbittci®!) etfnnben toon bem 1536 . biff ong bog 42 •
Sttt.liaSeaii^et biifattige ftnc^tmn^ unb hift^iotfnlti
in cinct @umi || onff ba§ tntjteit 1 ainet ^etiuctbcn S^\\=
totien bolgenbeg li ^itte( begtiffen bnb angejaiot mitbt. ||
^tftlii^ in §if^ionifil|et S^itadj tion Sotte^lo felbft 6e-
ft^tiben, 9loi^mai8 1| bon ^octot "^titx ^onotgnon auff
gtittul in Sateinifi^e f^itoi^ 2ton8fetietti||(^nta(^ abet
in goi^teittfc^e f^tae§ 1 . . . . etc.
©ettnift inn bet ^oifetlir^en JHeir^S ^iaH ^tngS^ntfi,
btttdi II ^^iti^i^i Si^ott, %n bet Alitc^floff en 1 bel| ^Mx\^ II
Anno Domini M . D . L . Cum gratia & Priuilegio
Ro: Regiae Maieftatis in Decennium. ||*
* AngUce : Hernando Cortes. Concern- teresting aid useful stories. To the most
ing New Spain, which is situated in the powerful a. d invincible Lord Charles V,
Oceui, towards the West. Two very in- Emperor of the Romans, &c., and King
56
442 Bibliotheca Americana.
I 55^' *** '^''''°' *'''^ ^"^ leaf + five preliminary unnumbered leaves +
_ text thirty-nine numbered leaves + one blank -j- two unnum-
bered leaves -{■ sixty leaves.
(Private Librar., New York, Providence and Washington city.)
German translation of the Second and Third Rela-
tions (erroneously called the First and Second), by Six-
tus Birck or Betuleius', a noted Swabian poet and
philologist, and Andreas Diether, his colleague in the
Faculty of the Augsburg Gymnasium. The present
volume contains, also, the extract from Peter Martyr's
Fourth Decade, another from Oviedo, and quite a num-
ber of interesting documents, not found in any of the
Spanish or Latin editions, referring to voyages to the
Canary Islands, Venezuela, battles with the Indir.ns and
Amazons, and the expedition of Gonzales Pizarro to
discover "Zinnamon."
Direct rtftrtnces '.
Ternaux, page 14, No. 57, bis.
Tromel, page 6, No. 14.
Brunet, Vol. II, col. 312.
Bibliotheca Broiuniana, Jjage 14, No. 82.
Bibliotheca Barlowiana, page 13.
Libri Catalogue for 1861, No. 258.
of Spain, &c., the first of wliich was writ-
ten only in the year 1520, and wherein is
mentioned, in a tliorough and most relia-
ble manner, of the Western countries, and
especially of the most celebrated city of
Temixtitan ; the second, in 1 524, relating
how Temixtitan, which had revolted, was
conquered. Then of several splendid vic-
tories, together with the discovery of the
Southern Sea, which is believed to be the
Indian Ocean ; besides, of many other
countries in the Indies wliich have been
discovered from 1536 to 1542; contain-
ing many things useful and interesting,
mentioned and indicated in a concise form,
under the title of each history. First, writ-
ten in the Spanish language, by Cortes him-
self, and afterwards translated into Latin by
Dr. Peter Savorgnan, of Forli; lastly, into
High German, in honor of and in the hum-
blest obedience to the most illustrious and
powerful Prince and Lord, Ferdinand, Em-
peror of the Romans, King of Hungary and
Bohemia, licc. Infant of Spain, Archduke
of Austria, &c., by Sixtus Betuleius and
Andreas Diether, of Augsburg, both of
them Latin teachers of the city.
Printed at the Imperial city of Augs-
burg, by Philip Ulhart, in Church Street,
near St. Ulrich, A. D. 1550. With per-
mission and privilege of His Imperial and
Royal and Roman Majesty, for ten years.
*" Epistolasecundade NovaHispania, Ger-
manicc. Durch Doctorem Petrum Savorgna-
num ausz Spanischer sprach um das Latein
gebracht, und netzt inns Teutsch durch
Andrcam Diether Latcinischen Schulmais-
te; ■ Augspurg. S. 1 . et a . Ful . b. l.
*' This is .111 early German I'ranslatioii from Ihc
Latin nf Savorgnanus, of the Second lipistle of"
Ferdinand Cortes of lyiz. and is of such rarity
that it is unknown to Meuselius, Camus. &c. The
Dedication of Savorgnanus to Clement VII. dated
* Nurnbcrg, den letsten tag Martii, 15Z4.' "
(Bibliolh. Grenvill., p. 167; Livres cu-
rieux. No. 132.)
This "unknown" work is, in reality,
only the last half of the above No. 297.
' Born in Ijoo, died in 1554. See, for
biographical and bibliographical details,
Athena Raurictt, p. 310.
Bibliotheca Americana. 443
298. APIjiNUS {P.)— Recto of the first leaf: I 55°*
COSMOGRAPHIA
PETRI APIANU PER G EMM AM FRISIVM
apud Louanienfis Medicum ^ Mathematicus inftgnem, \\
iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac non-\\nulIts
quoque locis auffa. Additis eiujdem ar- \\gumenti libellis
ipftus Gemmo Frijij. ||
Then a mounted globe, and :
Vsneunt Antuerpise fub fcuto Bafilienfi, Gregorio Bontio.
M.D . L.
Colophon:
I Antuerpis excufum Gregorio Bontio 1| typis Deifthemij,
anno a Chrifto 1550. 11
* * Sm. 4to, title one leaf + one preliminary leaf unnumbered 4-
* sixty-four numbered leaves 4- two unnumbered ; map on
fol. 31.
(Private Library, New York.)
See fol. 41, for insulae americae.
Direct references: f Graessi, Vol. i, page 159.
J Stevens's American Bihtiographer, page 1 3.
\ Bibliotheca Barlowiana, page I a.
299. IDEM OPUS-'' Bafil . 1550 . in-4to."
(Graesse.)
We had a thorough search made in the British Mu-
seum and Imperial Library at Paris for this edition,
but it could not be found. We are mclmed to think
that the bibliographer from whom we borrow this notice
mistook the meaning of the words ''fub fcuto Bafilienfi,
in the imprint of the above No. 298.
444 Bibliotheca Americana'
I^^O. 300. MUNSTER {SEBAST.)— Recto of the first leaf :
•• COSMO II GRAPHiAE||uniuerfalis Lib. vi.
in II quibus, iuxta certioris fidei fcriptorum || traditionem defcri-
bundur, || Omniu habitabilis orbis paitiu p'piiae qj dotes. || Regi-
onum TopographicrC effigiis. || Terrje ingenia, quibus fit ut tani
difFeretis & uarias || Specie res, & animatas & inanimatas, ferat. ||
Animalium peregrinorum naturae & picturas || Nobiliorum ciuita-
tum icones & defcriptiones. || Regnorum initia, incrementa h
tranflationes. || Omnium genticu mores, leges, religio, res gcfts,
mu- II tationes : Item regnum & principuum genealogiaj. ||
Aiitore Sebast. Munstero.
In fine :
BASILEAE APVD HENRICHVM PETRI, |I MENSE
MARTIO ANNO SALVTIS || M . D . L . ||
%* Folio, title one leaf, on reverse of which a fine portrait of
Munster, "anno ;etatis suje 60 " + nine pages + one page for
catalogue of authors quoted + twelve pages tor Index -|- eleven
hundred and forty pages for text. According to the Biblio-
theca Colombiana\ this edition should contain a mappemund,
which is only a reproduction of the one inserted in the Ptol-
emy of 1540.
(British Museum.)
See Book v, pages 1099-1 113: " de novis insvms,
quo modo, quando ^ per quern illae inuentce sintT
Direct referencti ! f Freytao, AnaUcta, page 619.
Bandini, yeip., tap. iv, page 58.
Canovai, Vita, page 217.
Cancellieri, Dissertazioniy page 47".
Brunet, Vol. Ill, col. 1945.
Catal. Biblioth. Bunav., Vol. n, page 35,
Page 2, No. 7. men est sortita .... notandum, ab aliis
^Cancellieri quotes, in connection Americam vocari Hispanam," " Erasmi
with the above, and the well-known pas- Osw. Shreckenfuchsii Oratio funebris de
sage : " America ab Americo inventore no- obitu Sfhatt. Miinsieri, Basil., 1553, 8."
'
Bibliotheca Americana.
445
301. B^AT/ro (F£«ivwAr£)fiZ)-"Doctrina Christiana en 155*^'
lengua mixteca. In-4°, 1550." '
(TtRNAUx'j Brunet*, Graisse'.)
We had prepared an elaborate dissertation concerning
this work, which is not to be found in any public or pri-
vate library, either in America or in Europe; but, as we
were going to press, we received from our esteemed
friend, Senor Icazbalceta, a disquisition, which we gladly
substitute in the place of our own. It may give to the
uninitiated an insight into the kind of labor which every
' conscientious bibliographer is frequently compelled to
undergo, to ascertain a date or correct an often-repeated
error:
" La premiere mention, a ma connaissance, de cet ouvrage," says the
learned Mexican bibliographer, " remonte a Davila Padilla. II ra-
conte la vie de I'auteur dans son Historia de la fundacion y discurso de
la Provincia de Santiago de Mexico, de la or den de Predicadores*, et dit :
' Enviaronle a la Misteca, donde estudio con tanto aprovechamiento
de discipulo, que fue depresto maestro, y compuso un tratado de doc-
trina cristiana con la mayor propiedad y elegancia de lenguaje que
hasta agora se ha hecho. Su libro se imprimio en Mexico el ano de
1550.'
Le meme passage se retrouve dans I'edition de Brusselas*. Je n'ai
pas vu I'edition de Valladolid, 1634.
Un autre dominicain, Fr. Alonzo Fernandez, dans son Historia
ecclesiastica de nuestros tiempos'^, dit :
' Uno delos que en aquellas naciones mas fruto hizo, fue el siervo
de Dios Fr. Benito Fernandez. Varon verdaderamente apostolico y
de excelentes virtudes. Estudio la lengua misteca con tanto aprove-
chamiento, que compuso un tratado de doctrina cristiana con la mayor
propiedad y elegancia de lenguaje que hasta ahora se convie. Impri-
miose en Mexico afto de mil quinientos y cincuenta.'
II me semble evident que cet auteur (qui n'a jamais ete en Ai;:e-
rique) n'a fait que copier Davila Padilla, dont il compte i'Histoire
parmi les ouvrages dont il s'est servi pour composer le sien.
Nous avons encore un autre dominicain qui raconte en detail la
vie de Fr. Benito Fernandez. Fr. Francisco Burgoa' dit :
' Compuso un libro de la doctrina Christiana, de los principales
misterios de nuestra santa fe, empezando desde la creacion del mundo.
" Blbliotheque Amiricaine, p. 12, No. 56.
' Manuel, Vol. 11, col. 1215.
• Trhor, Vol. i, p. 569.
* Madrid, 1596, fol., p. 600,
• 1 6*5, fol., p. 48+.
• Toledo, i6ii,fol., p. 120.
' Gtognifica Descrifcion, &c., t. I, fol.
156, col. 3.
446
Bibliotheca Americana.
I ceo* Encarnacion del Divino Verbo con tan levantado estilo,
^ tanta propiedad en los termino y tal fuerza en los discursos, que des-
pues de ciento y veinte anos que ha que se imprimio, no se ha hallado
palabra que enmendar,' etc.
Quoique I'ouvrage de Burgoa ait ete imprime en 1674, la preface
est datee du couvent de Oajaca le 20 Janvier, 167 1. Le livre a done
ete ecrit, au plus tard, en 1670, ce qui fait tomber la date de I'edition
de la Doctrina du P. Fernandez, juste en 1550. On ne peut pas dire
que Burgoa ait copie Davila Padilla. 11 donne sur le P. Fernandez
des details tres longs et tres minutieux qui ne se trouvent pas dans Da-
vila. II etait ne a Oaxaca vers la fin du 16' siecle, et avait longtemps
vecu parmi les indiens misteques, dont il possedait parfaitetnent la
langue. II doit avoir vu le livre du P. Fernandez ; et par cela meme
qu'il en marque la date d'une maniere indirecte, on doit croire qu'il
n'a pas copie un auteur qui la fixe en chifFres.
Davila Padilla, ne a Mexico en 1562, mort en 1604, appartenait
au meme ordre religieux, et redigea son " Historia" sur les memoires
d'autres freres ses devanciers, comme il le dit dans sa Preface. II
finit son travail en 1592.
Le temoignage concordant des P. P. Davila et Bugoa me semble
etre d'un grand poids en faveur de I'existence de I'edition. Voyons
ce qu'en disent les bibliographes.
Antonio dc Leon' dit seulement : ' Fr. Benito Fernandez, Domin-
ico Doctrina, Epistolas y Evangelios en Lengua Misteca : imp.' sans
designer aucune date,
C'est dans la z' edition de rEpitome* que Barcia a introduit les
dates: 'imp. 1550, 4°; 1564, 4°; 1568, 4°'; sans indication de
source, comme a I'ordinaire.
Nic. Antonio'" n'indique que I'edition de 1568; 4°.
Voici en entier I'article consacre a notre auteur dans les Scriptorh
Ordinis Prtedicatorum^^ :
' F. Benedictus Fernandez, Hispanus, professione Salmanticensis,
exactio ibidem studiis, in novum orbem missus, Indorum saluti
curandas totum se dedit medio seculo xvi. Plura in vastis illis pro-
vinciis gessit ordinis munia in quibus ardentissimam conversionis
indigenarum sitirn in pectore ferventem propalavit. Lingua Mistecam
ita comparaverit ut elegantissime loqueretur & ut missionariis viam in
Evangelii praedicatione faceret planiorem, scripsit ac edidit • Catechis-
mum seu de Doctrina christiana opus absolutissimum lingua Misteca,
Mexico, 1550, in-4.' Hsc de eo Davila Padilla, Hist. Prov. Mex.,
lib. 2, cap. iy. Antonius in Bibl. Hisp. referat alteram editionem
anno 1568, in-4. * Epistolarum & Evangeliarum totius anni in eam-
^ Epitome de la Bihiioteca Oriental y Oc- "Bibl. Hisp. Nova i Matriti, 1783,
cidental i Madrid, 1629, 4to, p. 108. fol., t. i, p. 211.
• Madrid, 1737-38, 3 vols., fol. " Paris, 1719-21, Vol. 11, p. 136.
Bibliotheca Americana. 447
dem linguam mistecam versio* ei tribuitur ab Antonio Leonio in I55O.
Bibl Ind. qucm excipiunt Antonius citatus et Altamura ad 1558.
On voit que les P. P. Quetif et Echard ne font que suivre DaviU
Padilla ; il faut remarquer cependant qu'ils donnent le format, ce que
Davila Padilla ne fait pas. , • ^ ., iJ-,-„„
Eeuiara", apres avoir donne le titre (traduit en latin) d une edition
de 1568, in-4 « typographia Petri de Ocharte,' dit: 'Alteram meii-
ccam itidem editionem de 1550 in-4 menriorant Scrip. Ord. fned.
torn. 2, p. 136, quam videre nobis non licuit.' ^ ^, . „
D Antonio de Alcedo" indique une edition de 1586, in-4. 11
est permis de croire qu'il y a ici une transposition de chiffres dans U
copie (envoyee par M. Prescott) que j'ai sous les yeux, et que cette edi-
tion n'est que celle de 1568, dont parlent Pmelo (ou plutot Barcu.l
et Antonio.
Beristain'* dit au sujet de Fr. Benito Fernandez :
«« Escribio en lengua misteca : Doctrina en que se exphcan la crea-
cion del mi-ndo, la Encarnacion del Verbo Divino, la vida, Pasion y
Muerte de Jesucristo, con otros misterios y los sacramentos y ora-
ciones. Imp. en Mexico, por P. Ocharte, 1568, y antes en 1550 y
' ^ct t^i"re factice est evidemment forme d'apres Burgoa, et les dates
sont prises dans les bibliographes. II n'y a rien de vuu.
Ternaux cite les editions de 1550 et 1568.
Des trois editions (vraies on supposees) du l»vre (1550, 1,04.
, r68) ie n'ai vu que celle de i 568. qui se trouve a la Bibliotheque de
la " Sociedad de Geografia y Estadistica." C'est un exemplaire tort
maltraite, auquel il manque le premier f. II commence par le t. ii-.
sien aii. Comme le texte ne commence pas sur ce t.. on doit croire
que le commencement se trouvait sur le verso du titre. L exemplaire.
lel qu'il est aujourd'hui, se compose des ff. u a cc. Au verso de ce
dernier on trouve cette souscription :
C a gloria g alataitfa tie nueftro Me- 1! Ueptor
l^efii Xpo. atiui fe acata la Bocttia Xpia 1! na m
lenpa iWifteca : copuefta pot el mug ii. II paUrr
fra» lienito l^crne .oet. Jf ue imprc II ffa en |Bei=
icof en cafa tie i^etiro ©- II etarte, impteffor He
libeois. a- II ealjofe, a begnte g quatto II tiias «l mes
.^3Sneto5||i568. afto^ll
>» Bihl Mexkana, Vol. i, p. 4«4-
" Bibliottca Americana, MS.
" Bibliottca Hisparto-AmtrrcjK<t &fit*
trional. Vol. I, page 497-
448
^if'Hotheca Americana.
1 f
•55^* Vient ensuite un f". non numerote (sign. 1313), en langue mis-
. tcciue : le reste manque, In-4 goth (excepte les chifFres des P qui
soni en remain) a 2 col. (tout en misteque) avec plusieurs fig. sur
bois, et des notes de plain-chant, rouge et noir. On peut remaiquer
que la souscriptior ne porte pas ' agora nuevamente inipressa' ou
quclque chose d'equivalent, comme il etait alors d'usage toutes les
fois qu'il s'agissait d'ane nouvelle edition. Mais je ne donne pas
cette omission comme une preuve suffisante pour nier I'existence des
editions de 155061 1 564 (quoique cette derniere ne repose que sur
la foi de Barcia).
Ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable encore, c'est qu'il existe une
edition de 1567 dont aucun des auteurs cites ne parle. Le premier
qui I'a fait connaitre, en la citant, a ete M. Pimentel dans son Cuadro
ilescnptivo y comparativo de las lenguas indigenas de Mexico^*. Elle
se trouve aussi dans la bibl. de la Soc. de Geog., y Est. ; mais I'ex-
emplaire en est malheureusement fort endommage. En voici la de-
scription : Les 5 premier fF. manquent ; I'exemplaire a IF. vi-cLxxxix.
Sur le recto du 189° se trouve la souscription :
([ a slotia 8 ala || ijanca M nucftro Mctr^p n tor
\tH €f)rilt(i, g Tie fu II tentiita iHftatire ^ancta jj
iiflaria, g prouccljo tic- II \m pvoximojs. ^\ U aca ||
ija la Boctrina en Icngua II miftera : eompuefta por
el II mug Meuetantio |3atire II fra» 13eiHto |^etnan=
tie{ II TrTieario ptouincial tie la || ittifteea tie la ortieu
tie II log ^retiicatiores en efta nueua iSfpafia. jFue
im- II pteffa en Ittexico en eafa II tie iJetiro (©eljarte II
imprefor tie litros II aratofe a 22. tie li llouiemlire. ||
tie 1 567. II afios. II (E ILaus I9eo || *.
Les derniers fF. manquent. In-4 go'l^ ^ 2 col. a 30 lign. par p.,
tout en misteque, fig. sur bois.
L'edition de 1567 ayant ete terminee le 22 novembre, et celle de
1568 le 24 Janvier, il en resulte qu'elles ont ete simultanement sous
presse, puisqu'il est probable que ces deux mois d'intervale n'etaient
pas suffisants, a cette epoque, pour I'impressioii d'uii in-4 ^^ P^'^s de
400 pp. en langue inconnue aux ouvriers. Mais cela s'explique en
apprenant qu'il ne s'agit pas de deux editions du nieme ouvrage,
mais bien de deux ouvrages tout-a-fait divers.
" Mexico, 1862, Vol. i, pajje 40.
:
Bibliotheca Americana.
449
Deil le Pere Jr. Antonio de los Reyes, dominicain, avait indique" I 5 50.
que la Doctrina de Fr. Benito Fernandez avait ete impnmee en deux
dialectes differents : . , , , • j„i „,^,a
" Aunque, dit-il. despues de la imprcsion de la doctrina del padre
Fray Benito Hernandez, por haberse hecho en lengua d^ Flachiaco
y Achiutla; despues en la que se traslado en lengua deTepuzculula
se Donen algunos vocablos que no tenian antiguamente, etc.
Mais il ne donne aucune date, et Vindication est trop vague et le
livre du P. Reyes trop rare, pour que les bibliographes y eussent tait
attention. M. Pimentel lui-meme ne cite que 1 edition de isbyj
aujourd'hui qu'il a pu voir toutes les deux il a trouve que celle de
1 c67 se rappone au dialccte de Flachiaco et Achiutla, tandis que celle
de I <:68 appartient au principal dialecte, celui de Tepuzcu u la le tout
conformement a indication du P. Reyes. II est facile d'ailleurs de
voir que les textes sont differents. Le P. Fernandez, connaissant a
fond la langue de cette contree, aura voulu etre plus utile encore a
,es confreres en Icur donnant la doctrine dans deux des prmcipaux
dialectes. Cette particularite est restee inconnue aux bibliographes,
et meme le P. Burguoa, qui nous a transmis la biographic du V. i-er-
nandez avec un telle surabondance de details, n'en dit rien.
A la meme bibl. de la Soc. de Geogr. y Est. se trouve un vol.
MS in-A de 220 ff , qui commence ainsi : ' Aqui comienzan algunos
I'dos dt bien habi'ar'en lengua Chuchona de Cuextlahuaca' (un autre
Llect du misteque). H y a en tete de la table trois lignes en latin
a in i concues : ' Iniex seu tabula oim contentorx n hac salubri doc-
in f Blnedicti fernandii bone mem" viri aplici.' D'apres ce a le
pere Fernandez serait aussi I'auteur de ce vol., et il aura.t ecrit la
Doctrina en trois dialects du misteque. , ,,c ■
11 y a encore dans la meme bibl. un autre vol. MS. .n-4 qui con-
tient selon M. Pimentel, ' Doctrina y oraciones y moral cnstiana, en
ngua de Tepuzculula.' Sur l>un des ff. j'ai apercu une note de
quelques lignes en misteque, oi, j'ai pu seulement lire le nom de
?Fray Benito' ce qui me fait croire que ce livre est encore un ouvrage
de cet infatigable missionnaire. , . , - n ,
Malire I'abondance de details de la biographic donnee par Bu -
eoa nous savons tres-peu sur le P. Fernandez. On ne connait pas la
S; de sa naissance; on salt seulement qu'il fit sa profession au
couvent de Salamanca, en Espagne, et qu'il v.nt a Mexico avec le P
vTcentde las Casas, parti d'ici pour recruter d.s missionnaire de
brne volonte dans ks couvents d'Espagne Envo/e dans J M„/...
aussitot apres son arrivee, il sut se concilier I'affect.on des indien , et il
yTassa presque toute sa vie, jusqu'a sa mort, dont j'lgnore la date^ Je
n'ai pu non plus parvenir a fixer la date du voyage de Fr. Vincent de
"as Casas, qui nous donnerait celle de I'arrivee du P. Fernandez dans
>• Dana la Preface de son Ant en lengua Mhteca ; Mexico, I 593, 8"^
57
>
450
Bibliotheca Americana.
I 55^* " pays- Je trouve seulement que le P. C'asas accompagna le celebrc
^—^^^—g, P- Betanzo3 dans le dernier voyage qu'il tit en Espagne, ou ils arri-
verent au mois de Juillet 1549". Si ce fut dans cc nieme voyage que
le P. C'asas fit son pieux recrutement de missionnaires, il semblc
evident que la Doctrine du P. Fernandez n'a pu ctre imprimee en
1550; mais je n'oserais raffirmer."
302. ALBERTt (L.)— Recto of the first leaf:
DEscRiTTioNEllDI TVTTA ITALIA ||di
I. Leandro Albert! Bolognefe, Nella quale
fi contiene il Sito||di efla, I'Origine, & le
Signorie delle Citta, & delle Caftilla,|| coi
Nomi Antichi & Moderni, i Coftumi de
Popolo, le Condicioni de Paefi : || et piv-gli
HVOMiNi FAMosi CHE l'hanno || Illuftrata, i
Monti, i Laghi, i Fiumi, le Fontane, || i
Bagni, le Minere, con tutte Fopre marau-
igliofe in lei || dalla Natura prodotte. || $* ||
Con Priuilegio || In Bologna per Anfelmo
Giaccarelli || M.D.L. ||
*^* Folio, title one leaf + three unnumbered leaves + four hun-
dred and sixty-nine leaves for text -j- twenty-eight unnum-
bered leaves for index.
(British Museum.)
This work is quoted by the Nova Acta Eruditoruni'^y
in reference to the alleged claims of Vespuccius to the
discovery of the New World.
Direct references : ( Haym, Eiblio'heca Italiana, Vol i, page 63.
•I FoNTANiNi, Bihihteca, Vol. 11, page 274.
( Clement, Bibliotheque C«r(>a«, Vol. I, page 117.
Dav. Padilla, lib, i,cap. 31.
Leipzig, 1749, p. 483.
EL
Bibliotheca Americana. 45*
303. SEPULVEDA (J. G.]—"Apologiam pro libra de Juf- 155®'
tis belli caufts contra Indos Jufcepti. Romae 1550. in 8." =«=«—
(Antonio'.)
After Columbus, Vespuccius and the " Conquista-
dores," historians consider Las Casas as the most im-
portant character in the early history of this continent,
while a complete set of the tracts published by the good
Bishop of Chiapas* always occupies a choice place on
the shelves of American libraries. To make the collec-
tion still more valuable, the collector should add the
works published in reply, not to the Tratados (the ear-
liest of which was printed only in 1552), but to the ar-
guments they contain, and which had been set forth
several years before, in two or three public assemblies.
The greatest of Las Casas' adversaries, in fact the only
one whose name is now remembered, was Juan Gines de
ScDulveda. This bold champion of absolutism, one ot
th-; most eloquent and erudite writers of the sixteenth
century, was born near Cordova, and died in 1572, at
the age of eighty-one'.
The noted and decried works of Sepulveda, relating
to the right of waging war against the Indians, with the
additional privilege of exterminating them— a Practice
then novel and misunderstood, but now accepted, ad-
mired, rewarded, and a matter of every-day life have
engrossed our attention, without enabling us to form a
decided opinion upon their existence as printed volumes,
anywhere and at any time.
We will state all the facts which we have gathered,
leaving it to the reader to draw his own conclusions :
SepSlveda first wrote a Dialogue, known as Democra-
tes which was actually printed in Latin* and in Spanish^
> Siblioth. Hisfi. Nova, Vol. i, p. 703.
• Notes on Columbus, pp. 18-24.
' NicEBoN, Memoires, Vol. xxiii, p. 345-
* lo. Gencsii Sepulveda Corduhensis, Ar-
tium & TheologitS Doctoris de Convenier.tia
Militaris Discipline cum Christiana Reli-
gione qui inscribilur Democrates. Jmpres-
sum Roma apui Antonium Btadum. Anno
Domini, mdxxxv; 410. Reprinted at Paris,
by Simon de Colines, 1541, 8vo, "cum
aliis auctoris operibus ;" and inserted in
Vol. IV, pp. 225-328, of the Madrid reprint
of Scpulveda's works.
' Dialogo llamado Democrates compuetio
'wmv^^^
452
Bibliotheca Americana,
1^50. This work does not contain a single line relating to the
. subject before us.
He then wrote another Dialogue, called De justis belli
causis sive democrates alter, the object of which was
to prove 1°, that it was right and proper to wage war
against the Indians; 2°, that the Emperor had the right
to bind them over to the conquerors as vassals or slaves.
Was this work ever printed?
In the first place, we should state that notwithstand-
ing the most diligent searches in several of the leading
libraries, both public and private, in Europe and Amer-
ica, and after a careful perusal of a large collection
of catalogues of sales, from the time of De Thou to
the present, we have not yet succeeded irf* finding a
single copy or mention of the work.
As to second-hand assertions, they are plentiful
enough, but may all be traced to the following:
Nic. Antonio'' states that the Democrates alter was
actually printed at Rome " paucis admodum exemplari-
bus," and cites, as his authority, Sepulveda's own epis-
tles, LXIX, i.xx^.
When we turn to these two letters, we find that one
only was written by Sepulveda. This is dated Vallado-
lid, August 25, 1549, and is thus analyzed by the ed-
itors :
•' Ant. Augustino S. P. Auditori mittit libellum a se conscriptum,
jure ne an injuria Barbari in Cbristianorum potestatem redigantur,
ejusque judicium expetat nunc libeilus edendus sit, an seeds?"
And it must be said that the body of the letter is not
more explicit. The other letter, dated April i, 1550,
ts
ts
Si
t:
for el Doctor "Juan de Sepulveda, capellan
y coronhta de su S. C. C. M. del En.perador.
/igora nueuamente impresso. We beg leave
to call the attention of the reader to the
colophon, which is not without interest
to ascertain the date of Cromberger's
death, vix. :
Fue infresso en la muy noble y muy leal
ciudad de Stvilla : en casa de Juan Crom-
berger niFUNTo que dios aya. Acaboie a
■veynte y ocho dioi del mes de Mayo de mil y
quinientoiy juarentay iin aRos. [ 1 541 ], 4to.
' loc. cil., Vol. 1, p. 703.
' Republished in Sepulveda's collected
works : Opera cum edita, turn inedita, ac-
curante regia hisloria Academia; Madrid,
4 vols., 4to, 1780. Vol. IV, pp. 250-251.
[Harvard Coll. Libr.J
f
Bibliotheca Americana. 453
is the reply from Antonio Augustine. This only con- 1
tains the following lines : —
"Cum optimo antistite . . . atque . . . aliis . . . communicavi . . . Ita-
que libcllum ipsum plurilnis exeinplis describi edique pcrmisimus.
Thus far we see nothing positive, and the only pas-
sage which can be interpreted in the light of an asser-
tion, is an extract from another letter, dated October
ist, 1551, which is as follows:
" Martino Olivarro J. U. D., Inquis. Apost : . . . Causam de bello
barbarico . quam ego causam miii;li-o persecutus cram cui titulus
est Democrntes secundus sive de justis belli causis : longum csscl pristi-
eios arte et machinamcnta commcmorarc quibus me dcpnmcre . . .
conatus est artifex illc versutissimus .... cui pra.-judicio nos doctorum
romanorum conscnsum .... qui tres in excu.so lihello memorantur,
ipsius que urbis Romx- ubi meus mbem.us ab his comprobatur et m-
pressiofie vuliratus ernt, multo et graviorem et augustiorem auctoritatem
et maiestatem opbonebamus Gravissime tamen et eHicacissime
rationes ... in meo libro de juith belli causis jam pridem multis ex-
emplis vulgato .... continentur."
This passage tallies with the assertion of Andrew
Schott, in his edition of Sepulveda*, that the Democra-
tes alter was actually printed. But how can we explain
the words of Sepulveda himself, when speaking of the
same work: "a me nondum impressione edito'"^? And
in the monilum added by the Madrid editors of the col-
lected works, which contain annotations by one Pernan-
dez Franco, who was a contemporary of Sepulveda, we
read'°, concerning the Democrates alter: " Este libro se
mando que no se imprimiese, y se quitaron los impresos
por mandado del rey, de que recibio gran ofensa este
autor." . ,
Withal we find a full title in Freytag", with these
significant words: "cura Antonii Augustini impressus,
Romae, 4to," and in Bartolozzi'^ another title, enriched
550.
• Cologne, . 602, 4to, p. 4«- This edi- ca,.us : An liciat bello Mo, pro^ejui aufe-
tion contLs an in cresting life of Sepul- rendo ah iiaom,mato,i:^uone^q»t,& br.a
A Kv Srhntt Itmporatia, & ocadendo eos, si remtenlram
' . LetVr, dated .554, i" collect, works, .ffosuerin,, -v. sic spolia.i & subUaiJaci-
„ , ' ., liji per Praedicatores suadealur eis fdes;
"^".0 vor. V p. 390. ''-'-. '•" 4."-^-/""'. p- .»s'- ^ ^
I. i'Delc'rLZundus, ,eu de iusth belli '» •' De Juuis Belli caum contra Indo,
454
Bibliotheca Americana.
V^t^O* with a curious note. Nay, if our memory serves us
right" nearly all the translations of the Disputa entre B.
de las Casus y Ginh de Sepulveda, assert that the Demo-
crates alter was published at Rome against the explicit
orders of Charles V. Llorente only says that'* :
" Sepulveda demanda au supreme conseil des Indes la permission de
faire imprimer son travail et ne put I'obtenir. II supplia I'empereur
de renvoyer sa demande au conseil de Castille, qui, apres I'avoir
examinee, proposa au monarque d'approuver I'impression ; elle fut
accordee par une cedule signee a Aranda de Duero en 1543. Ce flit
dans ce temps-la que Barthelemi de Las Casas arriva d'Amerique en
Espagne. II predit les funestes consequences qu'aurait I'ouvrage de
Sepulveda, et il I'attaqua. Ses efforts engagerent le conseil de Cas-
tille a consulter les universites d'Alcala et de Salamanque. Elles
opinerent I'une et I'autrp contre la publication du livre, et le conseil
de Castille revoqua la permission de I'imprimer."
But if we cannot find the Democrates alter, it may be
that the substance can be found in the Apologia, which
was written in defense of the second Democrates. Las
Casas himself says that they were both one and the
same work with a new title. At all events, Sepulveda
was also refused permission to print the Apologia in
Spain, and was compelled to resort to his friends at
Rome :
" Itaque Antonio Augustino aliisque viris doctissimis annitentibus
excusa est Apologia pro libro de justis belli causis ad amplissimum et doc-
tiisimum D. Ant. Rarnirum Episcopum Segoviensem. Ad cujus calcem
legitur in primaeva editione. Hoc opus judicio doctissimorum et gravis-
simorum dominorum Philippi Archinsi,Sanctissimi Domini nostri Papae
Vicarii, ct ^gidi Foscararii, magistri sacri Palatii ac Antonii Augus-
tini auditoris Rotje examinatum et approbatum, et multorum aliorum
eruditissiiiiurum virorum consensu in Urbe commendatum impressum
t'uit Romffi apud Valerium Doricum et Ludovicum fratres Brixienses .
Primer Maji anno a Christo nato M . D . L . 8°." "
ceptit, si-ve Democratts alter .... Romae
... Le premure che it pio Imperatore
Sovrano delle Spagne si diede per poppri-
mere questo libro vergognoso, lo hanno
resotalmente raro, che i Bibliografi non co-
noscono, che il solo escmpUre esistente
neir una volta Gesuitico, Collegio di Gra-
nata." (Richcrche, p. 32, note.)
" We can only refer at present to the
Narrath Region, indicarum ; Frankfort,
1598, p. 136.
'• (Ewvres dedon B. de Las Casas; Paris,
8vo, 1822, Vol. I, p. 334.
" Opera omnia. Vol. i. p. lxxvi ; Vol.
IV, p. 351.
Bibliotheca Americana.
455
But here again we failed to find a printed copy of a 155O.
separate edition of the Apologia. We know the work __— --
only from the reprint in the Cologne and Madrid edi-
tions, and a manuscript copy'^.
304. RAMUSIO (J. B.)— Recto of the first leaf:
pRiMo voLVMEllDELLE NAVIGA-
TION! II ET VIAGGI II NEL QVAL SI CON-
TIENE II LA DESCRITTIONE DELL' AFRICA, Et
del paefe del Prete lanni con uiaggi,
dal mar RofTo a |1 Calicut, & infin all'
ifolo Molucche, doue nafcono le Spetierie,||
Et la Nauigatione attorno il mondo. |1 li
NOMI DE GLI AVTTORI, ET LE NAVIGATIONI,
ET II I VIAGGI PIV PARTICOLARMENTE SI MOS-
TRANO NEL FOGLIO SEGVENTE. |1
Then vignette, and :
Con priuilegio del Sommo Pontejice, C^
delio II Illuftrifs, Senato Venetiano, H
IN VENETIA APPRESSO GLI HEREDI |1 DI LV-
CANTONIO GIVNTI || l'aNNO MDL. ||
Colophon : 1 1 • 1 1 •
In Venetia nella ftamperia de gli heredi
di Luc' Antonio Giunti, || I'anno mdl. nel
Mefe di Maggio ||
* * Folio, title one leaf + three unnumbered prelim, leaves +
leaves numbered i to 405, for text.
(Private Library, New York.)
•• Fifteen leaves, preserved in a private Uionet, also contained a MS copy of the
library, Providence. The Hanrott and yifrJofij. See BiblMeca Htbenana, Part
Heber copies of Las Casas' Brcviuima rt- iv, No. 164.
456 . Bibliotheca Americana.
I ^^O. The chapters relating to America are :
Lettere di Amerigo Vespucci Fiorentino drizzata al Magni-
fico Pietro Soderini Gonfaloniere della eccelsa republica
di Firenze di due sue nauigationi ..... 138-140
— Discorso sopra la nauigatione fatta dalli Spagnuoli attorno
'1 Mondo 373-374-
— Epistola di Massimiliano transiluano della detta nauiga-
tione 374-380.
— La detta nauigatione scritta per messer Antonio Pigafetta
Vicentino, il qual ni siritrouo in persona . , 380-398.
Giambatista Ramusio, Rannusio or Rhamusio, was
born at Trevise, in 1485, or i486 {Nicer on), and died
at Padoua, July loth, 1557'. He held the office of
Secretary to the dreaded Venetian council of "The
Ten." The present is the first edition of his collection
of voyages, which was published anonymously. Ra-
musio's name appeared only in the second edition. As
to the merit of the Raccolta, Camus' says :
" Elle est precieuse, peu vantee par les libraires, peu recherchee des
amateurs de beaux livres, parcequ'elle n'est pas ornee d'estampes, mais
seulement de gravures en bois qui n'ont rien d'agreable ; elle est es-
timee par les savants, et regardee encore aujourd'hui par les geogra-
phes comme un des recueils les plus importans. Ramusio avait, soit
a raison de ses grandes connaissances dans I'lustoire, la geographic,
les langues, soit enfin a raison de correspondances multipliees avec les
personnes qui pouvaient etre de quelque utilite a son enterprise',
toutes les f'acilites necessaires pour former une excellente collection.
II niourut laissant les materiaux d'un quatrieme volume ; mais son
manuscrit perit dans I'incendie de I'imprimerie des Juntes, arrivee au
mois de novembre de la meme annee.
" Selon Fontanini ct selon la Bibliot. italiana de Haym, citee par
Crevenna (catalogue de sa bibl. 1776, to. v. p. 35), on doit choisir le
premier volume, de I'editlon de 1588 [the above edition of 1550
lacks several narrations which are to be found in all the subsequent
issues]; le second de I'edition de 1583,16 troisicme de I'edition de
1565. Mais on ajoutera a ce troisieme volume un supplement qu'on
detachera de I'edition de 1606 \yiz. : Viaggio di M. Cesar e de' Fred-
erici nelP India orientale^"
' Apostolci Zino ap. Fontanini, Vol. 8vo, 1565, p. 654 sq. for the correspond-
II, p. 275. cncc quoted by Camus.
• Lettere di Xiii Huomini ilkstri } Venice, ' Memoire sur De Bry, p. 8, note.
Bibliotheca Americana.
^Sl
" Le premier volume a ete imprime pour la premiere fois en 1550. 1 55^'
Le troisieme le fut par anticipation en 1553, et le second, dont I'im- ______,g_
pression avail ete retardee, parcequ'il manquait a I'auteur quelques
pieces necessaires, fut reculee encore davantage par sa mort, et ne
parut qu'en 1559"
(NlCERON*.)
The publication of Ramusio's Raccolta may be said
to open an era in the literary history of Voyages and
Navigation. Instead of accounts carelessly copied and
translated from previous collections, perpetuating errors
and anachronisms, we find in this valuable work original
narrations judiciously selected', carefully printed, and
enriched with notices which betray the hand of a scholar
of great critical acumen''. Nor should we forget that
we are indebted to Ramusio for the preservation of ac-
counts of voyages of the utmost importance to the
student of American history ; and did his work con-
tain only the Relatione d'un gentilhuomo del Sig. Fernando
Cortese, and the first voyage of Jacques Cartier to
Canada, these two capital relations would entitle the
Raccolta to a prominent place in any American library.
Dirtct rcftrtncet \
Lenclet Dufresnoy, Mith. la Giogr., Vol. i, Pt. a, p. 430.
ZuRLA, lit Marco Polo, Vol. ii, page 110.
Bandini, de Florent. junt. Typogr. Vol. I, page ^^.
Tebnaux, pjge 13, No. 57.
Brunet, Vol. IV, col. 1 100.
Graesse, Vol. VI, page 23.
The year 1550 is the limit which we assigned to our-
selves in the outset of this work. That limit has now
been reached, and our task is therefore accomplished !
♦ Mimoirei, Vol. xxxv, page 98.
» FoscARiNi, </. Letter. Fenea., p. 43S> '?•
• Humboldt, Examen Critique, Vol. iv,
p. 149.
58
458
Bibliotheca Americana.
As we cast a parting glance over the long array of dis-
sertations, notes and descriptions which precede this
concluding page, and notice the numerous errors it has
behooved us to correct in the works of others, the relief
we experience in the completion of our undertaking is
mingled with feelings of doubt and apprehension. The
consciousness, however, of having performed the task
honestly is our consolation and reward. Let those
who may feel disposed to follow in our wake treat us as
we have treated our predecessors ; and if they can in-
scribe on the title of their work Montaigne's epigraph :
Cecy est un livre de bonne foy, we will cheerfully abide
by the result.
Withal, when we recollect the nature of the ob-
stacles we have been called upon to overcome, and the
vexations which it has been our misfortune to endure,
we must rejoice that our ordeal is over ; and, like the
scribes of old when they had performed some arduous
and ungrateful task, which, after years of toil and
privations, oftentimes left them blind, exhausted and
famished, we repeat with a fervent heart :
P^D igitttr 0|)ttmci
flttt lauded inflnitis!
^i
.^»',«<P«! "!*.•»
■ t
I -I
ADDITIONS.
Bibliotheca Americana.
461
I'J bh. DATI {GIVLIANO). ^495*
" Ifole trovate novamente per El Re di Spagna, c folto wja Silo- __--—---
erafia completamente diverfa da quella che orna I'edizione m carat-
fere romano 26 ottobre 1493. II gruppo d'Indiani che fuggonoalU
macchia trovafi a finiftra di chi legge, mentre ncll' altra e a dettra.
la caravella e una fola in luogo di due, ne vi f'rimarea a finittra la
finura coronata del Re Ferdinando.
«« Comincia il tefto al recto del fol. 1° ; e continua fino al rovelcio
del 4° foglietto, che e I'ultimo fono in tutto ttanze 68, 10 per pagina
(a due colonne in 4°) meno la prima, e I'ultima dove il tcfto tcnnina
" cavaliere mefler Giovanfilippo de lignamine j|domeftico famigUarc
dello illuftriffimo il re di Spagna ChrillianiflimoU adi xxvi doftobre
I4QC 11 Florentie. ||
" P iproduce quefta edizione il tefto ^^Wiifeconda in caratten romani
(26 ottobre 1493), ma con u^\ femi-gotici . Meno al titolo ed aila
fottafcrizione no fi troverebbe un folo punto ne una tola virgola tn
tutto il tefto ; non ha r.giftro ni richiami ne fegnature ne numcraztone
di pagine. La carta molto Ibftenuta non porta marea alcuna nclla
filigrana. {In Bibliotheca Trivulzio.)"
(MARqyis d'Adda'.)
This edition of the Dati poem had been noticed by
Cancellieri*-
17. The passage in Zachary Lillo's work is on 149P«
verso of leaf 40, and as follows : »
" De navigatione oceani maris . - fed res pottulare videtur ut quo
tempore navigatus fit oceanus, paucis exponam : ne quifquam novum
aut inufitatum credat, quod Rex hifpanis, ut ferunt, in cUes ad ci-
ploranda nova littora naves mittat. Nam temporibus Trajar-, ut
Plinius refert ..."
2 2 *"• BERGOMAS {J. f.)— Recto of the first leaf:
l^ouimmc ijsftoriai? omniu tcpctcumo-l! ncs no=
uiter a Meuerentiimmo patre Ja II roto pi)aippo
ISctsomcfeiortiimsl^cllrmitatum rtite: que ^up^
1503"
' Ltttera in lingua Spagnuola diretta da
Crisloforo Colombo a Luis de Santangel { 1 5
Fthbra'to 14. marxo 1493) riprodotta afac-
sijnile eJ illuslrata per cura di Gtrolamo
d'Adda dair unico esemplare a stampata
tinora conoiciulo che si conserva nella Bib-
liotheca Ambrosianai Milan, 410, uxn. ff.
+ 6 11., 1866.
(A very well executed iac-simile ol d>e
letter mentioned, supra, page 14, S**. 7-1
Introd., p. XX.
' Dissertaziani, page 153.
'
462
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1 503. plementum || fupplementi Otronicatfi nttncttpantur. ||
Swcipienlro at exorUio muntiiibfqp inllEnnum falus
tl0 noftte. Mttttti), II
Then vignette representing the arms of Cardinal Antonio Palla-
vicini, followed by :
€um gratia x ilriuilegio.
Colophon :
C iSxpUcit ^upplementum Otttonicarum Hili^
getttcr iSt II accurate i^euifum ^tquc dtoxxtcta.
Vtnttii^ Jm II prcffu^ ^cr aiijcrtinfl Mt Hiffona
19^crcelW II fern. Hegn^. iLeonartio Eoretrano Vt II
netiarutn ^Principe. E i^atiui- 1| tatc (ttriftl . M .
ccccc . II m . Bic . UU . iEati . II <irm <@tatta IBt ||
i^riuUegio . ||
(Imperial Library, Paris.)
1509. 61.
ANONYMOUS—
(Bhhm mntiH
1511
See the passage on the recto of ciii :
iEft infuper lam rcpcrta noua (lueJram infula,
fibe quarta or- 1 1 ti» paris, fi tiicere mabiis . maior
ipfa IBuropa multum . non tamen cxcul || ta propter
tncognitum tim partiis fitum, ({uie iuxta europam
atqp II africam atr latus occilrentale protentritur per
circulasi omnesi pre- 1| tiictosi tranftierfaliter . Mt
qua n Quitr latius fcire tjefttreraia . fac ea lellgajs .
que prafenti liiieUo fitit trigno fcripta funt . ^ictp
Irempta ijac parte no II biter inuenta . ©mnesf pro=
bitttice totiu«t terrce funt Irxxb . ^oUno in atteftante: ||
67. MAFFEI OF FOLTERRA— Above a large vignette :
' arommentariorum IJrtano ||rum iJaptaelis Uo=
laterra= || nl : octo x trigenta Ubri cum || tiupUci erfl=
i'
Bibliotheca Americana. 403
Tjem iMtt fecuntium 11 Como» coUecto. II Stem ®e=
conomlcu!» Xenopptis 11 at eotiem latlo tionatus.ll'
Venuntiantttt ^atrtifils in bia Ja 11 cotea ai)
Joanne paruo r JocoUo II 13aTilo mcenflo. II
Verso of the title :
i&x c1)alro8rap1)la noftra : In ^att1)iftotum 11 lu=
tetla : atr Bus augufti . Hfl . IB . X$ . II
* * Fol . title one leaf + seventeen unnumbered leaves+eight un-
* numbered leaves for Xenophon's (Economics + leaves num-
bered i-ccccxuii.
The chapter relating to America begins on the verso
of leaf cxxv.
151I.
6g.
STOBNiczA—^^ Introductio
1512.
"Ein Pohle. war Profeffor Philofoph.a zu Cracau begab fich
hernach in den Orden der Minorum de Obiervant.a fchr.eb que/-
JonTl uZr/am phi/ofopbiam, und edirte ieines Praceptor.s M.-
chaelis Parifienfis. Profefforis zu Cracau. fcotift.che Ph.lofoph.e.
(JOCHER.)
go. MONTALBODDO {F. DE)-Move ^ z<^oodcut o/Vemce.- 15'7-
iJaefi nouamente rittouati pet —
la Nauigatione di Spagna in Calicut Et
da Alber H tutio Vefputio Fiorentino in-
titulato Mon H do Nouo Nouamente Im-
preffa. ll
""c Stampata in Venetia per Zorzi de
Rufconi milla- 11 nefe : Nel . M . ccccc .
xyii . adi . xyiii . Agofto .
* * Sm 8vo for size (sign. A in fours, b to q in eights), title one
* ?e^f + one hundred'and twenty-three unnumbered leaves
(Private Library, New York.)
464 Bibliotheca Americana.
IC20. \0?> hi,. ^NONTMous— ''A new interlude and a mery
of the nature of the iiij elements, declarynge miuiy
proper poynts of phylofophy naturall, and of dyvers
ftraunge landys, and of dyvers ftraunge effefts and
caufes."
" It treats, according to the introduction, among other things, 'Of
certeyn poynts of cofmography, as how and where the fee covereth
the yerth, and of dyvers ftraunge regyons and landys, and whiche
wey they lye, and of the new found landys, and the maner of the
people."'
Mr. Collier quotes this passage :
" But this newe lands founde lately
Ben callyd America, by caufe only
Americus dyd furft them fynde."
"First impression dated 25 Oct., 11 Henry VIII." — MS. note on
the Garrick copy. The interlude will be found described in Col-
lier's Jnna/j of the British Stage, ii, 319 ; Ames's Typographical An-
tiquities (Dibdin), iii, 105; Beloe's Anecdotes, \, 338-341'.
^534* 189 his. yADIAN {J.)— Recto of the first leaf:
' EPITOME II TRIVM TERRAE PAR || TIVM, ASIAE, AFRICAE
ET EV II ropa co?npendiar!a7n locorum defcriptionem conti- || «^«;,
pracipue autem quorum in AHis Lucas., \\pajjim autem Euangelifia
y'll Apojhli meminere || CVM addito in fine elencho || regi-
onum., urbium., amnium, infu/nrum, quorum No- \\ uo tcjiamento fit
mentio., quo expeditus pius Le£for || quae uelit, inuenire queat. || PER
lOACHiM VADiA- || NVM MEDicvM. || TiovRi apud Chrijiophovum
Frofchoue- || rum., An , M. . D . xxxiiii . ||
*^* Sm. Sw, title one leaf + five hundred and sixty-two pages +
six unnumbered leaves.
' Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Oct. zi, 1865, p 28, sq.
I
Bibliotheca Americana.
2QOt ALBERlNO (N.)— Recto of the firit leaf:
465
I 549-
f ^tdaflera g Ca 11 plofa relacton : totro lo
nuniamen || te fufcetitro en los Megnost yy probin II
cia tiel peru tientie la \m a rUo«||tjel "kJirei) lilafco
iittftei bela ijaftallel iefbarato ij muerte tie (®on=
palo pi-|!patro: fegfl qlo bio i) efedbio Bicolao tie II
aitenitto [sic'] jFlotentitt al benefieiatro ,iFft:na||
ruarej bejino tre g>euiUa : tiirigitia al II exeellente
Mot tia ILufiss eljdftoual II ponee tie leo tjut^ue tie
arcos Hftarpes tie || ^ai)ata eoutie tie la fare? aU
eatie magot tiell^euilla feftor tie la bUlatieHftar=
etena $it. \\
Colophon :
acabo^e la ptefente obta enla mug noble g me^
morable ciutiati 6 ^euilla a tiog bias bel mes be
iEneto bel afto be ittijtifto be . IE . 31 .xUx . En
rafa tie Juan tie Heon. ^i^bo primero manba ba
bet g examinat pot los mug teuetlbos g mug mag=
nificos g>enotegJ inquifibotesi : g eon in Uchia man=
baba hnptimit.
We mention in our list of works printed on this con- I 57 1
tinent in the sixteenth century (page 375) what would
seem to be two different editions of the Vocabulario of
Molina, published in 1571, whereas those two numbers
are only the two parts of the same work, viz. : the
Spanish & Mexican, and Mexican & Spanish, dic-
tionaries, both of which have a distinct pagination, and
are sometimes bound in two separate volumes.
59
r
_
466 Bibliotheca Americana.
1571. VOCABVLARIO
'^*™''™* EN LENGVA CASTEI.LANA Y MEXICANA, COM-
pucfto por cl muy Reuerendo Padre Fray Alonfo de Molina, dela
Orden del bienauenturado niieftro Padre Sant Francifco.
DIRIGIDO AL MUY EXCEl.ENTE SEfJOR
Don Martin Enriquez, Viforrey deftanueua Efpafla
Then the arms of the Viceroy Enriquez, and :
En Mexico,
en Cafa de Antonio de Spinofa.
•1571-
** Folio, title one leaf + three leaves + leaves numbered 1-121
-\- one leaf containing a large woodcut of a man kneeling, with
printer's mark on the verso, and the first device used by a
Mexican printer, f/z. .• virtus in infirmitate perficitur ;
+ one leaf for another title-page like the above, except the
second line, which reads: en lenoua mexicana y castellana,
and a woodcut of St. Francis instead of the escutcheon ; then
one leaf + leaves numbered 1-162 ; colophon in Mexican,
on the verso.
(Private Library, New York.)
I
APPENDIX.
MM
APPENDIX
When describing the Paesi nouamenie retrovati of 152 1
{supra, page 186), we endeavored to give the reasons
which had led us to ascribe the work to Alessandro Zorzi,
on the authority of Humboldt. M. D'Avezac having
called our attention to the fact that the word compilatore,
in the note of Baldelli, did not mean that Zorzi was the
compiler of the printed work known as the Paesi, but
only the collecto/, so to speak, of the manuscript addi-
tions to the Magliabechi copy of the Paesi, we requested
Mr. James Lenox, of this city, to write to one of his
correspondents in Italy, and secure a transcript of these
manuscript notes, which had not escaped the researches
of M. de Varnhagen".
Mr. Lenox's correspondent reported that there had
actually been in the Magliabechi library a set composed
of two"^ volumes ; ono lettered " Conti" the other, "-Al-
bericoy The Conti had been removed to the Lauren-
tian library; but, as according to Baldelli's accountMt
contained only notes relating to the East, its removal,
so far as we are concerned, was of no moment.
As to the Alberico, it was found to be composed of
two parts, one containing printed matter exclusively', the
> «• Nous reservons pour une meiUeure
occasion de traiter de deux volumes [cl.
XIII, No. 81 (non pas ii) S+l <]"« Baldelli
a fait connaitre, dans lesquels se trouvent
des feuilles de Tedition vicentine de 1 507.
avec des additions manuscrites." {Bul-
Ui. dt la Soc. de Giogr., Vol. xr, p. 151.)
» Sloria dtl Mi/ient in // MUicnt di
Marco Polo, Vol. I, pp. xxxii-iii, note I.
' The correspondent did not state what
this printed matter is, but the note of
.M. de Varnhagen shows that it consists
of an original edition or parts of the
Patti of 1507.
470
Bibliotheca Americana.
other only manuscript additions. This contained, on
the first page, the following note in the handwriting (the
keeper said) of the Abbate Follini, who was librarian
of the Magliabechi in iSao: "8i. xiii. Alberico. 8. A
pag. 32 si vede che Fautore 'e un Alessandro [one word
erased] Zorzi [one word erased] che ^ Cancellato [three
words erased] V. Foscarini />• 3 1 5 del/a Letterat, Vene-
ztana.
The first word erased reads, under the erasure in the
manuscript sent to us, "/orj<?"; th* second, "psrche";
the third, fourth and fifth, '' oforse Strozzi."
To this description was added a very legible copy of
the manuscript notes which, in the original, covered
thirty-five small lamo pages. These having never been
printed, and seeming to us of a very interesting character,
we republish, literally, herewith, the entire manuscript,
such as it was kindly furnished us by Mr. James Lenox.
COPIA DE UNA LETTERA SCRIVE SIMONE DEL VERDE FIORENTINO
IN CADEZ LA qUAL SCRIVE A MATEO CINI FIORENTINO
,^jg MERCATANTE IN VINESIA I DI 2 GIENNARO I498. — C. II3.
Non mi pare di reftar di fcrivervi dille cofe di qua et prima
circa alia quantita di Zuchari che di Canaria am. 300. Et di
Madera non ciene ne funo. Arete intefo de Navilii di Ginea in
Lifbona con il governo in Girolameo Sernigi dio lo dia il bene
a fame. Et piu vi avifo efler venuto e navilii delle Infule de In-
dia havendo gia con lo Admirante che gia parti di qui 8 mefi
fono et di dil fi partirono di la in 40 di fi condufceno e efendo 5
anno arecati circa a 300 fchiavi et alcuno oro : et molto ver-
gino il quale edi tuta perfe£tione dicono elVervi felve grandiflime.
Alia volta di la difcoperfeno nove terre, tenendofi verfo il megio
di o pill al ponente verfo megio di dove hanno trovato et dicono
in terra ferma natione di piu conditione che le altre trovate per
fino a hora : hanno buone et comoda abitatione et afai vivande
che hanno vini bianchi et vermigli ma non di uve di vite han-
no animali di quatro pie quello che non hanno li altri lochi
per inanti trovati : furono da loro Re beniffimo ricevuti et pre-
Zucari, Cana-
ria,
Madera, Ginea.
.1. Ethiopia.
Infule Indie.
'497.
Schiavi, 300
oro vergino.
0, in mecio.
Ponente.
Terra ferma.
jibilatione.
yini. bi^.icki,
E niri di.
FruHi, fuadru-
pedi.
Appendix.
471
fentati delle loro cofe : Dicono eflervi oro aflai ma che glie baffo
et oltra di quefto vi fi trovano delle perle et dicono grofle et aflai
buone non vene pofo dare apieno notitia dove le pel'cano et in
che modo et la quantita. Hanno belliflimo paefe molto verde
et fertile di abondantiflime aque dolce fituate : fono giente belli-
cofe ufano rotelle et archi : Navicano con grande legni voti d'un
pecio cavati et hanone afai. O'loto una copia d'una lettera che
fcrive lo Admirante al Re dandoli della imprefa grande fperancia.
Et e grande maraviglia havere delle moltitudine et fortia delle aque
dolce che ha trovate : Dice come quelle harene (bno molto alte
Et hanno trovato gran feche nelle t'ocie del fiume in mod che li
navilii non potevono refiftere alia abondantie delle aque dolce :
Tale che ditte nave da 20. leg. in uno golfo fempre trovando el
mar dolcie. Che diconvi quello che dice li philofophi che la
terra ha forma fpherica. Et che cierto lo admirante ha havuto
grande animo et ingiegnio havere difcoperto I'altro mondo oppo-
fito al noftro con tante fatiche et fudori et vifl:o la mutatione che
fa la Tramontana per efler ito di la dalla linea del equinoctiale
che mai lo harei creduto che ci potefe habitare gli homeni che
ftimavo fufli tuta aqua et non terra di giorno andrano fcoprendo
et harafi di tuto perfecla cognitione di che di tuto quello fe in-
tendera vi faru con mia lettere avifato.
Oro baffo.
Ptrlt.
Paefe.
Fertile.
Bellkoji, Pro-
telle, Anhi.
Zotioli.
Aque dolce.
Gran fuimant.
Mar dolcie.
Per 20 leg.
Of>eni(,n de.
MonJo.
INFORMATIONE DI BARTOLOMEO COLOMBO DELLA NAVICATIONE
DI PONENTE ET GARBIN DI BERAGUA NEL MONDO NOVO.
Del 1505 eflendo Bartolamio Colombo fratello di Chrifto-
phoro Colombo da poi la fua morte andato a Roma per haver
lettere del pontifice al Re di Spagna chel volefe efler contento di
darli caravelle in ordine di quel bifognava et fpecialmente di frati
do6ti in philofophia et Theologia et in la facra fcriptura et quefto
perche fi oferiva ritornare alle terre dil mondo novo dove infieme
con ditto fuo fratel havea del 1503 difcoperte per ponente a
Garbin di la dalla Spagnolo da miglia 3000 et trovato le mine
del Oro in Beragua et altri lochi dove con facilita fi converteria
con facilita tanti popoli alia fede criftiana con honor et utile.
Di che ditto Bartolomeo confcfato da uno frate Hieron'ino de
I'ordine di frati canonici regulari in S. Joanni Laterano li dete
di fuo mano uno difegnio de litti di tal terre dove eron difcripte i
lochi la conditione et natura et coftumi et abiti di quelli popoli
et efendo ditto frate Hieronimo qui in Venetia nel monafterio
1505.
1503
472
Bibliotheca Americana.
* [Word erased
and illegible.]
Ma. "jm.
Po. Rtirelf.
(Iro.
Pirio Bjstimen-
toi, Be! po) 10,
p.rio Grcisi.
Dormono, fj li
Arbori.
Bfaguii.
Oro.
Ma. 60.
Sur,
I. aujirale.
Oro.
Cariba.
Caramharu.
(ho.
Cariai.
Maia.
SepuUrt.
Sculfito.
loro della carita eflendo mio amico mi dette el tal difegno et el
fimile mi dette in fcripto la conditione et popoli di tal paeii li quali
in brieve lo Alex°.* . . . li notero et prima cominciando da Gar-
bin veneando verfo lo Tropico di Cancro dove e il goltb di Denol
fino dove non poteno cosi bene haver notitia di tal terre per
difeto delle lor nave che eilendo abifate faccvano tanta aqua in
modo die fe atVetorono il partirfi et navicaron vcrib Spagna che
v'era una gran via da farfi miglia. 7000. queflo tal mare di
Denol in molti lochi haveva poco tbndo et havca gran corentia
di aque portito di tal loco venono a iiiio loco ditto retrete nel
qual porto et per tuta tal cortiera maritima trovoron gran copia
de Oro ct afai lavorato optimamente et habitata di gicnte afai
molto apti et ben difpofti i quali baratavano il fuo Oro tentuono
per cofe picole et di poco precio et di li (corendo per tal colticra
da uno porto dc bastimentos et per ei. bei, porto et a porto
UROSSO nelle qual lochi baii fono habitate da giente ruiUcana et
hano afai abondantia del vivere al qual hanno tuta la lor tantafia.
Et le loro cafe et abitationi fono in cinia a grandi Arbori altiflimi
dove dormono et queito fano per dubito che egli hanno de nemici.
Dipoi feguitando pur verfo lo Tropico dil Cancro in el loco di
BERAGA el quale e aprello a uno fiumc in una gran Valle per le
concavita dille quale fon molte cave de Oro nove in le quale i
ditti Spagnoli ne (ricolfono) afunorono. Et quelli Indiani del paefe
riferirono che in fra terra da circa a miglia 60 verfo la provintia
ditta svR. ell'er altre cave de Oro ct magior molto : in le qual uno
certo Judeo in uno di afuno uno facheto de Oro in el quale era
marche do di pefo et riferi molte altre cofe admiraiite Dichon per
efl'er ftato di li nella vernato quando navicorono in nello ebono di
gran piogie continue con molte fortune : Partcndo di qui fegui-
tando ditta Colta trovorono uno loco ditto careba dove e uno
fiume che ha oro in quello fecondo diffe tal Indi eron con loro in
li navilii : et cosi vedemo ditti popoli che ne portavono al collo
per colana. Seguitando piu oltre trovarono il moir et magior
porto che fia in tal Cofta il qual fi chiama carambarv : ma li
habitanti fon molti filveltri et vano nudi et fon copiofi di cofe et
cibi da vivere et de Oro et per il gran caligo et bruma vi tiovamo
in ditto porto per efler il verno per tal paura non volleno dimor-
arvi. Seguitando piu oltre in fino a una terra chiamata cariai
in la quale habita gente de bona forte che vivono de indullria et
mercantia come fi fa in la provincia la qual chiamon maia. Sono
grandi incantatori i quali come ci vidono difmontare a terra molti
di loro ci veneno in contre et ci recetoiono con uno pie tenendo
inanzi che e tra lor fegno di pace : In quefto loco vidono uno
Sepulcro con fue volte di cube di sopra nelle qual era intagliato
Appendix.
473
diverfi anitnali di varie nature. Et portoronci porci vivi come i
noftri : et altre cofe afai che fia cofa lunga da riferire. In tal
loco fi trova gomma in gran copia perfedla. Et di qui parten-
dofi par navicando verfo il pel artico per il Tropio dil Cancro
iniino al voltar de uno Cao che va al ponente che fi chiama porto
di CONSVCLA dove inanzi il ditto mare le aque hanno gran corfo
et fa gran onde per ellervi poco fondo in-fino a Leghe 20 di
fpatio tuto da bracia 20 di fondo fi trova et non piu. Et cosi
difcorendo per ogni liga crefce uno brazzo di fondo fi trova di
piu : La terra ferma e feconda et da ogni hora et tempo le nave
pol gitar le fue ancore. Tal mar dura per 60 Leghe dove navi-
cando per 60 di confumorono cosi disfcorrendo : Seguitando
verfo ponente per tal liti pervenuti a uno loco ditto tenabaxa
dal R. di COBRE : Dove le gente che in tal lochi habitano fono
molti bruti ma di bon corpo di color lionato con capelli lunghi
fparti. Le lor femine hanno grande orechie di grandecia di
uno palmo et con forami tanto grandi che ci paferia uno pugno.
Vivono di carne humana come fa i Canibali. Et cosi etiam man-
giano i pefci crudi cosi come li pigliano del mare fe li mangiano
scntia cuocerli : Et cosi li hano veduti mangiar delle fpecie
mangiamo noi che dicono trovarfi in fra terra gran copia. E
per cagion delle piogie grande v'era non poteno intendere ne
cercare tal cofe come saria stato il loro difidcrio. Navicando
pill oltre a tal ripe verfo ponente in fin al porto di casermas.
Dove in tal provincia e frequente habitatione et gente molto
manfucta et vergognofa con fue carte in modo fachi fentta
maniche ma optimamente lavorati et cuopreno le loro vergogne
con fue bragefe et hanno coraze di bambafo si grofe et folte che
una baleltra non le paferia. Le femine fi veftono di li panni can-
didi et mangiano di quel medefimo grano come fi fa in I'infula di
Banalfa in mar qui a rincontro. Et oltra di quefto hanno molte
galine grande come paoni ct gran copia di fricelli et altri aceilami :
La infula di hanassa qui dirincontro ha giente molto robusta che
adorano li Idoli. Et il loro vivere fi e maximamente di certo
grano biancho di grandecia de uno cefare et nafce cosi come
nafcie in le balleare nelle panochie del quale fano pane optimo.
Et cosi fanno Ccruofa perfettiHima : In alcune altre Infule fi e
la terra fimilc al Oro li crilliani li quali poteno tore di quella la
ferbavono con diligentia da 8 mefi I'afcondevono exiftimando
chel fufi oro : In querto loco pigliorono una Nave loro carica
di mercantia et nicrce la quale dicevono veniva da una cierta pro-
vintia chiamata maiam vel luncatam con molte veste di bam-
basio de le quale ne erono il forcio di sede di diversi colori.
60
Porci.
Goma.
Oitifucla.
Corfo Ji ajue
Le. 20.
Poco fondo.
60 Lt.
PoHintt
Tenabaxa.
F. Cohre.
Orechie grandi.
Canibali.
yintrofo.
Ictiofhagi.
Sfeciarie
Porto di Cafer-
mat.
Lavori.
Lavori oflimi.
Bragefe, toroKe.
Banajfa infula.
Pane di grano.
Galine, fricelli.
Infula Banaffa.
Idoli.
Sorgi Hancki.
Pane.
Ceruofa.
Oro fimil,
non bono.
Nave carica.
Maiam vel lun-
catem.
fette di bam-
bafio, efeda.
474
Bibliotheca Americana.
Mtrce.
I.jma, Infu.'a
(Jajuca.
Imuld Mana'va.
Infula Olava.
* " La (jual i
I'cripla da poi
cAearaivollU'
to carle izche
feguila la
fual."
^FOLLINI ?]
Da poi ditta Infula di banala navicando verfo ponente fine a uno
Cao de Lama trovoronc poco luntano da terra 3 infule cioe la
prima chiamata OAfivELOiR. la fecoiula manava : la terra oa-
LAVA. di poi non navicoron piii oltri et voltoron la proa per le-
vante verfo la Cuba et la Spagnola per cller Ic lor nave male in
afeto che eron abifatc diflbn molte altre cofe le quale non dico
perche per la lettera* che fcrive Chriftophoro Colombo fuo
fratel al Re di Spagnia come intenderete.
FEDE ET SUPERSTITIONE ET COSTUMI DE l'INSULA SPAGNOLA
MANDATAMI DA FERRARA PER MESSER 7.UANE DE STROZI.
149a.
Bartolomto Co-
lombo.
Libra di cojlumi
Fanlafmate.
Simulacri.
Figure.
Zemtn.
Jocauna.
Gjamanocon.
Attaheira.
Mamonia.
Guacarafita.
Jietla.
Guimazoa.
Ctf-iii m.
Caaibajagaca
Ipelonca.
Amaiauna,
Machocail.
Mirabolani,
Quando Chriftophoro Colombo 1492 tiovo le infule Spagnole
tra le altre cofe rcferivan fi fu che li popoli di ditta infula non
adoravono altro che il cielo pianeti e iklle. Ma da poi che
I'anno habitata et imparato la lingua I'un con I'altro fi fono
dimefticati hanno cognofuto quelli haver varie cirimcnie et varie
coftumi come per il frate heremita Romano che Bartolomco
Colombo fratello di ditto Chriftophoro condufe da Roma in Hno
a ditta Infula per amaeftrar et ridur ditti Infulani alia fede noftra
criftiana di che compofe uno libro di lor coftumi. Delli cjuali
in queihi di alquanti fi dira. Et prima dicono in ditta infula la
node aparere alcune fantafmate et vifioni che loro infenfati con-
ponono alcuni fimulacri i quali vengono adorare et sentando in
terra fu coltre di bambafo figurono alcuni boni denioni come da
noi fi piatrica. Et queftri fimulacri chiamano zemen i quali
adorano per dii eterni che dicono eft'er dua cioe chiamono i'^
Jocauna e I'altro magior Guamanocon : e (juali dicono aver 5
madre che una a nome Attaheira : Mamonia : Guacarapita :
Jiella : Guinazoa : In ditta infula e una Regione che fi chiama
caunana dove per grote di dui monti dicono eft'er ufito la genera-
tione di homini cioe dalla magior fpelonca la magior parte: et dalla
minor fpelonca ala minor Cauta chiamono ditti monti et la magior
fpelonca chiamono Cazibafagaca la minor Amaiauna. Et il pri-
mo che da ditta Caverna uiite chiamato Machochacl il qual havea
guardia di ditta bocha ogni nocile ufite fuori per poca diftantia
et vifto in I'aurora il fole non potcndo foporta di veder tal luce fi
transformo in Saxo : Et cosi dimoiti altri che di nocte ufivono
di tal Caverna per andar a pefcare et non pofcndo ritornar inanci
che il fole fi levafe di che vifto tal luce per la pena che non li era
licito veder di fubito fi tramutorono i li arbori che fano i Mira-
bolani che in detta infula nafcono da lor pofta in quantita fentia
Appendix.
475
efler piantati : Dicono ancori un principal chiamato Vaguoniona
il qual mandaco uno fuo famieio a pcfcar tuor di ditta Cavcrna
per non cli'er potutu tornar ancura lui inanci fi levafi il Sole fi
tramutu in uno luHgnolo. II quali ulcello ogni anno dipoi in la
noiStc ct in cl tempo tu convcrtito di ucello canta et fi lutnenta di
tal fua mala forte di che al luo patrone chiamaro Vaguonionc
dimanda aiiito : Et per qiicKo dicono che il lufignuolo canta di
note. Dipoi il ditto Vaguonione il qual amava grandemente
ditto luo t'amiglio li partite di tal I'pelonca et condufe tora i'ola-
mente le fcminc con lui tancielli li ({uali lactavano et andoron a
una Inlula di li poco dillante la quale e chiamua mathinina.
dove lafcio dittc t'cmine et riporto leco e tanculini dipoi la^ti
aprclo a uno tiumiccllo comincior a pianger dicendo : toa toa. i.
mama mama in mode furo convertiti in Ranochi et per queAo
dico in la primavera tal ranochi cominciono a cantar : Et in
quello modo dicono li homini eller ufiti da ditte Caverne et Iparli
per tuta ditta Inlula Spagnola fenci lor t'cmine. Et cosi dico
ditto Vaguoniona vagando per diverfi lochi et per gratia fpecial
mai eller llato transformato lb non da una tormola Icmina la qua*
vide in marc dove dilelc et da lei have cierti quaguleti marmorei
i quali chiamano Cibas et ancor certe taolete auree li qual chia-
mon Guanioncs. Queltc tal giemc legate in Hno a quello giorno
aprelb e loro Re fono tenute e reverite come cole (acre. Li
homeni che lencia le lor fcminc rimafcnc in la I'pelonca ditfia di
fopra la nodle lavadi tuti in cierti folic dove era adunato aqua
atai piovana le ne ulirono et in rino a quelto tempo ulano tal
bagni : e fubito uliti dicono concorfeno alii albori Mirabolani
dove per fopra caminavono infinite formi che adunate et loro
con le mani come tante femine le qua' llringendo fcorevono hior
delle mani come le full Itate anguille : Vanno a dimandar con-
figlio da vechi conltglieri et vano a ccrcar le alcuno tra lo ci e
che fia rogniofi e levrofi over che habino le man callofe et al'pere
acio polla ritencre quelle con mani tacilmcnte : et quelli tal ho-
mini li chiamono Caracaracolc : Et cosi vano a caciar et benche
ne piglan moltc nientc dimeno non ne tengon fe non quatro le
qual ulano per femine. Et dicon mancar loro !a fua natura. Et
por (]uclto dicono ritornan dalli vechi per configlio acio che loro
li mandino Tuccllo pico che con luo beco acuto intri in le code
loro oprcndo la natura a dite femine dove da quelle e poi dilefb
li altri : Et (jui e da maravigliare conic fi lege di Mvrmtdone
da greci difcripto in taiiti voluini che dalle formiche elFer dileti e
mvrmidoni : Siche in quello modo i lor lapienti con gra\ita et
riputation i lor pergoli ct lochi eminenti danno a intendere a li
ditti Infulani fimplicioti a perfuaderli il credere quelte tal cole per
Tut Tm.
aiML
..raLMmitnrt.
Vtrmiikt.
Pzn act'.U.
Mirm;Jr.r.
476 Bibliotheca Americana.
Origimt dii vere ct facre. Circa a I'origine del Mare dicono efler ftato in
man. jaia. ditta Infula uno potentiflimo homo chiamato Jaia il quale (fie)
uno uiiico fiolo il quale ufite di una Zucha in loco di fepulcro
edificato dipoi quefto Jaia pafati alquanti mefi inpacienti per la
morte del fio tornb a ditta Zucha la qual aperfe ufite una gran
balena et ferata la ditta Zucha .... convicini ai mari per la qual
fama quatro gioveni nati in uno portato cun I'perancia di haver
tal pcfcc in la Zucha la prefe con le mazi. Supravenuto Jaia il
quale havea incufo li ofli in tal Zucha quelli Juveni infpauriti per
tal facrilegio ne non efl'er acufati per tal furto da Jaia. Et vog-
lando fugcr la Zuca li caso in terra per il gran pe(o ct fe rupe et
per tal Hfure ufite fora il Mare il quale (correndo per le valle
et per la gran planicie circoncirca impiendo etieto che le cime de'
monti et lochi eminenti che rimafeno fcopcrti et cauforono le
infule le qua' al prefente fi vegono. Et ancor dicono che qucUi
fratelli per paura di Jaia andoron fugendo per diverfi lochi in
modo che da fame fi mancono per non haver ardimento di fcr-
marfi ct andorono a bater la porta de un fornaro ca zabi uno
pane dimanc'ando ditto fornaro nel intrar feceno in cafa loro li
fputorono adofo in tal fputo perniciofo per il qual morite ditto
fornaro. Configlatofi i ditti fratelli con una prieta agucia lo
aperfono per la qual fcrita nafete una femina et i ditti fratelli la
uforono infieme da la qual nafete et mafchi et femine. Oltra a
quefto dicono chi fi trova una fpelonca che fi chiama Javanaboina
dal nomc de uno Re di quel paefe il quale fi chiama Machinnech
il quale e uno loco piu religiofo tra loro che non e S. Jacopa di
Galitia. El quale e ornato di moltc picture varie et ha due porte
fculpte di quelli fuo demoncs che chiamon Zemes dille qual una
chiamon Bintaitalle I'altra Marochum et dimandato loro perche
con tanta divotione adoron ditta fpelonca dico che il fole e la
luna ufiron fuor di li per inluminaril mondo : et con gran gravita
quefti infenfati dicono quefte cofe. El tal Spelonca ha tanto con-
corfo di perfone che vano et vengono come fa in nelli noftri
tempii in li gran perdoni. Et un altro modo di fuperftitione
dicono che da poi la morte vano vagabondi et che fi pafono de
uno frudto de uno Arboro che nafce tra loro fimile a uno Co-
togno a nui igcognito. Et converfare tra i vivi piglando forma
de homeni dormire con le fue femine et inganarle et come ven-
yifitilt. gono in ful compir del foticio vano in vefibile. Et fe per ventura
alcuni fufpetano di giafer con i morti fentendo qualche nova cofa
in leto ufando alcun mormorar. Et fi dicon che li Morti pof-
fono pigliar ogni membro humano ecieto che lo imbeligo et cosi
al obelico fi cognofce fe fon morti ho vivi : Et cosi credono che
fpefo di nocte per le vie publice fe incontrano morti afai et fe quel
yavanaioina .
Machinntch.
PiBurt.
Porte jculftt.
DtmoMts.
Bintaitallt.
Marocho.
Spclomca.
ArboTo fimile
al codtgno.
Appendix.
Ml
che camina noii fi metera paura dicono chc la fantafma fe rifolve :
Et fe I'ara paura perfevererano in modo che quelli tali rimarano
lefi et I'tupidi : Dimandati dalli noftri dove inparano tal coftumi
vani che e una pefte fra loro dicono haver per hcredita dai fuel
magiori. Et chc non c licito infegnar tal cofe et canti fe non
alii tioli dclli Re ct dicono mai haver lettcre fra loro e tuto con
la mcmoria prefcrvano. Et i li di feftivi cantano et fonano i
pupoli come fi fa a li di facri et hanno uno folo infturmento di
legno concavo dito Rcboans in modo uno timpano : et li
fui facerdoti auguri i quali fi chiamon Boviite che li acodumano
di tal fuperltitione. Et cosi fono i Medici che infegnono a
mile donne vechie infcnfate plebee di mile fraude. Item i ditti
auguri conftringono i ditti plebei a credere il tuto per efl'er
di grandc aut'lorita aprefo d'efi che dicon parlar con Zemes
et chc tuto fano : Li Boviti li conltringono a degunar et pur-
garfc : Pignano una cierta polvcre di una herba la qua bevono
et fubito '^\ convcrtono in uno furor a modo obriache gemcndo et
per rifanarfe piglano qualche calculo di prieta o peco di carte in
bocha. Et fo circondati atorno da quelli Boviiti da 3. ho 4 volte
torcando la fatia Ic labra con bruti gelli fufiando li amalai el colo
le tempic e la fronte piglando aierc e dicono tirar via tuto il mal
che hanno in le vene che li tengono in malatia fregando ditti
amaliiti si le cofe come et le gambc et petignone et con le man
coniunte infieme corono verfa la punta aperta lavandofi ( ? ) le
mani ct a quefto modo perfuadena haver caciato il morbo : quello
chc dirictro ticnc in bocha uno pezo di carne verfo come prelti-
giatore crida dicendo cio chel mangera ultra alia fua necefita.
Tu Itarai fano perche ho ritrato il mal. Et fe el vede che
I'amalado Ilia mal li da ad intender che el fuo Zemen e corociato
con lui per non lo haver honorato come el dovea ne fabricatoli
qualche loco. Et fe lo amalato moriva li fui parenti eron con-
Itreti di confefare efler con fui venefitii moito et fi per non haver
redlamcnte iciunato ne eciam dandoli buone medecine. Et fi i
medici Boiiti fufen fta caufa di fua morte facevono vcadita di
ditto Boiito. Dc le prietuze over ofli che ditto Boiito portafe
in bocha. Se ditti prietuze et offi fono legate et poltc invoke
in panni fervate con fcdc giovono afai alii fuoi fanculli et ditte
feminc tengon ditte priete ct offi come zemii : I ditti Infulani
vogliono che fia varii zemes i quali adorano alcuni che vengono
di note in vifione tra li arbori li fculpifcono di legno : Altri che
daran rifpofta tra i faxi li fcolpifcono di marmoro : Alcuni che
intra le radice di erbe chc mangiono in loco di pane chiamate
Dies che ditte zenes hano cura di tal pane per efler lor cibo.
Come apreilb delli antiqui le Driades Amadryades ct Satyri et
Non hanno let-
ttrt.
Cantar. Sonar.
Inlurmcnio.
Boviilt,
Polvtre de
Htrba in/ana.
Medicamenli.
Sculpture.
Die,.
Driaetet.
jimadriadtt.
478
Bibliotheca Americana.
Saliri, Panni.
Nireidt.
Herha Chokob-
ba.
I mi
Spiriiaii.
Guaccanarillo.
Corocholti).
Miracol.
Slalua Miir-
moria.
pani et Nereide de t'onti Selve et mari hovevon cura : Et cosl
ditti Infulani a ciachedun il fuo zemes il quale lo chiamano in
ogiii lor bifogni : Et cosi nello evcnimeiito dilla gueira ct in la
careftia et abondanfia il fuo (fu) che i fui. Re vogliono con-
figlio dimandono a ditto Zemes : et vanno in la caxa dcdicata a
Zemes e forbendo per le nave di quello polverc dell' htrba dita
Chohobba la quale i Boviiti fabito convertife in furor che li par
che tuta la caxa fi volta a roverfo da fondamenti e por chc li
homeni caminino alia roverfa. Tanta tbrcia ha in fi ditta Cha-
hobba che fubito toglic i fenfi a chi la piglia che divcnton pazi
et dormentano e brazi e ginochi et elevato i fumi alia telta li fa
lor venir una lente fonolentia torcendo li ochi verfo il ciclo et par-
lando cofc confufe et quelli primarii della cafa che foli con voce
grandc cridano dimandando gratia (Ma non voiono che niuno
de'populari entrano a tal facrihtio) di chc dicono che el Zemis e
venuto loro a parlare et ridicono quello hanno vifto dicendo che
quando quel inebriate apriva la bocha che il Zemes li parlava :
Et che fe fera fame o pefte o ricever alcuna victoria a abondantia
over tuto quello ha intraveni et efler che il fuo Zemes tuto li dice.
Come ctiam dicono li antiqui del fpirito Apollinco che par che
quella fuperftitione che erano aprefo li antiqui non fia pcrfa come
generalmente di fopra di tal Zemes fe e ditto. Circa alle partic-
ular delli qual dicano ditti Infulani diremo di alcuni. Uno Re
ditto Guamareto dicono havea un Zemes che havea come Coro-
chotus il qual tegniva aligato di fopra al colmo della cafa el qua'
fecurava (fu) il quale per cafon di coito over per mangiar rom-
peva i ligani et fe andava a fcondere in cierte rupe dc moni et
cosi cruciato per alcuni di fi fcondeva : et quefto pcrchc ditto
Re Guamareto havea mancato dil fuo orar ne' facri. Item dicon
che in ditta regio in una Villa di Guamareto fi fie uno fanciullo
che havea due corone ftimando ell'er fiol di Corochoto Zemis Di
che dico quefto Re Guamareto fu vinto in bataia dal fonimico et
fuli ruiaii.i la caxa et guafto ditta fua Villa fi con fogo e ferro
dice quefto Corochoto brufando la cafa ufci de fui ligami et poi
fu trovato luntano p'u de uno miglio. Un altro Zemen chia-
mato Epileguarita di legno di quatro pie il (juale fpefo fugiva alle
felve dal loco dove era adorato et con fupliche piatofe fabricatoli
uno tempiuzo I'axportorono. Et di poi gionto i criftiani Spag-
noli a ditta infula quefto fe ne fugi et mai piu dipoi e ftato tro-
vato et quefto fu augurio de la lor perdita dilla patria loro.
(Quefto f'c aintefo dai vechi. Un altro Zcmen Marmoreo i
quali quefti adoravono di Saxo femineo al qua dui miniftri mafculi
havevono cura de efo : uno di quefti havea I'offitio di pcone et i
altri Zemes in aufilio dilla femina inperantc a concitar vento
Appendix. 479
nehule et piogie. Un altro dicuno per mandato di tal fcmine
faccndo difcciidere dai aiti monti le aque et congregaric in le
valle in modo di fiume fcorrendo per li campi et gual'tandu il tuto
(f gia tal popoli non fi corcgiefeno et adoiafono con dcbiti modi.
Un altra gran cola dirtmo dcgna di memoria e quali dicon ditti Guanonmit.
Infulani cioc chc fono ftati duo Re dil qual uno ditto Giiarionexio 5 d\ dif^iuno
gia ditto. II (|ualc per cin(|ue di continui non mangio ne beve
et ijuefto per obtignir gratia dal zemcs di peter intcndcre le cofe
hitiire di chc li fu concefo tal gratia dal fuo zcmcs per tal deguno Profuia.
Chc fii qucfto che li dillc chc non pallcria tropi anni chcl veria
una gcntc veCt ta di panni a ditta infula la qual ruincrci la lor fede
et coftumi et cerimonie i quali tuti tuti peririano et farian fati
("crvi et privi di ogni bene di che la guventu ftimorono tulFi (luelto
per caufa di canibali limavono (fic) di che come fentivono che
C^nibali arivafc a lor Ripe tuti fugivano per dubito di tal aveni-
meiito di che tcmcvono cilero a le mani con loro. Ma come
vidoiio che li hifpani arivorono a la lor Infula ii congregorono
tuti inficmc ct conclufono (luclta eller la gente chc havea prot'e-
ti/:iUi la /emcs ditta (Che in vcro non parlo indarno) perche
intrato i cril'tiani tuti fono fati criftiani et morti li oftinati fi che
noil c'e pill mcntione di zemcfe per '•Her ftati tuti portati in
Sp.ijjna acio li lia cognofuto e fuo demoni et fua fallacia. Molte
altre cofe circa a quefte fe haria potuto dir ma quefte per hor
bafta.
DESCRIPTIO DI COSE TROVATE PER CASTIGMANI IN UN DIS-
CORSO DAL 1500 INFINO AL I5IO DA DIVERSIE CARAVELLE
IN qUESri DIECE ANNI. — C. IIJ.J.
I Litti della provincia Paria che nel Occeano verfo Garbin da ^<"''" f<'-^">-
Chriltophoro Colombo del 1498 a li Liti del mondo Novo fa "^'
fcoperta ct cosi da Vuntrienne (sic) et da pincone in fin 1500 1500.
come nolli anteccdenti libri fi legie di poi per fino al 1510 c (tato 1510.
Icopcrto in quelH diece anni non folum da Colombo dito ma da
molti altri i ijuali dicono per lungo tracto andando verfo ponente
vogliono i\ vadi a coniungere con i liti Indici fono prima divcn-
uti in due Regioni nove da poi didla Paria cioc Heragua trovata biraoua
per ditto Colombo 1502. et dipoi de una altra da altri chiamata 1502.
vuAVA Le quale fono picno di Oro et Incenib et dove fi ulano ''"'*'"*•
Colane d'oro le qual furono aprefentate et coli inccnfi ma prima co1aiie"d'orl
hebeno molte guerre da loro tamen per eller mal armati et quafi
nudi ne furono morti alai ma in ogni modo fono homeni feroci ^"^ ■«"""""'■
et ulano le frece avenenate con fue lancete acute. Trovafi molti L'""'*-
480
Bibliotheca Americana.
ytfptrtilhiii
viniHofi.
Torlori,
\U»Jir» mari-
Un allra Eu
rtpa.
Amifodi.
forminio,
Hlrbl.
Fcrci.
cviA J/ela,
Ort.
I/o/a S. lovaiii.
■I
animali come ucclli varii da li noftri, c vcfpcrtilioni ct Tortore
grande : et in el far della fi-ra ditto notolc tifivon fuori le (|ual
hanno morder vencnofo che inducevuno rabia di chc li fu fortia
fuger di la come fe le fufin Arpie : Alcuni che in tcna ("u e liti
una nodtc uno di loro fu da uno monlhc marino prc(b ct purtatu
in mar in r.infpeifto di compagni et lui cridandu rocorfo non lo
poteno aiutare. In ditte terre edificaro Roche c aui {sic). Regal
et non contentono ne confentono ma poco dclidcruno tor tal
peCo tamen luplicano al Re che li mandino a tor tal provincie.
yuefti Ion langi trat^ti et gran terre et abple come e un altra Eu-
ropa \i di terra firma come etiam dc Inlole c piu tollo la (Upera
ecieto che quelle che a megio di a Icopertc i portagalcii le tjualc
fon grande. Sichc c di noftri ai gran laude a la Hifpania haver
trovatu quefti lochi incogniti di tante miliona de Antipodi.
Li Inl'ulani hano provato che il noftro pane di grano e di piu
nutrimento del loro et per quefta caulii molti le amalano et il Re
ha fato che in ditti lochi fi fcmini per ditte Infule et ditto formeiuo
i quale nal'e con le (iie gambc di paia grol'e et piene et le I'piche
grande frape fentia grano : Kt cosi le herbc grande e mollc
crefon come il formento ingrafa i bclHami ma fa le carne fipide
et le oUa fentia medola opur fe le fon piene Ion anguofc : ct
cosi fono i porci ma lalubri et lipidi f'ingralano di certi fruti
filveftri chc mangiono volentieri : Molti fono fugiti per I'infula
et fati felvatici non hano animali quadrupedi fe non vi Ion
portati. Galine et altre volatilli ucelli vi fonoafai et grandi
per le bone herbe che con quelle iientia altro grauo f'ingra-
fano. La Infula cvba chc c viuna a ditta Spagnola la quale
in el principio per la fua lungetia ftimorono fufli terra con-
tingente et hano la poi trovata eller Infula: di che non e da
maraviare fe li habitanti quando i noftri la navicorono dicevono
efler fentia tine : e quello perche tal gcnte c nuda et non fono
infatiabili et ftano contenti dil loco dove nafcono, et poco curano
di quel fano lor vicini ; ct non vano cercando le loto il ciclo v' e
altra habitatione fe non di quella che hanno fi contentono. La
ditta Cuba da levante a poncnte e piu lunga afai della Spagnola
ma da Septcntrioiie a megio di non e li larga : Et e terra ferace
et molto amena ma non habonda Oro. Non tropo diftante
da Oriente dalla Spagnoli li trova un altra Infula grande la meta
manco d'ell'a che li Spagnola e chiamata dai noftri S°. Iovani*
quafi quadrata. In la quale fon richie minerc d'oro : ma pero
atendono a cavar in la Spagnola ct per ancori non hano pofto
maeftri a cavar : ma tutavia fi comincia aparechiare. In la
Spagnola. fe atende con ogni folicitudine a cavar Oro et hanno
pofto tal ordine : Cioe che tuti quelli (cacichi) Reguli chc hanno
^
Appendix.
481
\
homini afai apti a far tal cxi-rtitio hano configato che prima quelli
populi a uno cicrto tempo di I'aiino vcngono ciafcuiio a trovare
3uelli fui Reguli ct qui vcngonu alle miiicrc cun lUi Inltrumcnti
a cavar chc li vicn loro ila mai-lhi coiifignati : it ilal Co cacichio
li e Ihitiiito per (ua mcrto di cavar oltra alle I'pcli- di bocha una
certa portioiic : Di poi che haiino lavorato li partaiio a uno ccrtu
tempo quando e il tempo dil feminar clic per vivere hilognia
vadinu a foi lochi con liii Ihimienti et vano nudi et in c|uelto
modo atendono a I'agricultura ct alle minere ct mal volcntieri
fupurtano tal fatiche : Kt (juaiido coltoro vanu ai fuui Caciclii o
Regali vano come la i militi ai fuo' Cenrurioni : o come i lavor-
anti dal fuo patroiie : Et le l()nu storciati IpeCo fugono alii monti
ct Celve : Et fono piu contcnti di vivere di cole fiKelhe che
durare tal fatiche. Hanno lafato in tuto e lor coltuini ct rcli-
jioni antique; Sono boni crilHani ct piamente prcdicano de ella :
noltri acultumano et inlcguano a li tioii di (|uelli Reguli in
caxa : Et cosi facilmente li puti imparano la lingua nol'tra ct cof-
tumi : Et come Ion grandi li mandano a cafa loro . Sono fati
dot^ti in la fcdc criltiaiui et tra loro li amano ct cosI con alicgrc
et bone perlualion li conducano alle minere a lavorar. Lc quale
in ditta Inlula nc lono due delle (|ual una e diftantc dalla cita
ditta Dominica mcia 13 chiamata Mina di S. Chriltophoro.
L'altra la (jual e dita ciabava e diftantc ly meia de! porto re-
gal et lono 2 gran Regioni. Dove piii volte fi trova in lupcr-
fitie Ore et intro i liixi male over lamine alcuna volta minute ;
et piu volte in piu luochi di gran pefo : alcuni fe trova di trelento
pondi male alcune magior. Una fu trovata di 3310 pondi di pefo
lo qual mafa fu caricata in la nave di Boadilla patrone per con-
dur al Re in Spagna et per ell'cr ditta nave carga di gcnte et oro
fi fumerfe et perdeii I'oro et perfone la (jual mala d'oro fu vifta
prima da molte perfone. La quantita dil pefo dil pondo ft e et
pefa 3 ducati d'oro et li hilpani chiamono tal pefo uno caltigliano
d'oro. Tuto I'oro che i cava dci monti ciuani et del porto
Regal lo portano alia ca. della Conceptionc dove e parechiatc le
oficine e li lo fondono. Et prima dano della parte quinta a
ciafchedun la fua portione per le fo fatiche : IJucI oro che fi
toglic dal Officina di S. Chriftophano lo portano alia ca. di bona-
ventura. Siche ogni anno tragano da ditte 2 otficine Trelcnto-
milia pondi di Oro. ct fe alcun con fraude 'I ne togliefono fi
che e non lo confcgnall al Regal magiftrato lo caftigcriono con
le lege : et quando intervicne coftionc tra loro lb li magiftrati non
li adatano : Vanno poi tal fententie alle Apellatione al palazo di
Senatori la qual la difinife. In quefta eta fono fcnatori di excel-
61
O ifliani afiimi.
C. Domimita
Ma. I 3, Mima
MS. Ckrijio-
pkdTo. Cia-
htfva, Porto
Regale, ma.
I'f, Oro.
laofondi, 3] 10
pcndi.
I pindo fi e \
Cajligliana
da ducati 3.
Cebani monti.
Porto Regal.
C. conceftioni.
Mina S. Chrif.
tofhano.
Bona Centura,
300OT. fondi.
482
Bibliotheca Americana.
Prima
Prejidenti.
' » ■* •
3°.
4", 5°-
6°, 7°. 8°
enti et nobili di noto fangue i quale fentano per iudicar come
confediarii in tal fenato. La prima (edia fi v'c cleto Jos. a Silva
comes cifontcs Regius magnus Vcxillifer parente dil Re d,
Spagna el quale fi e uno altro Catoiie di grandc ingiegno di m-
tegerima vita et littcrato et amator di Vcrtu. e il principe del
fenato che a Roma fi chiamo lo prcfidcntc. Li altri clie per or-
dine fentano che primi fccondo I'ordine d'il tempo lono prion
fentono. Li Dodori i quale fono defignati overo ornadi infig-
niti pcrche in lingua Spagnola li defignati chiamon quelli che
dicon licentiati : che dc jure vcngono elcti dal Confulti dil Regno.
Et tra i prefidenti Scnta Pctro di Oropefa Vctcrano dapoi queftto
fenta Lodovico Zapata : Dipo Fernando Tcllus : il quarto lenta
Garfia Moxica. El quinto fenta Lorcncio Caravaial : dipoi fta 1 o-
ribio Santiago dipoi fente Joanni Lopez: dipoi Lodovico Polanco:
dipoi Francdco Varga el quale c ancori Thcfaurier dil Re. ^ Le
ultime ftatione fono ocupatc dai facri conftituiti cioe Sofa et Cal-.co
iuris rontifici periti che per non eller licito in caufa cnminali
aiutar. Sichc tuti atcndeno a miniftrar Juftitia fccondo il bil-
ogno di chi domanda Rafone : ct qucfto bafta per hora torncmo
i..ie Varie fortunate Non Saturno non Hcrcole non alcuno an-
tiquo che habia ccrcato nove terre ct rido al Culto Tuti inlicme
hora darano loco a li Hifpani noftri. O Dio ciuanto ampliato
vedcrano queli che dapoi noi verano ampliata la Religion crifti-
ana : Et a ogniuno per I'avenir li tia licito andarc per il monco
vagando ficuramentc. Et non e pollibilc dire quanto per I'av-
enir habia a elle gran cole da penfar a ogni fublime ingegno.
{Copia delle carte numerate 29-46 del codUe Magliabechiano con-
trajegnato Claffe xill, No. 8 1, efcgmta da FILIPPO RICCI,
Dijhlbutore Capo della Biblioteca Nazionale, ejeguita fecondo Porto-
grafia del codice Jiejfo.)
Appendix.
483
THE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DESCRILED IN THE
FOREGOING PAGES, ARE, AT THE PRESENT
TIME (may 4TH, 1866), IN THE
FOLLOWING LIBRAFI^S, VIZ.:
In the library of James Lenox, Esq.,
No 53 Fifth AvenuCy New York:
Nos. 2, 3, 4, II, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 34, 25, 26,
27', 28, 29, 31, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 55, 57,
58, 60, 62, 63, 70, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94,
97, 98, 99, 100, loi, 102, 109, no, 113, 114. IIS'
121, 122, 123, 124, 125s 126, 129, 133, 135, 137, i39>
142, 145, 150, 152, 153, 154, 15^. »6o, 167, 168, 171,
172, 171, 175, 176, 177. »^7. »88. »90> 19^ '93. 195.
197, 198, 199, 200, 205, 206, 207, 215, 218, 221, 223,
227, 230, 239, 242, 245, 247, 258, 260, 264, 272, 275,
277, 278, 281, 2S3, 286, 289, 290, 297, 298, 304.
Also: The Mexican books on pages 374, 375, 376
and 377, marked " Private Library, New York," the Bay
Psalm Book on page 377, the Jesuits Relations cited in
the Introduction, and MSS. mentioned in the first col-
umn of notes on page 213, in note 21, and on page 320,
and the manuscript Las Casas.
In the library of John Carter Brown, Esq.,
Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island:
Nos. 3', 4> 5. ^'. »S. >9. 26, 31, 38, 39, 42, 45, 46,
48*, 57, 58, 60, 66, 86, 88, 88 bis\ 94, 97, 99, 102,
' This is apparently the R.kc yt,fu<(iui ' Tw- copies, nne with thf portrait, the
sold by the British Museum as a Jupli.atf, other with the genuine plan ot Mexico,
on the late iliscovery of a complete copy in * Two copies,
the Grenville collection. The remaining * Two copie». . , . .
leaves have been ...l.led in tac -simile. » Two copiea, one .)» which on vellum.
484 Bibliotheca Americana.
105, no, 115, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 129,
134, M5> ^38. ^39^ H5. >54, 160, 162, 167, 168, 171,
172, 175, 176, 178, 187, 188, 190, 191, 200, 206, 207,
215, 218, 233, 238, 244, 247, 251, 264, 266, 267*, 272,
275, 277, 278, 297.
Also the Motinas on page 375, and Lima books on
page 376.
In the library of Samuel L. M. Barlow, Esq.,
No. I Madison Avenue, Mew York :
Nos. I, 4, 13, 14, 42', 51, 57, S8> ^O' ^3, 64, 74, 88,
88 bis, 109, 112, 126, 127, 131, 142, H5« 'SO. '57,
168, 171, 172, 176, 186, 188, 191, 197, 202, 218, 223,
231, 233, 248, 252, 253, 269, 279, 285, 287, 297, 298.
' Also Molina's Vocabulario.
In the library of Colonel Petek Force,
Seventh Street, IVushington, District of Columbia :
Nos. 11, 15, 39, 51, 56, 58. 60, 81, 125, 126, 133,
139, 176, i«7, i^^, 207.
Also the Biblioteca of Beristain, and manuscript
Las Casas.
In the library of J. Carson Brevoort, Esq.,
Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New Tork :
Nos. 56, 57, 58, 60, 80, 88, 127, 137, 218, 223, 240.
In the library of the Honorable Henry C. Murphy,
OwPs Head, Fort Hamilton, New Tork :
Nos. 45, 74, «», i^^, 240.
Reprint on vellum. ' Two lopies.
Appendix. 4^5
In the library of Almon W. Griswold, Esq.,
No. 415 Fifth A venue y New York:
Nos. 57, no, 125, 176, 190, 200.
In the library of Mr. George Ticknor,
Boston, Massachusetts :
No. 10.
In the library of Charles Deane, Esq.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
No. 46.
In the library of James Lawrence, Esq.,
Boston, Massachusetts :
The manuscripts mentioned in the second column of
notes on page 213, sequitur ; and in the first column of
notes on page 320, seq.
In the library of Buckingham Smith, Esq.,
Nos. 165 and 268.
I
.^^..^u
NO TA BENE : Our intention was to add to the present work
a Cartographia Americana, or list and description of all the
mapSf whether published or still in manuscript^ relating to the New
ff^orldy and draivn before 1550. IFe likewise intended to give the
passages of works in which occur mentions of charts of this descrip-
tion which are now lost or mislaid. The notes which we had collected
to that effect were so numerous., and the Bibliotheca Americana
Vetustissima had already become so bulky., that we were compelled
to forego our intention. As this is our first and last attempt in the
field of bibliography and cartography., we leave it to those of our
friends who take an interest in such matters., to carry out a project.,
whichy under the circumstances, we are unable to perfect.
H. H.
City or Niw Yo»«,
May 4tA, 1866.
INDEX.
1*1
INDEX.
Ablijn (Coriicliuj), 219, i9<)
Atuvfdii (R. Amuiuv y), »li.
AtitetJ ( |ii.i>iuiiO, xxxiv.
>• ( j.Bct tic), 104, 157, \l')
Ad.im (Mckhior), t^i 171.
Adam (nf Hriim-iOi 161.
Ad.l.i (Maniuii .1"), 461.
Ailolplius, 1 18.
Agia (Migiii:! dc), J7ZH.
Agiutini ((Jiiiv. dcgli), 219.
Agritola (Gcori;.'), vi.
«« junior (Rudulpliui), 147"
•« (Rudol|>li.), 118, 1x9 «., 147,
160, 161, 191. »77.
Aguiar (Rodrigo dc), xv, 394.
Aguilar (FraiicUco dc), J22».
Aguirrc (J. Sanchez dc), 106.
AgurU. (Vt. P. dc), 375.
Aittingcr (Wolfgang), loi.
Alanian (Lucas), 206, 219(1.
Alanisc (Lconhard and Lucas), 138, 140,
161.
Alberino (Nicholas de), 320 n., 436, 465.
Albcrti (L.), 66. 450.
Albcitinij (Francesco de), 78, I04, 110,
111, 140, 166, 177.
Albo (Francijco), 119.
Albu4uerijue, 125.
AlceJo (Antonio de), «iv, sSo., 611, |
113, I24i 149 "•• 3'6i 3J»' 447-
Aldus, 49, 159, 193-
Alegambc (I'hilili), xli.
AlegreCF J.), no.
Alexander VI (Pope), I, 16, 18. 19, 5".
11. 33> 34. 36» 44
Alhaja (Martin), 382.
Aliarei (Pedro), 98.
Allcgrctti (Allegretto Jegli), 3.
Allegrini (P.), 6711.
Almagto (Diego dc), 14S. 3«8- 3»« *
Almeida (Ferdinand del, J* •
AlniiidnFiancioc. de) 11%, i»J«
Aloiiso I 111- Blaik, ue Niiv»
Al|'li»ii»ui (King), 40». ^o-t
Albop (Richard'). 2l!*
All ((iior^ius), 42. 4 5
Alvarado (Kianc. de), 376
Alvarado (Pedro de», JJi, »i4
Alwocrdcn (Henr ib), 344.
Aniandui (y.icri«cci»,L>, 30*, yvpm
Aniati (Uiaciiito), 14.
Ambrojiii da H<irsaii • ( J'>.), 13»^
Anjorrtti (Carl..), 2I9. 2>o, 251, V"-/
Ampire (A. M.), »ii.
Andre (Valerius).
vtl:
Andreas, xxvi, 244.
Desseliu).
Taxander.
Angelo (Jacob.), 107, 135, l>i
Anghicra, lee NLirtyr.
Angiolelo (J. M.). 153.
Anglcria (John ,>t), 177.
ylimali <it la Rfp Ji G*n.My l>'
75. 117. "T*! •74
• 7*^
Anonym., 5 1,
• 79. ">3-
Anselnius, 166.
vil:
Polonia, 166.
Antiquarius (Jacobus), 1 55
Antonio de Leiirixa, l$l, iji
Antonio (Nic). xiii, »ii, 35 \y, 1*. 4i»
113, 115, 126, 153, iM. •*». »T7.
282, 446, 452. ^
Antune<. i« Ace»«Jo.
Anunci.uion (Fr. J J« U», j7$-
Anunciicion ( Fr lX)«»iftga »e»»», 17i«
Apianus (Peter), 91. «37. »T«» «7l V^
333. 361. 379. 40«. 4»7. 4*». **V
vtl s
Biencviti.
Apulloniui (l.rf:»in!ua), 3IV-
I Archiuu> (Philip). 4J4-
62
MwriMHHMMHalli
49°
Bibliotheca AmerUatia.
w
Alio- (CIiiIsiuvjI •Ic), I?!'
Aigclmi (I'hil.), iHj.
.-tnliiv (Kktliiiuher), 50.
Ardoin.) (A.), ^83".
ArB.nw-l.'(B- •'•)• *"5> »»5"-
Ariicntcus, let Silbcr,
Ar>!yiios, ut Silbcr.
ArijK, <« Djvilj.
AiihlDtilc (Nitolo d'), »6fl
AtistDile, vii.
Aiiv.lil ((iiiiil.), ii6.
Armil.l (Kiilutil)i l<)')»-
Aiii..i;a (j. <l.), 319.
Arlliriiu'sius (Kie<lfric.), i}6.
Artlius (CJ111I1.11.I), x»vi.
Astfiiaiin, u-e IU>liu:i.
Aslur (A.), xxvi.
Aslii'i, Iff Oit<il"g,iit.
Ailiir (<J. M.), ««»iv, x««vi,
As|>inw.ill (Col. 'riiiiiiua), «x«, 15.
.ilhtnitum, S B.
Alicii/.i (L<p|)t lie), 311 »,
Aulirir ('rimmas), l\Z.
Aucii|>jiiua (Tluiiii.is), lol.
Audilltoli (J. ».). i». »''«. V. ^'i. •'7i i*f.
34. 35' J^ 41.45. 4!*. ' 5». H4-
Augiibtinc (Aiiluniip), 453.
Augusliu ( Hitrri.nymus O.), 4iy.
Av.igour (Dti l'.iic d'), xxxiv.
Avciid.iiii) (I), di'), l()S-
AviU (Gaijur dc), 152.
Bailiilii y M.iulcb (Antimi.i), xx;.iv,
xxxviii.
Backir (AKiis and Augustin dc), xli.
Baton (Frantis), vii, 4.
Bai.in (Roger), xlvi.
Badius Asccnsius ( Judocus), lis, I z6, 131,
131.
BaduariKs (Scbast.), 48, 49.
Bai, (J. A.), "vi, 256, 311, 339.
Baffin (William), x.
Baillct(Adi.), xiii,S«, 161,245,263,293.
Balboa (Miguel Cavello), 319, 320 ».
Balboa, tie NuRez.
Balhuena (Bernardino de), 212.
Baldaya (Aloiiio Gonjales), 107.
Baldelli Boni (J. B.), 64, 96,99, 186, 469,
Baligaiilt (Felix), 70.
Balli (I'cdro), 372.
Bandini (Ang. Ma.), 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
61, 62, 64, 66, 92, 276, 444'
Barbadicus ( Augui(inui), J*.
Baihen (Jclian), 410.
Barbctini (F.), 282.
BaiUtM (Duartc), 229.
Barcia (Andres Cjunt^alcj dc), x»i, 66,
118, 258, 318 «., 383.
Bareia-I'inclo, ue I'inelo Baiiia
Batlaeus (Caspar), 67(1.
Barlow (S. L. M.), XXX, 484.
Baroiiius (Cat.), 226*.
Barreiiuj (Ca&pai), 19$.
vtl :
Varreriiu.
Barrionucvo (Francittu dc), 3*1 «.
Barm ( Julianncs), 12, 26.
Barros (Jean de), 3, 6, 61, 226 »:., 228, 295
Barlhenia. ue Varlbenia.
Bartlelt ( |oliti Kussell), XX.X, XXxix.
Bariidoiiiei (Jerome), 66.
Baiioloifi (Fr.), 57, 61, 64, 67, 453
Bastarini (Nltolo), 430.
liiiiler HuikdruikerfreukUkie, 41;,
Bistid.is (Kodrigode), 168.
B.iuer(J. j ), 128. 3<;i.
Baumgarlcn (Signi. Jac), 388.
BautiilJ, 229.
Bautista (Fr. J), 376.
B.iyle (IMerre), ix, 86, 156, 180, 326
Bayui'ia (Conitantio), 78.
Btautort (L. de), 263.
Beaiipie (de Nancy), 95,96, I 36, 341.
Bebeliiis (|»annes), 302.
Beiliaiia (Antonio), 322.
Bee her (Capt), 5.
Beeket (TlioMias a), vi.
Beluim (Martin), 38, 39, 43, 60, 141,
I 58, 226.
vtt:
Bohemus (Martinus), 39.
Bulalcaxar, 321 i>.
Bellelorcst (F. dc), 405, 439.
Bellono (Antonio), 354.
Belloro (Tommaso), 67, 317 11.
Bcllouaccnsis (1). Juan), 334.
Beltran (Vinltira), 321 n.
Bembo(l'.), 2, 49, 104.
Benaduei, tee Bolurini.
Hendinelli (Cardinal), 137.
Bcnedetii, 49.
vel:
Benedict (Alexander ), 48, 49.
Beneventanus, tee Marcus.
Ucnevente (Toriibio), tee Motolinia.
Benbam (H. S.), 346.
Benito (Alonso Martin de Don), «<
Martin.
Benito^ w* Fcrnandex,
II
i(!
Ai\
n
Index.
49
Ikiivciiuti, tie Mjicui.
Benson (O.), H4
Bcnjti.ni (Oirol.), xvi, 4, \*, i.S*t }">.
Kt'r.irdi (Juaniitii), S7-
lli'rckinjnn (Arnold), j6jl.
HuiLMKlt (Dr.), xl, 114.
Ucrgiiunn de OI|>c, 44
vel t
IScrn.itdinun dc OI|il, i /.
Bci^onus (J.IC. I'hil.), 14, 53, S4. ><»
loj, iji, 140. 3J4. 461.
vtls
Foruiti, 86.
Ikimimciib'n, ue Bcrgom.u.
Ikrist.iiii y Sou/i.i (Jiisi; M.iri.inii), »«, Hi,
17!*. 4T1. 447.
Ikiislain ( Josi; K itacl E. T.l, xxi.
Bi'iil.ildr/. (Aiidria), 1, J, 6, il.
Ikin.ud (Disluitcaux), lee Dcibarrtau*.
Birn.iiiliis (Hicronyniuu), 4X.
Bcrnii/ (I'.), 317.
Bi-rra (Oio/to y), ue Oroico.
Bcaiik'ii (Johannes), «y, ij, 34- J** 4}i
7«, SS.
vtl I
Bcsiihi'n, 78.
Bttanzos (Katli.), 450.
Ht'tan/o» (Juan dc), 311
Btrlliflft (Tliomas), 437.
Bctulfius, ut Birck.
nianclii, 3.
Bitliop'ii/e Btlg^t, 73.
H'hlioltCii Pinellanij, 1X5.
Hibliotheta Anonym., 178.
" Barhtviana, 1 01, 1 1 ^1
ir7»iio, lai, 15X, i(;3, 245.
Bibliolheca Brevoortiaia, 110, 112,
15X.
Bililioihcca Brtiuniana, 1 7, 18, n;
43. 45. 50, 6X, 73, 81. 84, 87, ys, V'J,
112, 115, 117, "»'', 148, 153, 15X,
163, 169, 174, 177, 1X8.
Bibliolheca Bunav., 87, III, 312.
'< Columbijiia, 444.
" Grtnviltiana, 15, 17, 18, n;,
35, 4<;, 4<j, 50, 68, 69, 70, 73, 81, 84,
87. 95. V9. «oS. >«»• "S» "7. '"<
I20, 146, 147, 150, 153, I74> »S7.
199.
Ribliotketa Htbiriana, 19, 33, 45- 4*'i 83,
«5. 95. 99- "*» "5. "7. «*'^. •**•
iiX, IJ7, 148, 1501 «S3. «63- •''9
179, 184, 1S8.
Bibliatkfca Hit. Struvio-Budtr, 87.
" Uohendorfiana, \x%.
" Mtnieniana. 1 04.
"5.
"4».
H.
Bibliolktiu Utrraattiana, 178.
'• Sftnceriana, 4I.
" Suutxiana, I 58.
" Tlitreiidna, jl».
" liolliana, 45, 47, 87, ys. "o»i
115, 117, 121, 126, 128, 14.1, 173,
263.
Bibliolheca yiUnbroukiana, 124.
Bibliotbir/ue curleute. tee CIcnicnI.
Biddic (11), 60, 148, 291.
BicUCeld (j. V. v.), 38.
Bieni'viu (I'ctur), t.-e Apiaaua
Billy (Ablic de). I <;o.
Bindone (Krantcsco di AlcMandru), 335.
Bindoni (Auguslino di), 264.
(Bernardo), 104.
Biu^raphie (/nivenelU, 88.
Bioiido (Mitliacic An);clo|. 40(, 4.11
BiiiK (Sixtus), -vel ISclulciuj, 442.
Birikinan (Ariu.ldus). 28X, 305.
Biittta ((Jiovanni Antonio.), 46.
Blount (T. IV), 88, 181.
Blondus, ue BionJo.
Bocint'iira (Matiau dc). 210.
BiKcaciu, 219.
Bocchi (Fram.), 66, 67.
Boik(F. S.), 344-
Bottler (Jo. Henr), 351
Boliemus, ue Ikliaini.
Bolin, ue Catalogue.
Bollatrt (Koland), 243, 270.
BoUliianua (l>.), xiii, .\v.
Bonattursius (Franciscus), 47.
Bonntau (Alexandre), xxxv.
Bononia (Bern, a), 166.
Bontiiis (Orcgoiius), 276, 305, 408, 419.
44J.
vel :
Bontc, 144.
BiK.nc, ue Catalogue.
BordoMc (Bentditt), i66, 268, Z84, 310,
^55. 4»»- , .,
Borgia (Alexander), 10, 29; ue alto Alex-
ander VI.
Burromeo (Fred.), 7,
" (Jose|ili), 177, 280.
Bossi (L.), 3, 4. S- 7. H. 9. "5. '7. 80.
; Bottrigari, 153.
I Boturini Benaduti (L.), 208.
I Bouchard (Alain). 148.
, Bourbourg (B. de). «« Brasseur.
] Bovcro (Zach.), 166.
i Boysen, 344.
j Bragadeno (Francesco), 78.
I Bramereav (J,(tiiue8), xxviii.
I BraMCur de Buurbourg (Abbe), 209.
I Bravu ^Franci;icu), 43J.
492
Bibtiotheca Americana.
I
Brtlicuf (^■•'^»> ). xxviii.
Brivdort (J. Cjrsoii), 4H4-
Biitii (Anliinio), xi<;.
Bi.aar (Juan dt), }5V, J9»-
Brucjril, laj, xU, IJI.
vtli
BriKlurd, BriKar(u».
Brutkhauii (K. A.), xxxiii.
Biimbtb, ui IXs BriiMca.
Brown (J'>lin Carter), xxx, 48}.
(Rawil(in), 4.
Brubaihiua (Pttius), J47.
Bruciiili (Antonio), ji;o.
(Kranieaco), J<;0.
Biunrt (Jac<iuc»-Clurles), ut Bihliolktia
pitiiim,
lliiint'l (Gustavc, ot Bordeaux), \\. \lo.
Uiuno (liiordano), vi.
(Jaioliua), Sj.
Butkinck (Arnold), 1 10.
Hurnavcnlura (S. J. K.). 17 5> 17*
Hulltlin Ju Hihliopkilt, l<»).
Uuinniaiii (llani), lol.
liurgoa (i-'- 'li^). *•'• 445-
(Andreas dc), 410.
Burrougli (Stephen), fto.
Bury (Hitliard de), i, ix.
Bustamente (C. M), 107, iio, ill
But>ih, ife Cataloi;uc.
BynncMian (H.), 416.
B^uvitu (Abraham), **6.
Caballcro{R. D), 13- '*4-
Cabot (Sebastian), 59, 1*4. H" *1»-
Cabral (Pedro Alvarez), 61, y7- <)*< «o»,
lj6.
Cabrera (Melchor de), II, 111.
•• (Christopher), J65.
Ca da Mosto, or Cadani.ntus, 4, 75' t7-
107, 111, 114. '3'i *46.
Caesar (Martinus), 243.
Calancha (A. di), 66.
Callc (Diaz dc la), 171. "Si »"». 4»^
•• (Juan D\ci dc la), xv.
Calphurnius (Jo.), 334.
Calvi (l)onato), 86.
Calvin (John), 344-
Calvo (Andrea), l»l.
Calvus (Minitius), a3l.
Cam (IJiego), 107.
Camanor, ';8.
Cauieiino (John de), 147
Camera, tf^.
vtl I
Catricrtus (Joannes), iXi, 19I, tjl-
Camoens, viii, i)y.
Campi (I'. M.), 1.
Campomanes (I*. R. de), xii.
Camus (Arniand (iaston), xxiii, 6j, 70,
114, 14H, 161, lyo, 176.
Caiuellicri (»•'. Jer), 2, ly, iX, 3I. H,
36, 44. 75. 76. t*>*. •!!'. »V7. 3H.
444
Canisius (Henr.), 166.
Caniiarcs (Joset), ill.
Cano (Juan Scbasiiin Del), 118
Canovai (Stanisl.), S7, $8, ?';, <>u, (il, dl.
64, 67, i«i, 133. 341. 444
Capniiuni, xlii.
Caiavaial (Lorenti.i), 481.
Carav.ij.il ( Bern.irdiii dc), lu, 3). i8o, iX (
I Caiv.ij.il (Kraniisi'i de), ]H.
I ■• ((talindez de), 281.
Cardan (|er.), vi.
Cirdella (Lor.), ^5.
Cardi'iiaa y Cano (/'•'a./"" /""A U liar
lia), 66.
Cneri (Oeinelli). ZII.
Carione (Hicron.), 104.
Carl) (O. R.). 211.
Carlo da l»avia (Sicpliano .li), I v^. '5'
Carninia (Bcrardus or Leonard dc), ut Cui-
baria.
Carondelet (Jelian de), 244.
Carpin (IJu I'laii du), xxiii.
Cartier (Jatiiues), 415.
Casas, tee Las Casai.
Casoni (Philip), 3, I'jo.
Castanheda (!•'. Lope/.), xviii, 77.
Castro (IJicgo Bermu.le/ de), xx.
" (I'cdrode), 387.
<• (Varcz de), 393.
Catitlo^ut, Aihtr, ITT.
/Iipinv/all, 231;, 15}
'> BokH, 188.
UoOKt, 18.
Buliik, \li, 78, 142, 2J4
'• Coilahili, 2y.
" Courianvaux, xli.
" Crilaint, 103, 13I.
" Crtvenmi, 423.
" Crowmmhitld, 84.
" Flomel, 163.
" h'ranct, xlix, 2, 77.
•' Gullarini, 140.
" Ihnroll, 172, 187.
" llihhtil, xli, 6X, .^J, !>.;, I |o,
171, 242, 287.
" Keniitt, iv, 1OJ.4OV 4j7-
Index.
49.1
Caiah^uf, Kloii, ;»»., 8;, 87, no, 11 a,
11$, ni »., IJJ, m6ii.,
ijijK., 160, |66»., 154*.,
19111., )il.
" Labanoff, no, 1x7, 34^.
•• /,<jfd//(Vrr, no, 148, 158, 163,
149, 161.
" Lihri, 17, }l, 48, 71, 71. 9V
lot, 118, 187, 119, 149,
163,438,441.
MacCarlky.
«' Mondidir, xli.
" PailiHck, 73.
" PofiVr, 141.
" Ratixel, x.xxiii. 74, 84. 111.
*S9. »74-
•• Reiiia, 131, 141.
" Riva, I 30, 171.
" RoihiliH, 301.
" »W<jr, 134, i6o.
" Syket, I s, 99.
«' troii, 19, 1 37. I
" M'o/fif/iacr, 141, 419. 4}'
CaCJncii ( I. Maria), 137.
Catriby (Mark), 5.
Cav.ic'iii (Alt'unsii), 111.
Cavellat ((Suillaumc), 44011.
C»v<)(Andr<:-»). 105.
Ca»tim (Willian.), 17-
Cwal (A. del, 6l, 65.
CelUriu> (Clir'ul.), 38.
Ccpcda (V. Antonio de), 1781.
" (KcrnanJo At), in.
Cereii) (Maria). 57.
Cervantf» Saavedra (Miguel), viii.
Cerviciirnus ( Euch-i'tin), 115.
C. (Frtntisci)), i« Sansuvino.
ChanipUin (Samuel), xiii. xviii.
Ciianta (Dr.), 46.
(.'iLirles V (of Spain). 11. 73. "5». '*'''■
179, 187, 101, 173.
Charles VllI (of France), 9, 10, 49.
Charlevoix (F. F. X. de), xvii, 3, 58,
59»., 65, 131, 3»3
Charnay (Denirc), in.
Chartun (Edward). 110.
ChauduM et Uelandine, 48.
Chautfeiiic (J. O.), i8xfi., 344.
Chauvct.in (Urb.), 38, ll6 »., 130. 158.
Chavei (C.abriel de), 11 J".
Chcrubini (Uarr/), 1731.
Chevillier (Andre). U «.
Chiabrcra (Uabr.), 2.
Chiericalo (Francesco), 148.
Chimilpain (J. U. dc S. Anton Mufton
xix.
Ckritlian Examintr, 158.
Ciacconiiis (Alph.). 35 i>.
V'lt^i dr Leon (Pedro de), J18.
CiK»l» (Baptina), I57».
Ciglerui, itt Ziegler,
Cilio (Junius), 54.
Cinelliui (Americi), 66.
Cml (M»teo), 470.
Ciineroi (Diego de), in.
" (l.ui»). iio".
•' (Xinienei de), 368.
Cladera (Chri.lof.), 3, 39.
CUvigero (F. X.), xviii, 170"., 108.
Clemencin (Diego dc), »59.
Clement (David), 41. 41, 43. 47. »"■
87, 103, 104. Ill, 140. I?"' '"*■
Clement Vll (Pope), 134, 14y. »73' »*''•
Climaco (Juan), 366.
Cluver (Phil.), 66.
Codcus (Joanno), 141.
CiKUf (Simon), 308.
CeJice dipUmalico Cukmko-ylmtticaiio,! n..
11 n.
Coelho (lion/ale»), 61.
Coello, Iff Coelho.
Logouudo ('O. I.opet dc), xl. 172 "•■ -^5-
Coignet (Miihcl), 414.
Coltiiion Je ./(/lumfifai ( 1864), 57.
Colinei (Simon del, US. '"8. 147, !'•*'.
334-
[ Collier (). Payne), I »., 464.
I Colincnarcs (Roderick). H3.
I Colombo (l.uigi). 3.
Colon (D. Cristobal), 407.
Columbus (Chii.topher). xiii. xlvi, 1. 1.
3 4, tf. 6. 8. 13, 16, 18. 19, 10, 11. 14.
15. »y. 33. 3" . 43. 46. 47. ?^. 5». 53.
56, 57, 58, 59, 75. "X. ''>■ ^^' *"!■ '"'•
98, 101. 108, ni, n4. nS, 111, 114.
1 36, 1 37, 1 58, 156, 165, 181, 184, 300,
351, 388, 413, 4»7i 47". 474- 479-
vtl ;
Colomb, 14;.
Colombo, I, 1, 16, 18, 19, 10, 11,
13, 17, 18, 3°. 3".
Colomu, 1.
Colon, 1.
Colonus, 1.
Columbo, 78, 88.
Colyiis, 1.
Dawbcr, 1, ni.
■• Pedro" Colon, 1, 14. »5.
Columbus (Barthob>mcw). 3. 4. 79. 97.
186, 471, 474-
Columbus (Diego), 4, 56.
)_ •• (Fernando), j. 3. 4 5- *4. 54.
79, 158, 171, 194
Coma (Ougliclmo), 46.
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Bibliotheca Americana.
Condestable (Andres), 227.
Constant'm {fuudon. for L. A. C. Hesse),
xlix.
Conti (Vincenzo de'), i.
Copernick (N.), 386.
Coppenius (yEgidius), 362.
Coppo Da Isola (Pietro), 264.
Corbaria (R. L. de), 8, 13.
vet !
de Carninis.
Cordova (Francisco Hernandez de), 179.
" (Fr. J. de), 376.
" (Gonzalvo de), 256.
«' (H. de), 399.
Coronado (Vasquez de), x.
Correa (Pedro), 4.
Corsali (Andrea), 150, 151.
Cortambert (Eugene), 3l4n.
Cortereal (Caspar), 98.
Cortes (J. Osorio), 212.
Cortez (Hernando), 124, 170, 179, 193,
203, 207, 215, 219, 222, 223, 240,
252, 254, 286, 287, 441.
•Coruniberger, see Crombcrger.
Corzutu (V. Palentino de), 414.
Cosa (Juan de la), xlii, 3, 58, 59 n.
Cosco (Aliander, or Leander de), I, 2, 7,
8, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 44.
Costa (Alvaro da), 227.
Costabili, see Catalogue.
Costilla (George), 254.
Cotta (Joannes), 105, 107.
Cotton (Henry), 373"-
Cousin (Capt.). 173.
Covilham (Pedro de), 107.
Cramoisy (Gabriel), xxviii.
" (Sebastien), xxviii.
Cratandrum (Andrew), 191.
Crenius (Th.), 326.
Cretaine, see Catalogue.
Critico, 98.
Cromberger (J.). 27, 167, 202, 224, 274,
338, 365, 3701 372, 379. 397. 398.
399,402.
•vel :
Corumberger, 27, 122.
Crumberger, 27.
Kromberger, 27.
Crowninshield. see Catalogue.
CuUen (Charles), xix.
(^umariaga (Juan), see Zumarr.iga.
Cunat (Charles), 416.
Curths (Carl), 205.
Cushing (Caleb), 66 n.
Custodi (Baron Pietro), 13, 25.
Czvittinger (David), 323, 432 ».
D
D'Abano (Peter), 190 n.
Da Cintra (Pietro), vel Sinzia, 97, 107.
Daelli (G.), 80 n.
U'Ailly (Pierre), xlv, 15.
D'Alembert (J. Le Rond), vii.
Ij'rymple (Alexander), xxxiv, xxxv.
DAnviUe (J. B. Bourguignon), 351.
Danza (Paul), 307.
Darling (James), xv.
D'Artigny (A. G.), 344, 379-
Da Silva (Gaetano), 60 n.
(J. F.), xxxiv.
Dati (Giuliano), 2, 28, 29, 30, 43, 149.
461.
Daunou (Pierre Claude Francois), vii.
D'Avezac (M. A. P.), 60 n., 96, l-^on.,
I76n., 185, 238, 341, 4«6. 469-
David (King), 156.
Davila (Gil Gonzales), 209, 366, 367.
(Pedrarias), 169, 227 «., 245, 256,
3,8.
Dawber, see Columbus.
Daye (Stephep), 377.
Deane (Charles), 485.
Debrett (J.), xxiii.
De Bry (Brothers), xii, xv, 38, 63.
De Bure (GuiU. Fr.), 146, 189.
De Castro (Diego), 322 n.
'■ (Lope Garcia), 322 n.
De Courcelles (J. B. P. Julien), xxv.
De Franckenau (G. E.), xiiin., 256 n.,
382n.
De la Gasca, 320 a.
De la Roquette (Chardon), 168 n.
De Launoi (J.), xlvi.
Delaware (Lord), xxxviii.
De Lewis (Denys), 402.
Delignamine (Giov. Filippo), 28.
Delia Rena, see Rena.
Del Rio (Capt. Antonio), 211.
Demersey (L. Alfred), xxxv.
De Mura, vel Peter of Gand, 308, 309.
Denis (Ferdinand), xi, 97 »., 225 n., 25 1 «.,
260, 3i4''-> 4'*-
Denis (Michael), 34/1., 35"., 87, 161.
162.
Denys (Jean), 174.
De Pauw (Cornelius), 250, 256.
De Payva, 107.
De Paz (M.), 320 n.
De Ponte (Gotardo), 115.
De Rothelin d'Orleans, xxiv, see also Cata-
logue.
j(W
.'ii
Index.
495
Desbarreaux-Bernard, 370.
Desborowe (John), t;*/ Ian van Doesborch,
198, 199.
Des Brasses (Charles), 173, 251.
Desponte (Peirre), 71.
Despuchi, see Vespuccius.
Desselius, !« Andre.
De Tliou (Jac. Aug.), 67»- I23«-) ^71 "•
De Wind, 309 n.
Diane de Poitiers, 114.
Dias (Bartholomew), 107.
Diaz (Bernal), 170, 205.
" (Juan), 170, 194.
Dibdin (T. F.), 70, 349.
Didot (Amb. Firmin), 189 n.
Diest (Gillio de), 401.
Diether (Andre), 219, 442.
Dionysius Lybicus, 391.
•vel :
Periegetes, 162.
D'lvor, 15.
Docampo (Florian), -vel do Cimpo, 388.
Donesmundi (Ippolito), 2.
Doppelmair, 38, 39 "., 142
D'Orbigny (Alcide), xxxv.
Doricus (Valerius), 454.
Doringk (Matthias), 41.
Drake (gI), xli.
Draudius (Geo.), xiii, xv, 245
Drummond, 344.
Dryden (John), 212.
Du Fresnoy (Lenglet), xvi, xxiv, 87, 146
208, 457.
Du Halde (J. B.), xvil.
Du Pare d'Avagour, see Avagour.
Du Pre (Galliot), 146, 147, 140.
Du Puys (Remy), 72".
Duran (Diego), 204 «., 213".
Durer (Albert), 38.
Durtbrt (Count de), 67.
305.
3>3-
E
Eandaui, 285.
Eastman (S. C), xxxix.
Ebeling (C. D.), xxv.
Ebert(F. A.), 21,50,88,95,99, no, 112,
H4, 150, 153. i84> '93. io^. 439-
Eccard or Eckhard (J. G.), 49.
Echard, see Quetit'and Echard.
Eden (Richard), xvi, 2, 10, 14, 75, 125,
126, 251, 299 1.
Egenoissen (Christian), 346.
Egnatius (Joan Baptista), vet Egnazio
Cipelli, 300.
Eguia (Michel d"), 275, 179.
Eguiara y Eguren (Juan Jose), xix, »iz,
^78, 373i 433-
Elliot (John), 397.
Elliott (Samuel E.), xxv.
Elssius (Phil.), 86.
Emmanuel (King), 57, 61, 99, 118, 150,
197, 199.
Encin.TS (Diego de). 394.
Enciso (Martin Fernando de), 27, 167,
168, 274,410-
Engcl (Sam.), 87.
Enrique Pedro, 11.
Enriquez (Beatrix), 5.
•' (Martin), 435, 466,
Ens, vel Ensl (Gaspard), 67.
Erasmus fDesider.^ 158, 244. 263, 292.
Ernesti (J. A.), 184.
Escoiquiz (J. de), 212.
Escuto, see Schott.
Espinar (Manuel -de) 321 n.
Espinosa, vet de Spinoza (Antonio), 367 ».,
372.
Espinosa (J. F.), 206.
Espoleto (Andreas de), 390.
Espuche, see Vespuccius.
Essler, 108 n.
Estancelin (L.), 173.
Estavanico, 383.
Estrada (Juan de), 365, 368, 369.
Estrella (J. C. C), 213.
Eusebius (Pamphil.), 130, 131.
Eyries (J. B.), 93. 96.
Faber (John), 262, 264, 270, 306, 346.
Fabian (Robert). 147. 148.
Fabre (Jacques Antoine). 249, 349.
Fabricius (J. A.), xlii. 4'. 4». 49- **7. **«,
104, no, 128, 136, 158, 184, 193,
202, 244, 283. 431.
Fabrum (J.), 361.
Faleiro (Francisco). 226.
(Ruy), 226.
Falkenstein (Dr. Karl), 303. 373 n., 434-
Fallopius (Gabriele), 256.
Farfan (Fr. Ag.), 376.
Farcy (Charles), 211.
Faria y Souza, 61, 97, 2i6B.
Faribault (G. B.). xxv, xxxiv, xxxvi.
Faucher. vet Ponce Rotfet, 415.
Faugere (Prosper), iii n.
Faunstelter (Georg.). see Tannstetter.
496
Bibliotheca Americana.
Ferdinand and Isabella, 5, 9, II, 18, 19,
33, 36, 124. »S6- ^
Ferdinand ^K.mg), W Fernandus, I, 7, 10,
17, 19, 20, «, 43, 44. 57. '°8, 118,
136.
Fernandez (Alonzo), 109, 366, 445.
" (Benito), 375, 445-
» (Denys), 107.
« (Diego), 319.
" (Francisco), 328, 338, 414.
Feria (Fr. Pedro de), 375 «.
Ferrer (Jaime), 5, 406.
Fesch (Cardinal), 19.
Festus (Peter Martyr), 123.
Figaniere (Jorge Cesar de), 284.
Fine (Orontius), 297, 298 n.
Flaminius (John Anthony), vet Zarrabini
de Colignola, 350.
Flavigny (C. F. de), 218.
Flechier (Esprit), 282.
Florio (John), 416 n. '
Focard (Jacques), 420.
Foglietta (Uberto), 190.
FoUini (Abbate, 470.
Fontaine (Charles), 15.
Fontanelli read and ue Fontanini.
Fontanini (G.„ 155, 186, 268, 390.
Foppens (J. F.), xli, 244, 270, 309.
Force (Peter), xxx, 484.
Formaleone (Vincenzio), 65.
Forster (J. R.). ^S' "•
Foscararius (Aegid.), 454-
Foscarini (Marco), 60, 63, 75, 92, 99.
115. >87'
Fossi (Ferdinand), 19, 27, 48.
Fracanzio da Montalboddo xxii, xlv, 96,
130 n., 145, 162, 184, 185, 187, 189,
463.
Franck (Sebastian), 299, 325, 380.
Franco (Fernandez), 453.
Fran9ois I (King), 4n., 155, 189.
Francis of Bologna, 307.
" of Vittoria, 168.
" the Monk, 243.
Franklin (Benjamin), 39 n.
Frampton (I.), 4I4-
Frasch (Christopher), 3:2.
Freherus (Paul), 88, 270 «., 271.
Freytag (Frid. Gotth.), xxvi, 41, 43. 126
128, 183,284, 351 n.
Fridericus III, 40 n.
Fries (Laurent), 246, 261, 272, 278.
Frisius, see Gemmn.
" (Laurent), see Phrysius.
Fuerer, 38.
Fulgosus (Octavianus), 155.
Fulvius (Andreas), 104, lao.
Funes (D. Greg.), 383.
Furnius (Jacab), 157.
G
Gaddiu? ( Jacopo), 66 n.
Galiffe, 344.
Gallardus (Germanus), 356, 431.
Gallo,'2n., 3.
Galvano, -vet Galvan, 4».
Galvez (J. J. G.), 208.
Gama (A. Leon y), 211.
" (Vasco da), 64, 79, 97, 108, 124,
2820.
Gambara, 3 n.
Gante (Pedro de), 374.
Gaona (Fr. J. de), 376.
Garces (Julian), 168.
Garcia (Gregorio), 66 n., 208, 209.
Garimberto (H.)i 437-
Garnier, xlixn.
Gasco (Andres), 339.
Gassendi (Peter), 142(1., 387.
Gastaldo (J.), 430.
Gaultier (Pierre), 410.
Gayangos (Pascual de), 329 n.
Gaztelii (Dominico de), 328, 330, 332.
Gebauer, 40 n.
Gemma Frisius, 270, 276, 305, 362, 400,
401, 407, 425, 443.
•vel !
Frisius.
Phrisius.
Reinier.
Genebrier, vel Genebrard (Gilbert), 66 «.
Gentil (F. Bernardo), 340.
Geraldini (Alexan.), 2n., 4.
Gerson (Joan.), 398.
Gesner (Conrad), vii, 14, 41 «., 87 "•, '44-
Ghilini (Hierome), 271.
Ghillany(F. W.), 390., 60 n., 118, 1411.,
142, 184, 193.
Giaccarelli (Anselmo), 450.
Giambullari (P. F.), 406.
Gianorini, 7 b., 8.
Gibbs, 5 n.
" (J.). 2i6n.
Gibbon (Edward), 344.
Gilberti (Mat.), 374.
Gilianez, 107.
Ginguene (P. L.), 5311., 360.
Giocundi, 55, 108.
Giovio, see Jovius.
Girardhengi (Francesco), 46.
Index.
497
Oiunti (Thomas), 63. |
Giuntini (Fr.), 59«., 351.
Giustiniani (Agostino), xliv, in.. 3, 5, 49, \
«54. «S5. '56' >57. 353- j
Giustiniani (Andreolo). 157 «. I
•' (Michael), 156 n.
Glareanus(Hen. Loritus), 118. 154 «., 2.62,
163, 264, 269, 285. 306, 346, 358,
361,396,405. I
vet :
Luiitz.
Glover (Rfv. Jesse), 377.
Godefroy (Theodore), 355.
Godoy (Diego), 252, 254.
Goes (Damiano de), 61 n.
Gohory (Jacques), 409, 411.
Gomara (F. Lopez de), xix, 56 »., 170 n.,
204, 216, 225 «.. 345, 383.
Gomez (Alvaro), 282.
'• (Estevan), 227.
Gongora y Siguenza (F. X. C), 208. 110.
Gonzaga (Fr.), 171.
Gonzalez (Ant.), 107.
Gorricio {Padre), xlvi.
Goujet (CI. P.), 1 56//.
Goupyl (Jac), 440 n.
Gourmont (GiUes de), 65. 72.
Graesse (J. G. Th.), 7 n., faaim.
Gra;viu3 (J. G.), l9on.
Granada (Luis de), 368.
Granius (Joannes), 400.
" (Stephanus M.), 396.
Grapheus (Joan.), 270. 276. 305. 342.
35'. 4^6.
Gravier (M.), 341.
GrenvilU Codex, ^()ri.. don.. Ozn.. 150.
Grenville (Thomas) x.wii. 61, 82, 293.
Grijalva (Ju.in de), 169, 170, 171, 17^1
179. '94, ^09. 393-
Grimaldi (Giov. Ant.), 11.
Grimano (Antonio), 194.
Grimm (Sigmund), 196.
Griswold (Almon W.), 485.
Griti (Andrea), 240, 253.
Groslier {r'ad Grolier), (J.), no.
Griinigc; (Joan.), 57 »., 60 «., 61 n.. 62 n.
64n.. 100, 116, 117, 118, 119, I28n.
144, 201, 246. 253, 261, 278.
Grynreus (Simon). 2 »., 3. 591.. 60 n
61 B., 62n.. 63n.. 64n.. 99. 236, 291
198. 3". 357-
Guamareto, 478.
Guarionexio, 479.
Guazzo (Marc), 104.
Guicciardini (Franc), 341.
Guiona (J.), 376 «.
Gumiel (Jacob). 26.
Gurgense (Matth.), 103.
Gutierrez (Felipe), 321 n.
Guttenberg (Joan.), 131.
Guzman (Nuno de), x.
H
Haebcrlin, ■ve! Belani, 206.
\ Hagen (Von der). 56 n.
Hain (L.), 17, i8, 19, 28 «.. 33, 35. 4" "■-
50, 87 n., 124/). , I44».
r Hakluyt (Richard), xii, xvi, 4"., 125".,
147. 148, 206. 276, 417.
Hallam (Henry), 281.
Hamel (Pascal du), 409.
Haiuott, see Cat::hgue.
Haro (Christopher de). xlix, 173, 176.
226.
Haro (Diego de Lopez). 382.
Harris, 50, 336.
Haven (S. F.), 377 n.
Haym (Niccola F.). io4«., 163.
Heger, 405, 439.
■Helisabet, see Isabella.
Heller (Jas.), 41.
^ Helps (Arthur), 28a.
' Henry II (King). 114.
•• Vl\(King),i,n.
\ ■• VIII {King). 156.
Herbert, 199.
Herborn (F. Nicolao), 287, 295.
Hernandez (Francisco), 257.
(Pero), 382.
Herr (Michael), 296, 311.
Herrera (Ant. de), .xii, xi\, xvi, 2 h.. 4,
5,24, 38 n., 56n.. 58, 59, fijn.. J68,
170 n., 204, 317, 383, 396.
Hervagius, xv. xvi, 236. 292. 357, 358.
, Hibbert, see CataUgue.
Hiltner (Joan.) 143.
Hoffmann (S. F. W.), i 36. 1 62, 1 78, 202,
153-
, Hojeda. see Ojeda.
, . Holbein (Hans), 385.
Holywood (John), see Sacru Basco.
.. Hondius (Jossc), 66
Honter (Joan.), 322, 419, 43*-
Horner (Rev. Mr.), x.<iii, 49.
Horriger (Nic), 125 n., 188.
Houssayes (Cotton dcs), v n.
Hudson (Henr.), sxxvii.
; Hueber (Wolfgang), 77.
' Huet {Bp.), r'jxn.
Huttich vel Huttichius (Johaii). 236. 292.
64
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Bibliotheca Americana.
Hulsius (Levinus), xii, xxvi, 38»., a30.
Humboldt (Alexander von), xi n., xlii,
jn., 5, 26B., 50, 56n., 57, 59, 60, 6i,
62, 64, 67, 73, 75. 82, »5' 9'. 9i.
95, 108, no, 115, ii7i I'i*. '*''
130, 136, i40»., 168, 172, 173, 174.
175, 180, 182, 186, 193, 202, 211,
220. 227 n., »5**i *''°' *^*' 3°5. 4-32>
469.
Hupfurt\Matthias), 83.
Hutten (Uliich von), xlvii.
Huttich (John), 292, 298, 311, 357-
Huxley (Prof.), iiin.
Huysman (Rolef), vel Agricolu (Rudol()h).
147/1.
Hylacomylus, 57n., 58n., 59n., 60, 61,
62, 65, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 108, 118,
128.
■vth
lUcomiluii. *
Waldsee-miiller.
WaltzemuUer.
WaltimuUer.
Johnson I^Rev. S. R.). 345 «•
Jomard (E. F.), don., 239(1.
Jonson (Ben), 219".
Joseph, the Indian we/ Camanor, 98, 115.
Jovius (F.U1I), 53 n., 88, 104, 137, 156,
180, 248 H.
vet:
Giovio.
Julius II (Pope). 35, 98, 99, 106, 107,
109, 113, 120.
Junta (Juan de), 424.
Juste (Francoys), 324.
I
lanozlci, 166 n.
Icazbalceta (Joaquin Garcia), xxi, xii, 171,
194, 207, 215, 217, 220, 365, 371,
396. 434- 445-
Ilacomilus, see Hylacomylus.
Imperator (Bartholomew), 391.
Innocent VIII [Pope), 45.
Isabella (Slueen), 7, 9, lo, II, 14, 24.79-
Isidorus of Seville, 1 07, 164.
Isnardi (Felice), 3 n.
Ixtlilxochitl (Fernando d'Alva), 208.
J
Jacobus (Joannes), 130, 163.
Janot (Denys), 269.
" (Jehan), 146, I47'
Jeune {P'ere le), xxviii.
Joanna (Queen), 280.
Job, 163.
Jocher (Chr. Gottl.), xxvi, 177, 238, 244,
192, 3231., 3*6, 399, 410, 429, 432.
Johannes, of Burgos, 26.
John II (King), 6, 36, 39, 45«., 61.
'• of Anjou, 261.
K
K.aniermaister (Sebast.), 37.
Kcckermann (Bartholom.), 326.
Kennett (Bishop White), xv, 160, 409,
437-
Kerr (Robert), 64 n.
ICeltel (Samuel), 21 n.
Kingsborough (Lord), 61 n., 206, 211.
Kloguen (K. de), 970.
Kloss, see Catalogue.
Knoll (Conrad), 96.
Koberger (Ant.), 37, 43.
" (Johannis), 253.
Koenig (G. M.), 429.
Kromberger, see Cromberger.
Kulb, 97 n.
Kunstmann (F.), 129, 144.
Labanoff, see Catalogue.
Labbe (Ph.), xvii.
vel :
Labbeus.
La Croix du Maine, 148.
Laetius (Pomponius), 123, a8o.
Laet (Jean de), xxxvii.
Lafitau (Joseph Fran.), 61 n.
Lafuente y Alcantara (Miguel), 22.
Laguni (J. B. de), 375.
Laire (Fr. Xav.), 35, 48, 244.
Lalemant (Hier.), xxxviii.
Lambert (Jehan), 56. 65, 70.
Lamoignon (President de), 282.
La Monnoye (B. de), 281.
Lancetti (Vincenzo), 405.
Landessbergt (Mart.), 85.
"»#. W ^Hi" ■■?nw»"^ww«f'^w(CT7^Ju » ."»»
Index.
499
Lansius (Th.), 66.
Lanuza (Blasco de), X04.
La Place (Jean de), 591., 60 n., din..
Sin., in).
La Salle (Ant. de), 260.
Lascaris (Janus), 334.
Las Casas (Barth. de), 3, 21 «., z^n.,
58 n., 168 n., 204, 257, 274, 284.
Las Casas (Vincent de), 449.
Lasco (Joan, a), 346.
Laud (Wi/>.), 131.
Laudonnieie (Rene de), xviii.
Lauredanus(Leonardu8),'Uf/ Luvedaiu), 86, ■
'33-
Lawrence (James), 485.
Lebrixia (Antonio de), lee Antonio.
Ledesma (Fr. B. a), 375. \
Lcew (Gerard de), xlvi. !
Lcewis (Denys), see Rike'. and De Lewis.
Lelewel (Joachim), 60 n., 92 n., 108, 109,
110, 127, 128, 129, 136, 141 1., 142 ».,
17S, 202, 227 n., 268, 271.
Lelong(I.), 157, 158.
Lemandez (SeRor), xlvi.
Leno (Francisco di), 355.
Lenox (James), xxx, xxxiv.
Le Noir (Philippe), 189, 260.
Leo X (Pope), 99. 124, 151, 152, 155.
180, 248.
Leon (F. Ruiz de), 212.
■• (Juan Je), 436, 465.
" (Juan Rodriguez de), xv.
•• Pinelo (Antonio de), xiii, xiv, 791.,
I24n., 1250., 163K., 169. 259, 318,
393i 394. 433- 446.
ve/ :
Pinelo.
Lerchern von Reidlingen (Laux), 418.
Lery (J. de), 66.
Lescarbot (Marc), xiii, xviii, xxxviii, 416.
Liburnio (Nicolo), 241.
Lilio (Zachary), xlvi, 47. 461.
Lilius (Greg.), 134.
Linschotten (J. H.), xii.
Lipsius (Justus), 66 n.
Lissona (Albertini de), 87, 462.
Livy, 292.
Llorente (J. Ant.), 67, 454.
Lochncr, 38.
Lok (M.), 126 n.
Lomellino (Laurent.), 354.
Longhena (Prof.), 25.
Longolius (Christ.), 334.
Lopez (Joan), 210, 483.
Lorcher (Jacob), 102.
Lorenzana (F. Ant. d;), 170 «., 210, 218.
Loritz, see Glareanus.
j Los Rios (J. D. Amador de), 1561., 2571
I 258.
Louere (Simon de), 78, 80.
I Louise de Savoy, 249.
j Louveau (Jean), 438.
! Lovedano, see Lauredanu:>.
Lubranski (Joan.), 128.
Lucchcsi (t>. Fernando), 220.
Lud (Walter), iit/ Gualt. Ludd, 91 n.. 95.
99. 34«-
I Ludewig (Hermann E.), xxxviii.
i LuUi (read Raymond LuUy), vi, xiii.
■ Luppi de Faro (read Diego Lopez), 34.
[ Luther (Martin), 280, 292.
Luque (Hernando de), 245.
•' (Malo de), 205.
; Lydius (Balthazar), 295.
I LycU (Sir Charles), iii n.
M
Mabillun (J.), ix, liii.
Machado Barbosa, xlvi. 227, 284, 357.
Machin (Robert O'), 107.
Machinnech (King), 476.
Madrignano (.\rcliangelo). 56. 112, 114,
115,185.
Martei of Volterra, 4. 53. 61, 87, 88,
122, 1*6. 147. 283, 403.
■vel :
Volaterranus.
Magellan (Fern, de), 108, 109, : 174,
176, 225, 316, 349-
Magirus (Tobias), 88.
Magnus (Albertus), 138, 139, 143.
Maimonides, 156.
Maittaire (Mich.), xiii, ii, 48, 54, 87 «.,
I15n., 121, 131 ».. 147, 158, 166, 184,
432-
Major (R. H.). 5/1., 11 n., 15. 31, 46 «.,
80.
Maldonada (Antonio), 393.
Malinche, 171.
Malipiero (Domenico), 80.
Maneiro (J. A.), xx, 212.
Manzi (Pietro), 205.
Marchant (Guyot), 8, 9, 20, 2X, 23.
vel :
Mercator.
Marches! (Francesco), 12.
Marcolini (Francesco), 192.
Marcus Benevantanus vel Benvenuti, 108.
Mariam (Jo.), 405.
'« (Petrus), 405.
Mariana Joh.), 35 b., 66n.
.W,"",IWW,
500
Bibliotheca Americana.
Marineo (Luc), !"•. »04. »78. 184, }o6,
359.417-
Marquetz (des), 173.
Marroquin (Francesco), 375.
Martin (Andres de San), 2iy.
de Don Benito (Alonso), 2zS.
de Valencia, 309 389, 390.
(Felix), xxviii.
(Friar), 289.
" (G.). xxiii.
Martinez (Hen.), 204-
Martinus of Amsterdam, y, 78.
Martyr (Peter), vel d'Anghiera, xliv, 2, 4,
5, 14. i7"-i 35. 47. 53. S^"- 87. '^3-
114,125,126. 151, 153,179.203.216.
225 n., 229, 279, ^81. 286, 301, 313,
348. 35'> 442-
Mather (Richard), 377.
Mattiolo (Pietro Andrea), xlviii. 430.
Maty (P. H.), 344-
Maximilian (Mmperor). 73, 89, 92, 93, |
94. 95. «35. '38, HJ. H4.
Maximilian of Transylvania, 224, 3 1 6, 349. j
Mazochius (Jacobus), 120, 137, 140.
Mazzuchelli (G. M.). 121, 123, 124, 188,
268.
Medicis (Julian de), 150, 151, 243 «., 274.
(Lorenzo di Pierfancesco), 55, 57,
63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72. 73- 74. 76.
82, 83, 84. 112.
Medina (Baltazar Je), 209, 367 n.
" Cell (Dukt de), 2.
(Pedro de), 391, 413. 4-7-
Mela, see Pomponius.
Melancthon (Peter), 292.
Melendez (Juan), 210.
Mellini (Domenico), 66.
Melzi (Gaet. de' Conti). 28 h.
Mencke (J. B.), xvi.
Mendez (Fr.), izn., 33. 168 ».
Mendieta (Geron.), 209.
Mendoza (Antonio de), 428, 433.
'• de Tendilla, 124, 152.
'■ (Quintanilla y), 281 «.
" {yicero- Antonio), 367, 393.
Mercator, see Marchant.
Metellus (Jo. Matal.), 38.
Meteren (Emanuel van), xxxvii.
Methina (Joh.), 34.
Meusel (J. G.), xxii, 15, 3^. 4». 45. 49:
50, 54, 58, 65»., 86n., 88n., 112, 115
120, 121, 122, 147, 166, 177, 178
259, 281, 292, 420 n.
Mezzofanti {Cardinal), liii.
Michatl (Petrus), 12.
Michelant (H.), 416.
Millan (A.), 317 "•
Mirteus, 137.
Moerl, 38.
Molma (Alonso Je), xviii, 374, 375.465.
466.
Molina (Argote de), 38*.
Molini (Francis), 180.
Molloy (Charles), 3.
Mommsen (Joh. Tycho), 41 6 n.
Monapius (Jo. Valdicus), 347.
Mongitore (A.), 360 n.
Mnnt.aigne (Michel de), 458.
Montenegro (Alonzo de), 319 "•
Montesinos (Fernando), 319, 320.
Montfaucon (Bern. de). 27.
Montisferrati (Cominus de Tridino), 422.
Montmayor y Cordova (J. F.), 395.
Montucla(J. F.), 357.
More (Thomas), 156.
Morelli (Abbate). 2«.. 7".. 8, 27, 75, 76,
79, 80. 126, 265.
Moreti(L.). 35". ,137. 256, 291,326,410.
Morhart (Ulr.), 299, 326.
Mosheiin (L.), 202, 344.
Motolinia,i'f/TorribioBenevente,xix,2o8.
Mexico (Garcia), 482.
Mulicho (Jo.in. Adel.), 116.
■vel :
Adolpl'.us.
Mulich.
Muller (F.). xxxiii. xx.wi.
Mulligan (Rev. John), xxxiv.
Multivallis (John), 131.
Munoz (J. B.). 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 18, 24,
56, 57, 65, i7i. '94, 282
Munster (Sebast.), 57, 239, 363, 380, 384,
404, 430, 438, 444.
Murphy (Hon. Henry C), xxx, xxxvii.
Murr (C. G. von), 39, 43. >58. ^^6 "•
Musetti (Juan Pedro), 381.
Mutee^uma, -vel Montezuma, 203, 222.
Mylius(J. C), ix, 41.
N
Nadler (Georgius), 10 1.
Napione (Gianfranc), 2 (., 3, 5, 67, 76,
115, 121, 128, 150. .02, 313, 405-
Narvaez (Pamp. de), 3,3.
Natalis de Comitibus, 6"^.
Navarrete (Mart. Fernuidez de), xviii,
1 »»., 3,4, 5, 6, II, 14" , 15, '8,21,25,
32, 46, 560., 57, 58;.'., 64, 66, 74,
79, 85, 90, 116, 163, 168, 170, 172,
194, 227, 257.
Index.
501
Ntbel (C). III.
Negri (G.), 28 "•• 58, 66n., 121, 406.
Newton (Sir Isaac), 357.
Nkeron (Jean Pierre), 54, 86, 87. 104 «..
123, 180, 188, 182, 289, 451 n.
Nicholas de Uonis, 107, 108.
(Thomas), 2l8 n.
Nicolai (N. de), 412.
NicoUni (A. de), 218.
de Sabio (Jo. Ant.), 333. 380.
Niebuhr (B. G.), 263,
Nieremberg (J. EuSi;bius), 208. 257.
Niflo (Alonzo), 98, 112.
•vel :
Negro.
Niiza (Fr. Marco de). 319 n.. 383.
Nodier (Cliarles), 96(1., 105, 185, 269.
Nolle (Anthony and Barth. de), 40.
" Nono," 173.
Noresianus (Melchioi), 288.
Noronha (Leonor de), 440.
Notes on Columbus, 6, 15, 17, l8, 19. 21,
23, 27, 29, 33, 35, 45, 68, 69, 70. 72-
73, 74, 80, 82, 84, 85, no, 158. 177.
Nouvion (Victor de), xxxiv.
Nucio (Martin), 317 ".
Nunez (Alvarez), see Vaca.
" de Balboa (Vasco), 168, 245.
'• (Pedro), 356.
o
Oberlin ^Jerem. Ja.), 341.
O'Callaghan (E. B.), xxvii.
Ocampo (Florian de), 281 «.
vel :
Docampo.
Otarriz(J. Flores de), xiii n.
Ocharte (Melchior), 372.
(Pedro), 372, 435. 447.
Oegrm(Erhard), xlix 1.. 101, 175.
Ojeda (Alonzo de), 56n.. 58, 59, 168. 318.
Olavc (A. de), 390.
Olmedo (Barthol. dc). 170. 171.
Olpe, see Bergmann.
Oiia (Pedro de), 372 n.. 376.
Onate (A. de), 376 n.
Opilionem (Petrus), 285, 290.
Ore (Geronimo de). 3760.
Orellana (F. Pizarro y), 205.
Orio (Hippolito), 156 «.
Orl.mdi(P. A.). 12. 308.
Orosius (Paulus), 164.
Orozco y Berra (Sefi. .VIjii.), 2j6. 213.
Orsuna (F. Bravo de), 374.
Ortelius (Abraham), (son., 230. 239.
Orthega (Giovanni), 352.
Ortiz (Alonso), 26, 32.
" de Zufiiga, 5.
Osoriua (Jerom.), 62 n., 66«., 226 n.
Ossiander (Andre.is), 387.
Otniar (Johannes), 65, 74, 'TS-
Otto (L. G. Count de Mosloy ?), 391;.
Oudin (Franc), 41.
Oviedo (Gon(;alo Fernandez de). xiv. 2.
5, 27, 170, 204, 255, 257, 313, 319,
337, 409- 425, 442.
Hablod (Juan). 210 «., 366. 370, 372,426.
428, 434.
H.icini de I'iscia (, Petrus), 47. 48.
PadiUa (F. Augustin Davila). xiv, 168.
209, 365, 369, 445.
PaJouano (Giovanni), 103.
Paelinck, see Catalogue.
Pagan (Matth.), 170.
Palacio (G.ircio dc), 376.
Palazzi. -vel Palatius (J.). 35 «.
Pallavicini (Antonio), 462.
Palmeriub (Matt.), 130, 131.
Palmier (Pierre), 378.
Palomino (AUbnso), 319".
Pancaldo de Saona (Leon). 229.
Panizzi {Mr. A.), 82.
Pannartz (.Arnold), 26.
Panzer (G. W.), xxxi, passim.
Paracelsus, vi.
Paradieio (Paolo), 1 56.
Paredes (Julian de), 395 «.
Parvus (Johannes), 115, 126.
vet ;
Petit (Jean), 14-!. 198.
Pascal (Blaise), iii.
Pasini (Mapheo). 335.
Pasquaglio (Pietro), 98.
Patin (Chsrles), 282.
Paul III {Pope). 168 n.
Paulus (Jo.), 433.
'■ (Nic. J.), 154.
Pauthier(M. G.), 107 .<.
Payva, see De Payv.i.
Paz (Augustin de), 381 .
Peck (J. M.), xxxix.
Pederzani (Baptista), 241. 242, 430.
Pedrari.is, see Davila.
Pedro (Enrique). 1 1 n.
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Bibiiotheca Americana.
Pegnuer (Johannes), Ji.
Peignot (Gabriel), xiiv, lSO».
Peirce, (William), 377-
Pelliccr y Saforcada(J. A.). 3*!* "•
Pentius (Jacobus), 127.
Perault {Fath.), xxviiin.
Pereira (Juan de Solor(;ano), xv, 205, 395.
Perez (Barthol.), 327.
Petrarch (Franciscus), 271., 2iyn.
Petreius (Joh.), 386.
Petri (Surtride), 271.
Petrus (Henricus), 295, 300. 322. 364,
385, 404. 438. 444.
Petzholdt (Dr. Julius), X, xxxv.
Peypus (Frederick), 179, X34-
Philip I (AT/n^). 58.
" \\(,King),\z,Ti.
Philipono (Honorio), 384.
Phrisius (Laurent), 200, 201.
Picard" (Juan), 381.
Piccolomini (Alessandro), 440/1., 524.
Piedra-Hita (L. Fernand. de), 66 n.
Pigafetta (Francisco Antonio), 226 n., 229.
247.248,249, 316, 349, 456-
Pighius (Albertus), 66 b.. 180, 181, 391.
407.
Pilinski, 77.
Pimentel (Francisco), 213, 448.
Pinelo, ite Leon.
Pinkerton (John), 251, 420 n.
Pintho (G. Lopez de), 58.
Pinzon (Vincent- Yanez). 57,
75,98, 114, 173- «75. *93'
Pirckeymero (Bibibald.), 253.
378.
Piron (Alexis), 212.
Pisani (Domenico), 80.
Pizarro (Francisco). 67 n., 245. 317. 323.
314.319. 33«-
Pizarro (Gonzales). 436, 442.
" (Hernando), 329.
" (Pedro), 319.
" y Orellana. 317.
Plannck (Stephanus), 8, 9, 13, 34-
Plato, 156.
Pleydenwurt^' (Wilhelm), 37i 38-
Pliny, 107, 126.
Poccianti (M.), 28 n., 64n.
Polanco (Lodovico), 483.
Poleur (Jean), 340.
PoUero, 3 n.
Polo (Marco), xlvi, 107, I26«., 185, 186
192, 305.
Polonus (Stanislaus), 12, 2b.
Pomponius Mela, 147, 159, 160,161. 183
190, 277.
Pontanus (J. Jov.), 409n.
172, 194,
Ponte (Gotardo da), 328, 331 "., 33*-
" ue De Ponte.
Popelliniere (L. V. de la), 216.
Porrus (Petrus Paulus), 154, 155.
Porta (Hugo a), 378.
Posa (Petrus), 12.
Postel (GuiUaume) 12.
Praet, let Van Praet.
Pre, ue Du Pre.
Prescott (W. H.). 24 «., 170
206, 219, 220, 257, 259 n., 282, 317.
Pronotariis (Andrea de), 368.
Ptolemaeus, 78, 92, 105, 116, 1 19, 126,
127, 128, 133, 135, 163, 164, 184,
192, 253, 285, 363, 378, 384,430-
•uel :
Ptolemy, 46, 59".. 107, 108, 109,
120, 342.
Puccius (P. A.), 350.
Puente (Gonzales de la), 209.
Puga (Vasco de). 21 1 «., 375. 393-
Pulgar (Ferdinand). 281 n.
Purchas (Samuel),4n., 206, 258, 329, 383.
Puys, i« Du Puys.
Pynson (Richard), 148.
58 n., 60.
342. 363.
Q
yuadrio (Fran. Saverio), 31.
52uaritch (B.). xxiv.
yuerard (J. M.), xxxii.
yuetif and Echard, xvii. xli, 155, 447-
yuincy (Jos.), xxv.
R
Raetzel, ice Catalogue.
Rafn (Christ.), 261.
Raguenau (Fath. Paul), xxviii.
Raidel (G. M.), no, 128, 136, 202, 345,
43"-
Raleigh (Sir Walter), 125B.
Rame (Alfred), 416 n.
Ramirez (Geronimo), 204.
Ramusio (Giov. Bat.), xv, xlv, \n., 56(1..
6on., 63, 171, 174. 206, 218, 226 n.,
250, 258, 319, 349, 383. 4«6. 455-
Ranke (L.), 5611.
Rastall, vel Rastell (William), 148.
•w
mf
Index.
503
Rayon (J. L.)i io6.
Rea (Alonso de la), 209.
Redouer (Mathurin du), 56(1., 6^ n., 145,
146, 148, Z69.
Reichardt (C. F.), XXXV.
Reid {Mr.), xxiii.
Re'm.i of Milan, ste Catalogue.
Reisch (Gregory), xlviii, HSi '44. 34'-
Remesal (Antonio de), xl, 204, 375, 396.
Rena (Cosimo dcUa), 66.
Renault (Jacques), xxviii.
Rene {fCing), 3, 100, 108 ».
Renouard (A. A.), 131 «., 268.
Resende (And. Falcam de), 284.
" (Angelo Andr.), 283, 284.
•' (Garcia de), 6, 284, 411, 411.
Ruschius (Conrad), 341.
Reusi (J. D.), xlix.
Revelles (John de), 232, 233 n.
Rey (Firmin del), 212.
Reyei (Fr. A. de los), 376, 449.
Rezabal y Ugarte (J. de), 388.
Ribas (A. Perez de), 210.
Ribero (Diego), 127 n.
Ricardo (Antonio), 372.
Ricci Filippo, 483.
" (Giuliano), 56. •
Riccioli (Jo.-Bapt.), 38.
Rich (Obadiah), xix, pauim.
" (George), xxx.
Richard (Joannes), 400.
Richarderie (G. Boucher de la), xxiv.
Richelius (V.), 351.
Rigaud (Benoist), 15.
Rikel (Dion), 402, 403.
RiUiet (Albert ?), 344.
Rincon (A. del), 376.
Ring (F. D.), 206.
RingmannuSi-te/.Philesius (Matthias), 83
96, 128.
Ritheymerus (Georg.), 522.
Riva, ue Catalogue.
Rive (Abbe), v.
Rizo (de Novara Berno.), 104.
" (Juan Pablo Martir), 125.
Robles (Pedro de), 427.
Robert, vel Robertus Monachus, 11 n.
xxii., I4> 3°°-
Robertson (W.), xviii, 3, 65, 168, 206.
Robledo (Jorge), 321 n.
Rocha Pitta (Sebast. de), 66 n.
Roce (Denis), 71.
Roche (Michael de la), 344.
Rodriguez (J.), xvii.
Roman (A. de San), 225 n.
Romero (Jose Guadalupe), xli.
Romeu (Garcia), 382.
Romey (C), 344.
Ronchini (Amadio), 47.
Roijuette, lee De la Roquette.
Roselly dc Lorgues, vel de Valblette ? 5,
no.
Rosny (Lucien de), 15, 21 n.
Rothelin d'Orleans, lee Catalogue.
Roulin(F. D. '), 85.
Roure (P.), 212.
Rousseau (J. J.), 219 n.
Roux de Rochelle, 212.
Rubalcava (J. Gutierrez de), xii.
Ruchamer (Jobst), xxii, 2, 56. 63, ill.
112.
Rurtus (Joannes), 151, 152.
Rufus, (Festus), 162. .,
Rumohr (C. F. von), 385.
Rusconi ( [oanne Antonio), 240.
" ([oanne Francischo), 240.
("/orzi de), 1 59, 463.
Rusconibus (Georgius de), 85, 133.
Ruysch (Jean), 108, 109, no.
Sabellico (M. Ant.), 14, 52, 53, 87, 115.
132. '59. 440.
vel :
(Coccio Sabellicus), 333, 358.
Sabio (Cornelius de), 405.
" (Nicolinis de), 242, 405.
■' (Stephano da), 328, 331.
Sacro Bosco (Giovanni), 352.
■vel :
Holywood (John).
Sagard-Theodat (Gab.), xviii.
Sagra (Ramon de la), Son.
Saint Gelais (Jean de), 355.
Saisset (Emile), 344.
Sahagun (Bernardino de), xix, 204, 208,
383-
Saita (Francis de la), 98.
Salazar (F. Cervantes), 211, 374, 435-
Salengre (Albert Henry), 86.
Salig (Christ. Aug.), 41.
Salinero (Jul.), 2, 3.
Salvini (Ant. Mar.), 66.
Sanchez (Pedro), 320 n.
" (Raphael, fe/ Gabriel), i, 6, 7,
II, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 44.
vel :
Sane his.
Sanxis.
504
Bibliotheca Americana.
Sandius (Chriiloplier), 344.
Sandb (Robert), 218.
Sansovino (Frantisco), 104.
Santander (Cli. A. de la Seiiu), li, 71,
78, 402.
Santaiigel (Luis de), 6, 24, 15.
Santarein (Manuel-Franc, de), 66, 67.
108, no, 136, 141, 303, 305. 431.
Santdner(F. E.), 205.
Santiago (Toribio), 482.
Santoyo (Martel), 321 n.
Sapido (Sulpicio), 276.
Saravia (Bravo de), 319"-
Sarawolski (Sim.), 323, 432.
Sardela (Juan Bautista), 321 «.
Sarmiento (Juan), 322 n.
Savigny (Christolfe de), vii.
Savorganus (I'eter), 219, 233, 236, 241,
289, 441.
Saxius (Christophoruj), 54, 66, 88. 144
Scaliger (Julius Caesar), 268.
Schade, 344.
Schedel (Hartmann), 37, 42.
Scheffer (Johan.), 290 n.
Schelhorn (J. G.), 41, 381,
Scherzer (Carl), xxxv.
Schitlalirt (Ander), xxvii.
ScliliJzer (A. L. von), 283.
Schmidel (Ulrich), xxvii, 383.
Schmidius, vel Schmid (Thomas), 41.
Schiiner (Jolin), 65. 140, 142, 143, 182.
304, 305, 387, 425.
Schoolcraft (H. R.), xl.
Srhott (Andrew), 14, 453.
vel !
Escoto.
Schott (Joannes), 135.
Schreyer (Sebaldus), 37.
Schurer (Matt), 139.
Schwartz (C. G.), 38.
Schwindel (G. J.), 330.
Scinzenzeler(Joan. Ang.), 105, 163, 171.
Scotus (Joannes), 178.
Seckendorff (Vit. Lud.), 326.
Seelen (Jo. Henr. von), 344.
Senarega (Barth.), 2, 3, 12.
Senior, see Alt.
Sepulveda (J. Gines de), 168, 104, 274,
Serna (La), i« Santander. ■
Sertenas (Vincent), 410.
Servetus (Michael), 59, 65, 67, 202, 342,
378.
■vel :
Villanova.
Sessa (Mekhior), 333, 380, 405.
Seyler (Jean), 141.
Seyssel (Claude de), 355".
Sforlia (Ludov. Maria), 4$.
Storza (Ascanio), 123, 280.
Shakespeare, viii n.
Shouten (W. C), x, xii.
Sigmond (G.), 344.
Silber (Euch.), 7, 8. 14. 18, ifi. 34
vel I
Argentcut,
Argyrios.
Silva, tee Ua Silva (Gaetano).
" (Jos. A.), 482.
Simon (Fr. Pedro), 65.
Singrenius (Hierony. & Joan.), 138.
Sinzia, tee Cintra.
Smith (Buckingham), 383, 485.
Soderini (Pietro), 56.
Solinus (Julius), 91, 107, 159, 181.
Solis (Antonio de), 170, 173, 175, 205.
" (Juan Diaz de), 227 n.
Solorzano Pereira (Johannes de), 61;.
Soltwedel (Alexander), 205.
Soprani (R.), 156.
Sora (Gabriel de), xv.
Soria (Lope de), 328.
Soto Mayoi, ue Villagutiere.
Sousa (Martin Alfonso de), 356.
Southey (Robert), 61.
Southwell (Nathaniel), xli.
Souza (F.iria y), 225 »., 227 m.
" (J. M. Beristain y), ue Beristain.
Spencer (Herbert), i.
Spicigelium veter. itcul xv, 168.
Spinoza (de), tee Espinosa.
Spondc (Hcnr. de), 326.
Spotorno (J. B.), 2, 3, 4, 5.
Sprengel (Mat. Chr.), 97.
Squiers (E. G.), xl.
Stamler (John), loi, 102, 103.
Steelsius (Joannes), 351, 425.
Steinhowell (Henrich.'), 346.
Stobnicza (John de), 128, 164, 165, 166,
313 n., 463.
Stockier (F. de Borgia-Gar^ao), 357.
Stoecklein (Jos.), xli.
Stocttier (John), 353".
Stow (John), 148 B.
Strabo, 107.
Strozzi (Zuanc de), 474.
Struvius (Burc. Gotth.), 344. 405.
Stuchssen (Joan), 14^1, 143.
Stiichszen (George), III.
Stuvenius (J. F.), 38, 65.
Suarez (Fernan.), 436.
Sussex (Duke of), 35.
Swertius (Franc), 310.
Sweynheim (Conrad), a6, no.
Index.
505
Sykcs (&> Mark), iie Cuiulogue.
SylUciu (Nich.). in., 45, 46.
Vll !
Scillacio.
Syllacius.
Syltach (N. Y. reprint), 17, 18, ly, 21,
»3. 29. 3'. 47- 50. 53. S-^-
Sylva (Innocfntiu d.i), 184. 41Z
Sylvanus (Bi'rn.ird,), 126. 127.
S)lvius (Aeni'Js), xlv, 40, 41, 164.
W.-
Pius U(Fope).
Tacitus (Corneliui), 2, 53.
TaillanJier (A. H.), 23.
Tamayro (Thomas), xv.
Tapia (Andres de), 204.
Tardit(Guillaumc), 146.
Tassio (Abra.), 221.
Taunstetter (Georges), 138, 140,
vtt:
Taunstelter, 1 39.
Taxander, tee Andre.
Tavlor (A. S.), xxxix.
Techo(N. del), 383-
Teis.-ier (Antoine), 123, 238, 312, 357.
VeWei (Melchior), 435.
Tellus (Fernando), 482.
Temporal (Jean), 61, 63.
Tendilla (Count), 280.
tee Mendoia de Tenilill.i.
Teresa (Dofta), -582.
Ternaux (Hennj. vel. Ternaux-Campans,
xxxii, 15, 18, 19, 21,45,74,84, 85,
95, 99- >05> "*• '"S> "7i liSi '^6,
148. 150, 153, 163, 169, 172, 173,
174, 187, 188, 206, 210, 212, 316,
383.417-
Tezozomoc (Alvarado), 208.
Thierry (Augustin), vi.
Thomas, 32.
" (Isaiah), 373.
" (W.), 409 n., 437.
Thomassy (Raymond), 88, 109, 249.
Thorniike. xxv.
Thou, tee De Thou.
Thurmann (Caspar), v.
Ticknor (George), xvi, 32, 257, 259, 329.
340, 368, 388, 485.
Tiraboschi (Girolamo), 5, 29, 53, 59, 60,
65, 88, 99, 115, 156, 186,250,268,
360 «.
Toresano (M. Frederico), 423.
Torri, vel Turtleus (Thormod.), 161.
Torquemada (Juan de), xi, 204, 383.
Torre-Palnici {Count Je), 339.
Torres (F. Caro de), 205.
Tuscanelli (Paolo), 4.
Totzcn (E.), 65.
•vel :
Tu/.e and Tosinua, 109, 110.
Tournes (Jean de), 421.
Trechsel (Melchior), 343.
" (Caspar), 343, 378.
Trepperel (Jehan). 145, 146.
(IVidow), 146, 147.
Trigautius (Nicolaus), xxviii.
Tristan (Nuno), 107.
Trithemus (Joannes), 41, 86, 347.
Trivigiano (Angelo), 2, 75, 80.
Tronibelli (J. C.), xlvii.
Tronu-l (Paul), xiii, xxxiii, 95, 262, 170.
303, 310.
Tninus (Peter Martyr), 123.
Triibner (Nicolas), xl.
Trucchi (Francesco), 67 n.
Trueba (Telesforo de), 205.
Turner (Sharon), 2.
" (W. W.), xl, 214.
u
Ubclin, 108 n., 133, 178.
Ughelli (I'erdinando), 8 »., 28".,
210, 438.
Ulhart (Philipp), 441.
Ulricher (George von Andler), 311.
I'ngler (Florian), 129.
Ungut (Mainard.), 12, 26.
Urano (C. M.), 15.
Urbain VIII {Pope). 2X2.
-
V
Vaca (Cabe^a de), 381.
Vadianus (Joachim), 91, 147 n.. 160, 161.
190, 191, 277," 312, 342, 464.
vel :
Watt.
Val (Raphael du Petit), 41 6 n.
Valayre (G. de), pteudon. tor Ch-irle^ .1j
Bonstetten, 344.
V.ilerianus (Jo. Pierius), 53 n.
66
jp^^nm^i^M^p>*ii iii.^ivjii. .
j/mmiinfvm^f^in^rmiv f I ■'•' '■'W^HIWSPIip^ •^''^■^
506
Bibliotheca Americana.
Valgriti (Vicenzo), 437.
Valiente (Ambrosio), xxxviii.
Valori (Baccio), 6a.
yalori-Banditti, 59 h., 6on., 61 «., 61 ».
Valverde (Vicente de), 310 n.
Van der Linden (J. A.), 4i^-
Van Praet (Jos.), nOi 128, 158.
Vapereau (G.), xxxii.
Varga (Francesco), 483.
Vargas (F. M. de), 375.
V.irnhagen (F. A. de), xlix, 60 »., 171,
173. '74, 469-
Varrerius, tee Barreiros.
Varthema (Ludovico de). 169, 170, 171,
194. 253- 335.
•vel :
Bartliema.
Ludovicus Patricius Ronunus.
Varibemo.
Varomicer.
Varonmiser.
Varrummicer.
Vartomanus.-'
VasiEus (Joli.), aSi. i
Vasari (Giorgio), 66.
Vasco da Gama, sei Gania.
Vasconcellos (Aug. Manuel), 4/1., 6, 61 n.
«' (P. Simon de), 357.
Vasquez (Francisco), xl.
Vater (J. S.), xl.
Vedia (Enrique de), 216, 218.
Vega (Gabriel Lasso de la), 21 i.
" (Garcilasso de la), 245, 317, 383.
" (Lope de), 112.
" (Melchior de la), 212.
Vela (Blasco Nuflez), 436.
Velasco (Juan de), 319. ;
" (Luis de), 367.
Velascus (Ferdinandus), 45 '■.
Velasquez (Diego), 170, 176.
Vera (Pedro de), 383.
Veracruce (Alph. a), 374
Verardus (Carol.), 9, 14, 17, 43. 3°°-
Vercellensis (Bernardinus), 52.
Vercellesc (Albertino), 75, 99.
Verde (Simone del), 470.
Vergara (Juan de), 153, 281, 282.
" (Margarita de), 256.
Vermilli (Peter Martyr), 123.
Verrano (Paulo), 221. .
Verri (Pictro), 25.
Vespuccius (Americus). 53, 55, 57. 5^, 59.
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 6y,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75' 76. 77. 81, 83,
84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94. 95>
98, loi, 102, 104. 112, 115. n6, 119.
121, 114, 138, 142, 149- '5°. •**'
201, 226, 238, 269, 304, 352, 4*6.
450. 456. 463-
ve! :
Despuchi, 56.
Espuche, 56.
Vespotius, 84, 142.
Vespucci, 140, 149.
Vespuccio, 56.
Vespuce, 109, 145, 146-
Vespuche, 56.
Vespucius (Albericus), 55, 57, 68,
69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 96,
104, 184.
Vespuchy, 56
Vesputius, 77, 130, I59> >65.
Vetancurt (A. de), 205, 375.
Veterano (S. Petro di Oropesa), 482.
Veytia (Marino), 209.
Vianello (Hironymo), 56.
Viano de Lexona (Bernardino de), 24,
218.
Vibius (Aug.), 159.
Vicentinus (Gabriel), 47.
Victor (Hieron.), 138, 165.
" (P.), 159-
Viligas (Gaspard), 3l4'<-
Villa (Jacobus de), 26.
Villagra (Caspar de), 212.
ViUagutierre Soto-mayor (Juan de), xl,
205.
Villalobras (Arias), 212.
Villanova, see Servetus.
Villanueva (Juan de), 427.
, Villareal {Marfuei de), 440.
Villiers (Philippe de), 250.
■ Vitallis (Ordericus), 261.
: Vivaldi (Ugolin di), 190.
i Vizcaino (Sebastian), xi.
Vogt (Charles), iii.
Voltaire, 219.
Volterranus, see Matfei.
Vorstermann (Wni), 11, 12. 73-
Vossius (G. J.), 41. 54, 67«-, *'7«-. ^'i,
I 129, 137, 140. '41. '56, «6i, 166,
! 238,263,281.
w
Wadler, read ^ni see Weidler.
Wagenseil (Joh. Christoph.), 38.
Walcknaer, see Catalogue.
Waldeck (Fred, de), 21 1.
Waldseemiiller, "ve/ WaltzmiiUer, Waluc-
muUer, see Hylacomylus.
«™W^"»y^liPBWRWP?"P^i^P!WIF5^
Index.
507
vi,
Wale (Peter de), 476.
Warden (David B.), xxv, 211.
Watt (Robert), 181, 437.
Watts (Thomas), XV.
Wechel (Christianus), 299, 409
Weidler(J. F.), 142 «., 181.
Weigel (T. O.), xxiv.
Weissenburg (Wolfgang), 351.
Weld (Thomas), 377.
Wetherell (Juan). 211.
WeyfFenburgers (Joannis), 237.
Weynssen (Matthias), 309.
Widdilove {Rev.), xviii.
Wigand (Johan.), 344.
Wilhelm (Karl), 261.
Will (G. A.), 142.
Willes (Richard), 126.
" (William), xxxix.
Wilson (R. A.), io6.
Winterburger (Johannes), 162.
Winthrop (Gt;T'. J.). 377.
Wolrt" (Thomas), 166.
Wolgemuth (Michatl), 37, 38.
Woltersdorf (E. G.), 439.
Wright (Thomas), xxxiii, 344.
Wuelfer, ■vcl Wiilffer (Joh.), 38.
Wytertiet (Corn.), xii.
X
Xenophon, 156.
Xerez (Fr. de), 245, 318, 327, 330, 424.
Ximenez (Francisco). 12, 368.
Y
Yeardly (Gov.), xi.
Yves d'Evreux (Path.), 3I4«.
Zaccaria (F. A.), 17 n.
Zach (Baron de), xlii, 3 «.
Zaffenus (Gregorius), 276.
" (Servatius), 283.
Zamaria, 96.
Zanetti (B.), 352.
Zapata (Ludovico), 482.
Zapr(G. W.), 74. 102. «74. i75-
Zarate (Augustin de), 318, 321 n.
' " (Fernando de), 212.
Zazzera (Ftancesco), 354.
Zeni (N. and Ant.), 192, 308.
Zeno (Apostolo), 155. 186, 268.
, Ziegler (J.), 60 n., 290, 350.
•vet :
Ciglerus.
Zierixcensis, see Amandus.
Zorzi (Alessandro), 2, 63, 96, 97, 104,
112, 114, 130, 185, 186, 187, 469.
Zumarraga (Fr. Juan de), 21^, »., 289, 303,
396, 398, 402, 419, 423.
Zufiiga, see Ortiz.
Zurita (A. de), 208, 21 3 n.
Zurla (D. Placido), 75, 76, 97, 99- '^8-
■ 192, 457-
66,
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p. 100.
Page 34, note *, instead of " Didacus Luppi," read Diego Lopez ;
instead of " Gonzalvo Ferdinand," read Fernandez.
Page 35, note J, last /., read kings,.
Page 37, note *, /. I, read of this book.
Page 38, note 12, read Dutens's.
Page 39, /., instead of " fultantes," read fulcantes ; instead of
" ifi," read in ; instead of " proiciebat.," read proiciebat' ; note
20, 'instead of" 1778," read 1779.
Page 40, /. 8, instead of " James Caniis," read Diogo Cam.
Page 42, /. 4, instead of
tPtl read jjffi
note t, /. I, read book ; /. 11, instead of " free," read Imperial
and Royal ; /. 12, instead of " 15th," read 5th.
Page 43, /. I, read No. 13 ; note t, after " Spains," read of
Bethica and Kingdom of Granada, the siege.
Page 44, /. 20, instead of " 8vo," read 4to.
Page 45, note *, after " decern insule" add [the Azores and For-
migas] ; col. 2, instead of " under the reign of Henry," read
under the reign of Alonzo Vth, King of Portugal, through
his uncle Prince Henry, Duke of Viseo.
'W^r'r^fi^n^iipiPfl^p^nwf^i^pwipiPi
Emendanda et Corrigenda.
5»i
Page 46, /. 4, read maris.
Page 47, /. 19, read LPLII.
Page 48, note 2, read Chaudon.
Page 49, /. I, read uulgari.
Page 52, /. 17, read FELICITER ; /. 18, read SV || PERSTITI.
Page 53, /. 30, instead of" Decad.," read Enncad.
Page 56, /. 2, add or Emericus (Vfspu -'ius himself, a[). Bandiiii.,
p. xxviij) ; note 16, instead of " Gi ."at," read Grand.
Page 58, note 41, read Biblioteca.
Page 59, /. 22, instead of " 1497," '''"'^ H94 (.according to the
inscription on Cabot's map. Cf. D'Avezac, Bulletin de la
Societe de Geographies, for Oct., 1857, note K.)
Page 60, /. 3, after " {Humboldt\'' add or Diego dc Lepe (Bul-
)etin de la Societe de Geographies, Oct., 1858, § xi).
Page 61, / 2, after "probably," add Nuno Manuel but not
under Cabral ; note 79, instead of " 410," read "iwo.
Page 62, note., I. 3, read de Cazal, and add id., 8vo, i83;{; note
88, read Lyons, 1517, and strike out the three lines following.'
Page 63, /. 26, instead of " Zorzi," read Fracanzio da Monlal-
boddo.
Page 64, note I02, /. /, instead of " Kerr," read Michael Herr.
Page 65, /. 19, read Formaleoni, and de Cazal.
Page 66, /. 5, read Metellus ; /. 8, instead of " Genebricr," rcud
Genebrard.
Page 70, /. 24, read
|lttttt^u0 n0uu0
/. 28, after " natura," add et ; /. 29, instead of " opa," read
Page 71, /. I, Vefputius ; /. 4, add sine anno aut loco; I. 16,
add Direct reference: Bright's Catalogue, No. 5813.
Page 75, /. 10, after " Foscarini," add Delia Lett. Fenex.., p. 427 ;
after " Zurla," add Di Marco Polo., &c.. Vol. 11, pp. 362-5 ;
after " Morelli, add the learned librarian of the St. Mark
possessed a copy of the work in 181 8 [Lettera rariss.., p. 44).
The Libretto was originally in the Canonici library.
Page 79, note 2, /. il, read fourth voyage.
ri2 Bibliotheca Americana. '
Page 84, read Voii der Nuewen welt.
Page 86, /. 2, read Loredano.
Page 89, /. 9, itrike out " the Mazarine Library contains a speci-
men which, so far as it goes, is identical with the Eyries"
(The Mazarine copy, M. D'Avezac assures us, corresponds
not to our No. 44, but rather to our No 47.)
Page 93, /. 14, instead of ''• » TtXaS" read » TiXor.
Page gb"", after note 11, insert the following note from M. D'Ave-
"Les amalgames indiques comme possibles le sont en etiet a
la rigueur, mais il ne sont par probables, faute de motif; tandis
que la reclamation de Waltzemiilk.r contre la falsification qui se
produisait dans les editions (Nos. 45 et 46) amcna la reintegra-
tion des feuillets retranches (du No. 44) ec la formation par
cette voie de I'amalgame que nous avons (^No. 47). _ Cette derniere
emission, tout en conservant la date du 4 des Calendes de Sep-
tembre 1507, ne diit etre ainsi etablie de fait qu'apres la recla-
mation publice la veille des calendes d' Avril 1508.* Ilacomilus
lui-meme refit une nouvelle edition complete en 1509, a Stras-
bourg [No. 60], chez ce meme Gruniger qui avait public sa
reclamation [first in the Margarita of 1508]."
Page 96s /. I, instead of " 1552," read 1522 ; /. 16, instead of
" the work is dedicated to Rene II," read As to the prmce
to whom the letter ascribed to Vespuccius is erroneously ad-
dressed (as it was in reality written to Soderini)
Page 97, /. 23, read da Cintra.
Page 103, /. 19, after " dal," add venerando del ordine b;remi-
tano, primo auctore aggiunte ed emendate ins.no ; /.
21, add Georgio de Rusconi ; /. 22, read 332 et 333.
Page 105, /. 19, read GEographia ; note '% I. 5, after " and," add
with the ; note i, /. 6, read et a-u.
Page 106, /. 21, read AVDEBVNT.
Page 107, /. 2, instead of " de Donis," read the German Nich-
olas ; note I, read Bologna ; /. 2, after " or," add Vicenza.
Page 109, /. 15, read protecteur plus puissant.
Page 1 10, /. 27, instead of " Memoires," read Bulletin; note 9,
read by Warden, the continuator of.
* To form a perfect copy of the original sets has only to substitute in the place of
edition of the Comografhia Introducto, leaves i, 2, 5 and 6 of No. 45, leaves i,
the fortunate owner of the three subsequent 2, 5 and 6 of No. 47.
Emendanda et Corrigenda.
513
Page 112, /. I, read Ca da Mosto ; /. 21, instead of " Zorzi,"
read Fracanzio da Montalboddo ; /. 37, read Brevoortiana.
Page 113, /. 7, instead of " Recto of the second leaf" read^ Recto
of the first leaf in signature B ; /. 14, itrike out " First recto
of signature B ;" last /., r^a^ Clarevallensi {i.e. Clairvaux en
I'ordre de Citeaux).
Page 115,/. 27, add Biddle, Memoire of Seb. Cabot (pp. 239,
251, corrects many mistakes in Madrignano's translation).
Ptie 120,/, 4, after "edition,." add says Brunet (Vol. Ji, col.
3'8).
Page 125, note 19, read conocido en esta.
Page 128, note *, instead of '■'■ Instrucio" read Introducio ; instead
of " manductionum," read rnanuductiowm ; instead of " vosi-
geiia," read vogesigena.
Page 1 32, /. 6, read Afcenftum.
Page 137, /. 13, read Novara.
Page 138, /. 5, read TC/ || fcrtU.
Page 143, /. 20, instead of " Georges," read Gregory.
Page 146, /. 22, read UOUttCUCmet I /. 24, instead of " xix,"
read XIX.
Pa^e 147, transpose " No. 85" under the year " 1510;" /. z^read
kp II tiftc.
Page 152, note *, read to thee, pilot Tiphys ! and instead of
" Nebris," read Lebrija.
Page 154, call " No. 88," 88 bU.
Page 155, note *, instead of " Octavius," read Octavianus ; in-
stead of " October," read November.
Page 156, note 7, read Giovio.
Page isy, I. 6, read auctioribus ; note 19, /. 8, read douer •■, I. 9,
read guadagno.
Page 161, /. 15, after " Agricola," add [sine anno in this edition,
but dated 1512 in those of 1522 and 1540).
Page 162, /. 7, instead of " |EtrXbui," read JEtJblij.
Page 163, /. 13, add New York.
Page 164, /. 17, read nofcere ; /. 24, read uifa ; /. 25, read uidebis.
Page 165, /. 17, read Chris to.
67
-J. Bibliotheca Americana.
Page i66, /. lO, >w^ inuentore.
Page 167, /. 12, instead of nos, read uos ; note *, strike out " for
us."
Page 177, /. 3, instead of " ^IngllOttt," read ^IttgUtttO.
Page 181, No. 108, read lIDArmUFA.
Page 182, /. 3, read Enarrationibus.
Page 186, /. 25, instead of" Fontanelli," read Foiitanini.
Paee 187 /. 7, read Fracanzio da Monte Alboddo ; /. 23, read
lOANNI CATANAEO.
Page 191, /. 13, read Cautum ; I. 28, instead of "for," read ioxX.
Page 194, /. 16, read one hundred and three + one unnumbered
blank lerff.
Page 200, /. 9, after "fc/," «^./|h /. il.read iucudlllime J
/. 26, instead of " X," read &.
Page 208, /. 9, read Gongora.
Page 211, mte<)S^ read Cites et Ruines Jmericaines, Paris, 8vo,
and Atlas fol. 1863.
Page 212, I. H, instead of "J. L. Maneiro," read J. A. Maneiro.
Page 218, /. 12, instead of " No. 19," read 119 ; note 138, /. 2,
instead of " who," read which.
Page 220, /. 13, strike out " with no little emphasis."
Page 222, /. 8, read fin.
Page 225, /. 13, read Figueiro.
Page 227, /. 1 1, read Estevan ; /. 23, read Virgenes.
Page 228, /. 24, instead of " was," read were ; /. 25, read seem.
Page 229, /. 3, after "the," «^^ tract.
Page 242, /. 18, instead of " No. 128," read No. 129.
Page 243, /. S and 6, place a contraction over the " q" ; /. 7,
read Deditione ,• /. 8, read Paradi/i, and miliarum ; note *, instead
of " Dedicated to Pope John," rva^^ Concerning the dominions
of Prester John.
Page 251, note 13, /. 2, after " siecle," add [abbe Pingret ?]
Page 255, /. 14, read (gOpalO
Emendanda et Corrigenda.
S^S
Page 260, read
a ]lart0 I'aqnelU fait
/. 7, read
ifit ce bentient a patis par i9i)elippe le iHoit II
1. 30, read
Nortoegl)^ fft wne svatic region afHfe tieffoiiff
tie pol Erctitiue.
Page 261, /. I, read Ci)attatJ ; /• 6, read (^XOmMttlt tt
TrJnimarcl) on a grat
Page 262, /. 1 1, reari de suivre.
Page 269, transpose " No. 147" after " No. 149."
Page 273, /. 5, read iJalleariU.
Page 276, /. 20, rfrtc/ novus Orbis ; note i, r^rt^;/ Bulletin de la
Soci'et'e de Geogr.
Page 282, /. 50, instead of " do Martir," read de Martir.
Page 286, add contractions over the last e in " nouuellemet" and
over the a in " Fernad." (We are also inclined to think that
in lines 4, 9, 12, " ou" should read au.)
Page 292, /. 10, add Folio.
P(7^^ 306, make two separate items out of "No. 180," one
Pflm, the other Frib. Brisg.
Page 307, /. 9, read offer || uanza.
Page 317, /. 18, after " sow," add {Gomara).
Page 319, note 16, instead of " p. 240," read p. 204.
Page 325, /. 2, read
DttMlbenig bel gan^etm
Pa^« 326, /. 3, read btet^jfigteit
Page 327, /. I, /vrt^/ Xerez.
5i6
Bibliotheca Americana.
Page 328, /. 37, instead of " leros," read lexos.
Page 329, /. 14, strike out one of the two g pOt U ptUtlCncia;
w/^ 3, rz-fl^/ Espafioles.
Page 330, r^<J^ Xerez and Gaztelii.
Page 331, «<?/* I, /. 38, read otra.
Page 317, /. 7, r?(7</ Contradura.
Page 3ji '• 3°. "-'^d (M. A.)
Ptf^^ 340, wff/^ 7, /. 3, r^fl'/ Siciliano.
Page 341, /. 16, >w^ VNiVERSALis ; /. 17, r^-a^/ modernorvm.
Pflf^ 342, /. 4, read meminere, Elencho ; /. 5, read loachimum ;
/. 12, after "on," fl^^ verso of; /. 19, rf(7(/ tralatione ; /. 20,
r^a(^Mi-||chaele; /. 25, instead of varijo, read vari and add
the contraction for que.
Page 343, /. 5, read lectori . S . 1| ; /. 7, read Brixienfi, Bili-
baldus; /. 16 read offira ; /. 17, read zinciber' ; /. 20, read
Accole loco panis vescunt ; /. 21, read p'referentibus ; /. 33,
read ijsabella [sic] ; I. 24, read Canibales.
Page 344, /. 2, read Villanova ; /. 3, read Tudela,
Page 353, strike out note *. (Stoeffler's work does not contain
anything relating to America.)
Page 355, /. 14, instead of " qvali/' read qvai. ; /. 20, read
Con.
, Page 357, note *, /. 6, instead of " November," read March.
Page 358, /. 7, after " New York," add Brooklyn ; and insert :
225 bis, RITHATMBRUS (GEORG.)—" Dc orbis ter-
rarum situ compendium. Norimbergae [apud Pe-
trejum ; scripsit Viennaef] 4^0. i grav. en bois.
** P. HI., de terris et insults nuper repertis."
(Brockhaus Catalogue, 1866.)
Page 362, /. 13, after " page," add 305 ; /. 24, read pingui.
Page 364, /. 14, read fifty-five ; /. 21, add on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, we read the curious inscription, as yet unex-
plained : " Per hoc fretum iter patet ad Molucas."
Page 366, /. 31, read escrivio ; /. 34, read religioso.
■j- V0S8IUS, de Mathtsi, page 149.
Emendanda et Corrigenda.
517
Page 370, /. 25, after " No. 232," add {tht only copy known of
this curious book exists only in fragments. These are pre-
served in the library of Seflor Vera, at Madrid). ^
Page 374, /. 4, strike out " OF."
Page 375, make one work of the last two Molinas.
Page 378, /. 27, read toto ; /. 30, read adierit.
Page 379, /. 33, read Graesse».
Page 387, strike out lines 5 and 6. (The treatise is only ad-
dressed to Schiiner, while the authorship is generally ascribed
to Rheticus, /. ^., Geo. Joachimus.)
Page 400, /. 7, instead of " Frisius," read Gemma or Revnier.
Page 403, /. 20, read Ventis.
Page 404, /. 22, read Ingelheim.
Page 427, No, 281, read
U libra J>e ^xm^tya^ i)
f|>|((l0 mem0r(lla8otat.enuebo
feci)o B copilatjo por el iWaeftro iPc^ro II
tie lEetiina be^no tie ^eullla. Birigitro
al Serenimmo g mug efclareeitro HS'eftor.
DON FILIPE Principe tre iEfpafta, ^c.
i^ueftro ^t^Qx, II
IK . P . rbiij . II
(Kindly communicated by M. D'Avezac]
Page 431, /. 16, strike out one of the two H's.
Page 440, i/r/'^^ out note *.t
P<7^^ 444, note 2, /. 6, rM^ Schreckenfuchsii.
+ We had the worii examined in Paris, piclted up at a book-stall Ioan. Nicol.
d the report is that Jac. Goopyl's French Stupano's version of the same work (Ba-
rsion of Alex. Piccolomini's Sfcra del sila, ap. Petrum Ptrnam, 1 568, 4to, 10 11. +
an
version
Mondo does not contain anything relating 150 pp.), which gives on p. 114 a deacnp-
to America. Yet, as late as yesterday, we tion of several of the West-India islands.
ri8 Bibliotheca Americana.
Page 446, /. 30, read Scriptores ; L 33, read cxactis ; /. 36, read
Linguam; /. 37, read comparavit j /. 41, read refert i /. 42,
read Evangeliorum.
Page 447, /. 24, instead of " on," read ou.
Page 452, /. 28, instead of " nunc," read num.
Page 453, /. 9, read Olivano ; /. I2, read artes j /. 13, instead of
" cui," read Cui ; /. 15, read comprabatus ; /. 17, read Gravis-
simae, efficacissimae.
Page 454 , /. 28, instead of " Archinsi," read Archinti ; /. 29,
read iEgidii ; in the note, read reso talmente, Richerche.
Page 457, l- 2, a^er 1553, add [1556 ?].
Page 458, last word, instead of
Page 461, /. I, read 16 *» ; /. 24, read Lilio -, »«/* I, /• 5, ^""^
stampa.
Page 462, colophon of 22 bis should be in Roman characters ; /.
15, instead of " Imperial," read Private ; /. 28, strike out
" above a large vignette." [The vignette is between lines 2
and 3 of our p. 463].
Page 463, lines 6 and 7 should be in Roman characters.
Page 464, /. I, in No. 108 bis, substitute the following title, just
received from the British Museum :
Recto of A, i:
€ % nm mitxMt mi a metg of tteii
nature of Hje . iiit. elementr tjcclargnse mang
pro II per pointr of pt)Blofopi)B naturall i anU of
tJBueriK II ftraungc iantigs i anti of tiguers ftraunge
effectrrijcau/bi
Page 465, instead of the title in No. 290, substitute the follow-
ing, copied from the printed original just discovered in the
reserve of the Imperial Library at Paris, and kindly communi-
cated by M. D'Avezac :
^
Emendanda et Corrigenda. 519
200. ALBENINO (N.)— Recto of the first leaf, within a
border, and above a woodcut of the arms of the Duke of Arcos :
H^«*\A\^«*i% II w^^f^*'"- ^^ ^" ^"^^^=
e proultt-||cia» ^l peruin^ue la s Mil a eUo»
91 bi ^es Ulafco II uufte^ \)e(ait)afta el Tiei»||
tarato g muerte tic flon II calo |)(carto. {sic) ||
The title given on page 465, is on the verso of the original.
KHgf- These are the errors and omissions which, up to the
present date, have come to our icnowlcdge. Should some of
those which have doubtless escaped our notice be discovered in
time, a supplement will be issued. Meanwhile, it may prove
interesting to the reader to be informed that the proof-sheets of
the present work have been read by four careful proof-readers.
We also avail ourselves of the present opportunity to express -^
our thanks for the skill displayed by Mr. John N. Sutherland,
the compositor engaged in the execution of this work.
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